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I actually don’t have an issue with what happened either. There are school districts and, apparently, some parents that completely blow it out of proportion though.
You must have missed that whole period under President Trump from June to August when there were no school shootings. Must have been because the Lame Stream Media didn't report on that.
I agree, but that does leave a lot of grey area and I've seen issues come from that grey area. Kid X gets suspended something and then kid Y does same thing and there is no suspension. Now there are mitigating circumstances which led the administrator to apply different consequences but good luck explaining that an irate parent who feels their kid has been picked on and treated unfairly than other kids. I can see why schools like a zero tolerance, one size fits all policy.
Of course issues will come up from gray areas. We are talking about parents and their children. They can make an issue out of just about anything. Welcome to the world.
Coming from the guy who reported me for making an obvious joke about Irish Catholics (and me myself being an Irish Catholic).Then never responde to any of the posters telling you it was a joke. Never responded to me when I asked you for an apology. I feel like there isn't a lot you wouldn't shake your head about, refuse to talk about and be rude over.
Should get your facts straight. I've never reported anyone for anything on here & I certainly didn't see anything asking for an apology. I remember commenting about that but I certainly didn't report it.
You called moderators in and complained that my posting shouldn't be tolerated. Same as reporting.
Ok, I take that back. I looked and someone else called the moderators and then you asked why my posting was allowed. Point stands, you couldn't handle a joke and asked why it was allowed. You didn't respond to all the people who chill it was a joke. Maybe we should relax about things and not be so emotional.
Why is the bad guy a monkey and why can’t the princess save Mario? This kind of video game stereotyping is racist and bigoted.
I have 4 kids ages 10, 8, 5 and 2. The 10 and 8 year olds would love to play Fortnight. They aren't begging for it, because I told them early on it was a firm no. They want to play because most of their friends play. And these guys play for friggin hours. Just recently we're hearing of more and more parents pulling their kids back from this, moreso for the the addictive nature than the subject matter similar to what @shadyridr mentioned. I get the addictive nature being highly problematic, but the subject matter is nuts considering how young these kids are who are addicted to the game. And like I said, I'm a big gun guy, but my kids are not playing that game. Not at 12, 14 or even 16. I will take them out to shoot and teach respect and gun safety, but I will not have them running around and pretending to be mass murderers for hours on end.
Agreed, sometimes things are said in here & some know it's a joke and some dont. I have been in the same situation so I do understand that. My apologies to you.
At some point I imagine it's going to get really bad press. The game design is clearly to get people addicted. Daily, weekly and season challenges, it's like the worst of the shooter genre mixed with the most addictive of the MMO. They designed this so kids would have to log on almost every day. BTW, I log on almost every day.
Thank you. The same has certainly happened to me. It can be hard to get intent over text. Apology certainly accepted.
I think the only thing I would have done differently is try to explain to him why it matters more in a school setting.
Guess I just wasn't ready to have the "kids shoot up schools" conversation with him.
I understand that, but I'd be surprised if they aren't already doing drills and such.
This case is the exact opposite of zero tolerance, as it should be. Zero tolerance policies are terrible and seem to remove the ability of trained professionals to actually think.Ilov80s said:
Good point. A true zero tolerance policy would have said the kid gets suspended or whatever the consequence is for a gun hand sign that was directed as a threat.
