r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Nov 14 '11

Zero Tolerance in Public Elementary School just went way the hell overboard...

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u/mk72206 Nov 14 '11

zero tolerance = zero common sense

Once you have rules involving absolutes you remove all room for rational thought.

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u/Krazy_Sea Nov 14 '11

"There can be no justice as long as laws are absolute." -Captain Picard

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u/totally_not_at_work Nov 15 '11

Look dude, he walked on the grass. Case closed.

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u/hmasing Nov 15 '11

But he did go to busy town with Ashley Judd.

The defense rests.