Quote Originally Posted by .455_Hunter View Post
Yes- The downfall of the Republic is linked to the failure of school administration to overreact to a senior prank that ended up offending the sensibilities of some overly sheltered families. Heaven forbid the school found out what most of the boys are doing everyday, probably some at the school too.

Once again, what would your response be if incident was mirrored- A student at SJW diversity and tolerance charter school slipped some copies of "Guns and Ammo" into lockers and binders and was banned from graduation for hate speech.
It's a strawman argument, but whatever. My employer has certain rules they expect me to follow. It's up to me to decide if I want to follow them. If I don't, and I don't get caught, it still doesn't make it right. If I don't follow the rules and I do get caught that's on me. If they decide to punish me then I have no business whining about it.

Furthermore, who are you to decide how a parent raises their kids or what moral values the head(s) of a family wish their families to uphold? You've gone from attempting to defend your position to attacking the parenting abilities of people you don't know, and basically accusing other students of doing wrong without any evidence to support that, based on nothing more than your opinion is this was blown way outta proportion. I find that far more disturbing than the fact that some parents may have become upset over the prank.

You wanna know what I really think of this incident? I actually agree with you that this was probably a harmless prank gone wrong, likely no harm was meant and I could easily be convinced it was an over-reaction on the part of the principal. Having said that, I also think it's really none of my business how the principal handled it. He did what he thought was best for the school and the students. He's paid to make those decisions. You and I can think it's an over-reaction all we want. He has every right to impose the punishment he sees fit. The "guilty" students could've made the choice not to make a political statement and violate the rules or code of conduct or whatever it is. They chose to make the wrong decision and they're paying the price. Too fuckin bad.

I'd feel the same way about your G&A scenario. If it's a place where students were told that's not an acceptable publication on campus and they did that and got punished, well, so be it. I'd think it was foolish but they had a choice to follow the rules or not follow the rules.