[Citizen Tom Paine]

Is this a free country? Are our schools prisons? I am appalled.

[muawiyah]

We might also wonder how we can reasonably differentiate between pedophiles on the staff and responsible officials searching for narcotics that might or might not be there based on the word of another student.

Oh, yeah, this is a great case ~ and you just know Ruthy wished she'd been there to sort of check things out.

[zaphod3000]

Are our schools prisons?

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Well, let’s see, they have armed guards, set routine, cameras, and metal detectors. The answer is yes.