[Tirian]

"Zero tolerance" has come to mean "zero brains for administrators" (sometimes not that much of a step down, come to think of it...). Was it not Solzenitsyn that lamented that the West had gone from a society of Law to a society of [mere] Rules?

[Tirian]

Correction: "Zero tolerance" has come to mean "zero brains for administrators" (sometimes not that much of a step down, come to think of it...). Was it not Solzenitsyn who lamented that the West had gone from a society of Law to a society of [mere] Rules?

Our teen carries his Swiss army knife to school every day and uses it regularly -- oh wait a minute, never mind, he's homeschooled.