How far is too far when it come to school safety?

[True_Avery]

How are we supposed to teach our children the importance of common sense when the adults in their life refuse to show any?

QFE

 

I did the same thing when I was younger. I drew dinosaurs a lot because I loved them and a lot of other silly stuff back then. I drew people with swords and shield, stick people with block guns, sharks eating people, dinosaur scenes with a half eaten Dino, etc. I think I grew up fine, but that in of itself is a debatable topic.

 

More often than not, the people I've seen that were sheilded from all of this all their lives grow up with a unique ignorance of the world around them.

[Ray Jones]

I think we should teach our children that violence is wrong, not that it's non-existent. Children play all kind of stuff related to things that hurt people, like accidents, hunt, cowboys and native Americans, whatever. It's their way to cope with what they see and hear in real life, and we cannot forbid that, because we've learned on our long way to what we are today. However, if we want our children to have to deal with less violence, it might be a good idea to change something on what they see every day.

[Jae Onasi]

I think we should teach our children that violence is wrong, not that it's non-existent.

 

Very true. If we stick our heads in the sand about it, they'll have no knowledge on how to deal with violence.

[John Galt]

Very true. If we stick our heads in the sand about it, they'll have no knowledge on how to deal with violence.

 

I support this message.

 

Ignorance is not bliss, especially if your kid gets "awakened from his dogmatic slumber" by a mugger, or some classmates, for that matter.

[Jvstice]

An oppressive and extreme response of people who are threatened by honest communication. When you teach people that communication is not a way to solve problems they have with others, that only leaves violence in their repetoire when they get older. Punishing people for writing or drawing, unless it is inciting people to violence creates a very real danger of having the opposite than intended effect in the long term.

 

That is why zero tolerance is a dumb idea in addition to being an unconstitutional limitation on freedom of expression.

[lukeiamyourdad]

Wow. I'm glad that's all behind me and I was allowed to draw whatever the hell I wanted.

 

I grew up in the middle of the DragonBall craze and we were mimicking the characters on the playground. Granted, the comics were banned due to the violence it contained and today, I somewhat agree with the measure. Teachers used to warn us against "playing Dragonball" but nobody gave a damn and they eventually stopped caring.

 

Besides, me and a bunch of guys did check out porn on the class computer once. Never got caught.

 

Ah growing up in the ghetto...the kind of people you spend time with

 

I also would like to note that this post is written from a federal prison where I spend some time for being a mass murderer...yeah...not really.

 

 

I guess the "sissying" up of men shows itself quite clearly even on the teenagers these days. With my habit of playing soccer with strangers, I've encountered my share of teens who couldn't take a little push and whined for fouls after I slightly touched them. Yeah...kinda sad really.