Has It Really Gotten This Bad?

[Ron]

Has it really got this bad . . . ?


Yes!!!!!


School 1960 vs. School 2007

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

1960 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up mates.

2007 - Police are called, SWAT team arrives and arrests Johnny and Mark. Mobiles with video of fight confiscated as evidence. They are charged with assault, AVOs are taken out and both are suspended even though Johnny started it. Diversionary conferences and parent meetings conducted. Video shown on 6 internet sites.

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

1960 - Jeffrey is sent to the principal's office and given a good paddling. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.

2007 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. Counselled to death. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra funding because Jeffrey has a disability. Drops out of school.

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

1960 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.

2007 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy is removed to foster care and joins a gang. Psychologist tells Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy's mum has an affair with the psychologist. Psychologist gets a promotion.

Scenario: Mark, a college student, brings cigarettes to school.

1960 - Mark shares a smoke with the school principal out on the smoking area.

2007 - Police are called and Mark is expelled from School for drug possession. His car is searched for drugs and weapons.

Scenario: Vinh fails high school English.

1960 - Vinh goes to Remedial English, passes and goes to college.

2007 - Vinh's cause is taken up by local human rights group. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that making English a requirement for graduation is racist. Civil Liberties Association files class action lawsuit against state school system and his English teacher. English is banned from core curriculum. Vinh is given his Y10 anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.

Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers, puts them in a model plane paint bottle and blows up an anthill.

1960 - Ants die.

2007 - Security and ASIO are called and Johnny is charged with domestic terrorism. Teams investigate parents, siblings are removed from the home, computers are confiscated, and Johnny's dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.

Scenario: Johnny falls during recess and scrapes his knee. His teacher, Mary, finds him crying, and gives him a hug to comfort him.

1960 - Johnny soon feels better and goes back to playing.

2007 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces three years in prison. Johnny undergoes five years of therapy. Becomes gay.

[OneAccord]

Yep. Its that bad. Thats the good news.
Bad news? Gonna get worse.

[TrmptPraise]

Originally Posted by Ron

Scenario: Mark, a college student, brings cigarettes to school.

1960 - Mark shares a smoke with the school principal out on the smoking area.

Sorry, I laughed out loud at that one.

[NW Pastor]

Hilarious, but sad concurrently.

[dixonic2]

That's soooo true. My girlfriend (a single mom at the time-not her fault-) raising a "highly energetic" 10 yr old boy gave him a whoopin with a belt after he was disrespectful and hurt his little sister. She got turned into children services and had to sign papers that -AND GET THIS - CAPITAL PUNISHMET IS NOT ALLOWED

oh my....and look at the children today. And Parents wonder........

[Rev]

Originally Posted by dixonic2

That's soooo true. My girlfriend (a single mom at the time-not her fault-) raising a "highly energetic" 10 yr old boy gave him a whoopin with a belt after he was disrespectful and hurt his little sister. She got turned into children services and had to sign papers that -AND GET THIS - CAPITAL PUNISHMET IS NOT ALLOWED

oh my....and look at the children today. And Parents wonder........

This stuff is just crazy.

[Sweet Pea]

Yes - it has gotten that bad.

A few weeks ago I watched in the lobby of our church as a lady tried to correct a young boy (about 6 yrs old). She was NOT spanking him or disciplining him. Only talking to him in an effort to get him to calm down and be quiet in church. She merely put her fingers over his lips telling him to "ssh, be quiet" and he started yelling, "you're kiiling me" and "the courts won't let you do that." So sad. ..... A six year old knowing about the "courts" and what they allow. As it turned out, this was a divorce situation and the father was fighting the mother for full custody. So you can only imagine what garbage had been pumped into this child. And the sad part of it is, because "the courts" won't allow proper discipline (he needed a little of the "board of education applied to the seat of understanding")- someday, those same "courts" will most likely determine his discipline (if any) for some crime he commits.

So sad............

[tamor]

Originally Posted by OneAccord

Yep. Its that bad. Thats the good news.
Bad news? Gonna get worse.

You got that right.

[bethola]

In the 80's (I THINK) when the child abuse hotline was just becoming "popular" a friend told his daughter to take out the trash. She was 14 at the time and developing the "I'm too big for my britches" syndrome. She told him she was going to call the hotline because he couldn't MAKE her do that. He used "corporal punishment" on her and then handed her the telephone and I quote.

"Fine, call the hotline and then pack your clothes. This is MY house and if you aren't going to follow the rules....you aren't going to live here"

She didn't call.

[DividedThigh]

i hate to even write this, but yes it is this bad and worse, lord please give us grace and mercy, dt