Posted on 03/19/2011 5:03:17 PM PDT by John Semmens
Four boys at the Hickory Middle School in Chesapeake, Virginia were suspended and may be expelled for handling a baggie full of oregano at the school. The ill-fated prank was held to be “unacceptable mockery of the school’s ‘zero tolerance policy’” by the school administration.
“While oregano isn’t a banned substance, per se, I mean we use it home-ec classes, placing it in a small plastic bag and passing it to another student is the same thing a student would do if it were,” said Vice-Principal Jesse Twitman. “It’s an act of disrespect and defiance toward school authority. If there’s anything that the ‘zero tolerance’ policy is meant to achieve it is unwavering respect for authority by the students at this school.”
Twitman evinced indifference over the prospect that the accused students’ lives might be irreparably harmed by the contemplated disciplinary action. “If we make an example of these smart asses it may shock others into a more obedient frame of mind,” Twitman asserted. “The sacrifice of a few troublemakers is a small price to pay for the broader objective of bolstering the tools available to the proper authorities.”
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http://azconserv1.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/omb-nominee-explains-obama-strategy-on-debt/
Oregano is bad MMkay
Many zero tolerance policies are administered as zero sense policies and deserve to be mocked.
Its called detention...
dont they do that any more...
Ah, satire. Glad I glanced at the link source before I embarrased myself!
Glad I check your handle before I posted. You got me again.
You are a bad man!
I hear oregano is a gateway drug for basil and eventually summer savoury.
And then the really hard stuff, like placebos.
I fear for Rosemary.
In Virginia, any substance that is packaged and intended to look like an illegal substance (such a oregano for pot) is treated as if the drug itself was present.
From the news report, the boys packaged the herb and told their friends it was pot, therefore, whatever the penalty is for pot, will be the same for this.
Delaware, home of the Bearded Marxist, is not amused. The satire site appears to have plagiarized DE's real policy in order to mock the absurdity of zero tolerance. I'm sure regulators in DE and other states will not tolerate this mocking.
Oregon?
I understand by seeing the link posted that this is meant to be satire........
Saddly......
On certain threads we read here at FR........
We all know the "PC" crowd is out of control....
It's just "too true to be good".....
To borrow a phrase........
fight it boys, this not right, half the teachers and school board smoke dope probably..
mockery is not illegal, if there is no basis the schoolboard would be liable, fight it boys..
ok ya got me..
ping
Twitman. Says it all. I wonder if making fun of his name falls under "unacceptable mockery".
Satire. Mockery. It’s so hard to tell what stories are real and what are satire nowadays.
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