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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
zero tolerance is a liability issue. If the schools employ zero tolerance, no matter what they stop, they prevented anything from opening them up to lawsuits. It is easier to defend expelling butter knives on campus than to defend giving detention to someone with a broadsword, especially if broadsword boy comes back to do a william wallace.
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The question is:
How far does the concept of "zero tolerance" erode common sense?
How loose are the definitions? I doubt they have a vagueness doctrine to stop this crap.
Is a spoon a knife in the right light? What about threatening posture? What about things written by students?
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Lawsuits and CYA and blah-blah-blah aside... where does this garbage stop?