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Commented on The Eyewriter
One day, when I am no longer a graduate student, I will start a campaign to get makers more involved in assisted communications technology like this. Incidentally, there are ALS organizations that will help you get technology like this quickly...
Commented on Six-year-old sent to reform school for bringing a "weapon" (Cub Scout camping cutlery) to school
"I can see why people are outraged, but that thing IS a knife, and that kid IS six years old. His being a scout doesn't suddenly make him super-qualified to carry a knife, even one with a fork and spoon...
Commented on Swine Flu Q & A
Thank you for posting a well-rounded and rational discussion of swine flu. I've been looking for one for days....
Commented on Amazing Photography of Bees and Bunnies and More, Oh My!
Look at the ears on that rabbit! So cute!...
Commented on Charles Platt on life in prison
I am in school to be a speech therapist. One of my professors used to have a bumper sticker on her car that said something like, "Keep kids out of prison; teach them to communicate!" There are some studies that...
Commented on BBtv WORLD + WITNESS.org: 60 Years of Declaration of Human Rights, and Rights of The Mentally Disabled
I agree with ThatBob AND Machinehead. Conditions in the hospital could be so much worse (Virginia used to force-sterilize persons in mental institutions) but they could be so, so much better. I don't want to imagine the diseases that must...
Commented on Strange and endangered wildlife
Although I am sad to hear that the article is perpetuating amphibian ignorance, pictures of wacky critters are always awesome. Imagine all of the wacky critters we've already killed off without even realizing it, in all our brilliance. Ugh....
Commented on Prisons and art: Regina Jose Galindo
Sooo...people who speak English as a second language need to be protected with barbed wire? Is that what that woman was saying? I should buy stock in barbed wire then, because we're going to need a lot of it. I...
Commented on Video of Big Bird singing at Jim Henson's funeral
Jimmy: I didn't make the connection until I read your comment. And then I was really sad. :( Robbo: Are you a Muppet? That is the coolest thing!!!...
Commented on Today's LA Times cover: inspired juxtaposition?
@Johnny Cat: OMG, it DOES look like ID4! I love that movie. Although I think we're doing a fine job of stripping our planet of resources without the help of aliens. :(...
Commented on Video of a guy implanting an RFID chip into his hand
There are definite benefits to using an RFID to access a gun safe. You don't have to worry about losing a key or forgetting a combination, and I imagine it's more difficult for others to break in or for children...
Commented on Cool photoblog: elders with style
I want to know where he got that hat. That is an awesome hat....
Commented on Beijing and Tibet: GRL's James Powderly, Brian of "Alive in Baghdad, 4 other US citizens receive 10-day jail sentence
They shot a nun? I mean...I know I sound ridiculously naive, because of all the violence that happened to the peacefully protesting monks earlier this year. But...they shot a nun. ;_;...
Commented on Man whose US immigration notice was sent to the wrong address is detained with untreated spinal cancer until he dies, denied access to his wife and children
Unicorn chaser? *whimpers*...
Commented on SWAT team raids mayor, shoots family dog because someone mailed them pot
You know a really good way to make lots of people HATE you? Shoot dogs for no reason during a raid that may well be a false alarm. Good job, guys. Keep up the good work....
Commented on BBtv WORLD: Through the eyes of the pueblo. (Guatemala)
That was gorgeous. The people are so beautiful. I love the colors and patterns of their clothes, their vibrant music, the fluid sound of their language, and how kids are universally silly in front of cameras. :) You've really done...
Commented on The Things That Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away -- story about geek monasteries for smart people who don't fit in
Thanks for the link, Trevel! And yes, if I am fond of the books I find, I probably will buy them. I am a student, thus by definition do not have much spending money for leisure books. Walk in a...
Commented on Found: massive number of endangered gorillas
Bitman, I would tend to agree with you, my friend. My first thought when I saw this story was, "Poor gorillas."...
Commented on Parents question why Ozark police used stun gun on kid with broken back
You know, there was probably some brain damage involved here. Even if he didn't strike his head, the jarring from his landing would be enough to cause intracranial bruising and bleeding. Sometimes, people who have just sustained a head injury...
Commented on 6th man on moon says space aliens are real (and have visited us)
And that is why we should save the whales. (Yay Star Trek!)...
Commented on Steampunk wallpaper artist wants your ideas
My suggestions are: knitting (mechanical needles knitting pipes or wires), icicles (frozen water on pipes or the pipes could be in the shape of icicles), an organ (the musical kind)....

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mdh commented on Six-year-old sent to reform school for bringing a "weapon" (Cub Scout camping cutlery) to school
Back in grade school another kid put a 'boner' on a classroom skeleton and blamed me. He wrecked it in the process. I got suspended for a week and the skeleton that had been there for 20 years was removed from the classroom forever. douchebags who game the rules start young. that should be the focus of zero tolerance....
O_M commented on Six-year-old sent to reform school for bringing a "weapon" (Cub Scout camping cutlery) to school
Is it really fair to blame them for enforcing a mandatory policy? ...Well, yeah, it is. I mean, seriously, if that sort of thinking made sense, sonny, there'd been a lot more not guilty verdicts at Nuremberg. Just because a stupid law is the law doesn't automatically justify it. Stupid laws are meant to be broken, and those who enforce them are meant to be broken beyond repair. As others have noted, this is just one case amongst thousands per day. Zero Tolerance policies *never* work because the more intolerant the policy, the greater the odds are that an exception...
AirPillo commented on Six-year-old sent to reform school for bringing a "weapon" (Cub Scout camping cutlery) to school
Just an update: The school board voted to reduce the punishment for grade K-1 children who violate this rule. Suspension is still mandatory, which shows that they're still either cowards or not secure in their own competence to make decisions... however, it's only a 3-5 day suspension now. He can go back to school on Wednesday. Unfortunately, the change effected by this case is pretty weak, but at least it did cause change....
lyd commented on Six-year-old sent to reform school for bringing a "weapon" (Cub Scout camping cutlery) to school
You and I could both agree that it's wrong to deliberately and knowingly sacrifice the well-being of taxpayer's children to protect the best interests of government employees, but the sorts of folks who conceive of and support these policies may not. They also may not agree that protecting the employees is the focus of these policies. I think they might explain, were you to get them talking, that it is all about Law and Order. From their point of view a message of, "the rules must be obeyed absolutely and completely" may be more valuable than one of rational, ad-hoc...
digger628 commented on Six-year-old sent to reform school for bringing a "weapon" (Cub Scout camping cutlery) to school
So if I want to bring an assault rifle to an Obama rally that's OK, but if I bring a pocketknife to school I get suspended? Please explain....

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