Randy Cassingham's Blog

Posted by Joseph, Canada on June 15, 2009:

I just realized there's a double standard there: kids are taught that their behaviour is unacceptable and therefore they're forced to take pills to act right. But they also can't take those pills to school (or potentially to any other public place) or else they'll be expelled and/or arrested for drug use. Never mind the fact that said pills are prescribed to everyone anyway.

So they're punished for their behaviour, and then they're punished a second time for following through on their first punishment. Is it any wonder that kids lash out?

On a semi-related note, I carry medication with me whenever I travel in case I am ill, feel nauseous, or suffer from a headache. But I don't dare take any of it in public, for fear that the police will apprehend me thanks to some extreme drug law I was previously unaware of in the place I chose to visit. It's a miracle that I don't have to answer for it whenever I go through the mandatory security screening at the airport. I may be paranoid, but in this day and age, it seems paranoia isn't entirely unfounded. I mean, from the looks of it, one can't even do anything about their own ignorance of the law anymore without being arrested for it. What the kid probably should've said (although it more than likely would've backfired on him) was that the reason he was looking up the law on guns is because ignorance of said law is no excuse. See how the police would've liked that.

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You've realized there's a double standard? Well good: you're starting to catch on! -rc