Sunday, August 24, 2008

More pro-bullying tyranny

How far is the system willing to go to punish victims of school harassment while mollycoddling the harassers?

We've already seen this trend with the tyranny of "no pass, no drive" - which punishes students for poor grades but not for serial harassment. Now America is being treated to a big, stinky, bunkeroo-like repeat at the hands of a new program in Texas.

Several cities in Texas have implemented a right-wing program to track so-called truants by forcing them to wear a GPS ankle bracelet 24/7. School harassers are not punished in this fashion. But alleged truants are.

Tell me if that's not giving special rights to bullies.

And if you think this program won't expand, I wouldn't be surprised if students "at risk" of truancy are next. Harassers will be the last ones punished (as is clear from other right-wing gimmicks like this). Things like this always start off small, but before you know it, you're in an America you don't recognize.

(Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/23/national/main4376972.shtml)

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