[Always Right]

OK, it was confusing, I thought something was not right. Anyways to me, it all comes down to the pride. The school had a policy of expulsion for a firearm. The principal took it a lot further himself, writing letters to parents what he would do if a weapon was brought to school. Instead of recognizing the extraodinary circumstances in this case and just slapping the students wrists, the Principal's pride took over. The Principal put his pride above the future of a very bright young kid who would never do anything wrong. It is just asinine.

[mugs99]

The Principal put his pride above the future of a very bright young kid who would never do anything wrong.

It's not about pride. It's about sadism. Using Erich Fromm's definition of sadism, as "the wish for absolute control over another living being", the punishment clearly shows the principal to be a sadist who gets his jollies by punishing others.
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