Sunday, February 22, 2009

Is bullying encouraged in Ontario Schools?

Quite possibly a pinnacle of the north-american school system, complete proof of individual irresponsibility.

Read this horrifying depiction of one case of bullying, which lasted for months (and it's probably still going on), in front of many with no actual effects on the bullies.

Read this mind-numbing instance of what a school system thinks it does to "protect bullies". I mean it's complete double-think that they "protect the bullied" - it is obvious that they in fact protect the bullies:

Quote from http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2009/02/22/8483496-sun.html
Carol Speers, the superintendent of education, insists West Credit has an anti-bullying program and has been very responsive to Lindsay's complaints. They set up a mediation between Lindsay and the mean girls at the end of October, offered her coping strategies, referred her for counselling in November -- which finally came through just this week -- and organized a co-op for her this semester so she can limit her time at West Credit. "It's unfortunate that Lindsay perceives the school wasn't doing anything for her. They've been supporting her as best as they can."

I mean some people are either really brain dead or should be thrown in jail for a long time for aiding and abating criminal bullies. I mean their plan above has nothing to do with the bullies but puts the bullied through all kinds of hoops and really idiotic schemes of "mediation" and "counseling", some taking months to "come through". And, of course, in clear double-think, it's the fault of the victim for not seeing all this goodness being done for her.

So if I understand this correctly, when your house is stormed, you are beaten up etc, YOU get counseling, mediation and coping strategies, coping with the perpetrators that is, to whom nothing significant actually happens. Is that how the Ontario law will look like?

This Carole Speers must feel very proud - maybe you want to let her know otherwise.

If this happened to my kids, I would somehow hold these idiots personally responsible!

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Traffic Tickets Aren’t Just About Road Safety

there's a study that traffic tickets are correlated with governments need for revenue.

heh - as if anyone doubted that...

Friday, February 6, 2009

Lying bastards

How come lying bastards don't go to jail? You see this more often: "XYZ denies any wrongdoing on the ..." but then, as it turns up, they did ALL the wrongdoing! How come nobody is going to jail???

See here: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/06/isp-spying-made.html#previouspost

BT's secret test first came to light when one suspicious user contacted The Register about the problem. At the time, BT denied any involvement, though the company later admitted it had run a secret test and planned to expand the monitoring technology to its entire network.


Or here: http://www.theprovince.com/Health/Firefighter+stands+firm+Taser+inquiry/1228165/story.html

...some actually get away with killing innocent people...it is AMAZING, this society we live in, innit? Don't believe me? Here's witnesses: http://www.theprovince.com/news/Eyewitness+calls+Dziekanski+defensive+threatening/1257878/story.html

Or this: http://thecurvature.com/2007/11/30/police-taser-pregnant-woman/

The video shows the woman struggling with the officer, who then takes the child from her and gives the boy to another officer. The first officer then forces the woman down on her stomach, and he then uses a Taser on her neck.


Dudes - I think it's time we emigrate to Afganistan!!!

Peace Out!