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1973 vs. 2006

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Scenario:

Jack pulls into school parking lot with rifle in gun rack.

1973  -Vice Principal comes over, takes a look at  Jack's  rifle, goes to his car and gets his to show Jack.

2006 - School goes into lockdown, FBI called, Jack hauled off  to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called  in for traumatized students and teachers.

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Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.

1973  -Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands  and end up best friends. Nobody goes to jail, nobody arrested, nobody expelled.

2006 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge  them  with  assault, both  expelled  even  though  Johnny started it.

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Scenario:  Jeffrey  won't  be  still  in  class,  disrupts  other students.

1973  -  Jeffrey  sent to office and given  a  good  paddling  by Principal. Sits still in class.

2006-  Jeffrey  given huge doses of Ritalin.  Becomes  a  zombie. School  gets  extra  money  from  state  because  Jeffrey  has  a disability.

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Scenario:  Billy breaks a window in his father's car and his  Dad gives him a whipping.

1973-  Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes  to college, and becomes a successful businessman.

2006 - Billy's Dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed  to foster  care  and joins a gang. Billy's sister is told  by  state psychologist  that she remembers being abused herself  and  their Dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has affair with psychologist.

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Scenario:  Mark gets a headache and takes some headache  medicine to school.

1973-  Mark  shares headache medicine with Principal out  on  the smoking dock.

2006  -  Police  called,  Mark  expelled  from  school  for  drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.

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Scenario: Mary turns up pregnant.

1973  - 5 High School Boys leave town. Mary does her senior year at a special school for expectant mothers.

2006  -  Middle School Counselor calls  Planned  Parenthood,  who notifies the ACLU. Mary is driven to the next state over and gets an abortion without her parent's consent or knowledge. Mary given condoms and told to be more careful next time.

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Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.

1973:  Pedro  goes  to summer school,  passes  English,  goes  to college.

2006:  Pedro's  cause  is taken up  by  state  democratic  party. Newspaper  articles  appear nationally explaining  that  teaching English  as  a requirement for graduation is racist.  ACLU  files class  action  lawsuit against state school  system  and  Pedro's English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma  anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because  he can't speak English.

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Scenario:  Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the  4th of  July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up  a red ant bed.

1973 - Ants die.

2006  - BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged  with domestic  terrorism, FBI investigates parents,  siblings  removed from  home, computers confiscated, Johnny's Dad goes on a  terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.

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Scenario:  Johnny falls while running during recess  and  scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary, hugs him to comfort him.

1973 - In a short time Johnny feels better and goes on playing.

2006  - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses  her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison.

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