This case isn't about if school's can have Zero-Tolerance rules, but did they act inappropriatly when they involutarily, and without parental consent, strip-searched a 13 year-old girl, because they suspected she had ibuprofen (Advil, that's right plain, old, ADVIL ) on her.

If this case actually involved illegal possession, they should have contacted the police and let them handle it. Since it was simply a case of an over-zealous enforcement of a zero-tolerance policy, I think school administrators should have been limited to suspending the student.

And I do feel the need to mention, they didn't even find any pills.

How's this for a rule, School administrators DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES get to strip-search anyone. Pat them down, search their bags, remove them from the general student body, call the police and let them do their thing, but you, as school administrators, do not have the authority to strip anyone naked, for any purpose.

Note the emphasis. Slaves did not do work of their own accord. Your silly little analagy is even more inaccurate that a car metaphor.

Second copying a song is not "theft of labor." Theft of labor would be someone hiring you for a job and not paying you (as the post you quoted was trying to point out.) Legally copying a song is unauthorized copying, not theft. Neither is ethical, but there are very distinct differences.

Third, copyright is not an inalienable right. It was initially a temporary monopoly granted to an idea's creator. It has since been perverted by corporations (such as Disney) so that it is granted virtually in perpetuity.

Do you get it yet?

Citation please. I just dumped 70gs of carbon into the atmosphere trying to find a study showing the general ineffectivness of fish ladders. I did find several studies finding that individual fish ladders were creating an environment allowing predatory fish to congregate at the ladders reducing the populations of migratory fish. However, these situations were all in the tropics (i.e. not effecting salmon).

Not to mention, I was unaware that fish ladders were there to restore fish populations. I don't see any way something as simple as fish ladder could help restore a population. (maintain yes, restore no)

2009 Prius curb wieght : 2932 http://autos.yahoo.com/toyota_prius_4_door_liftback-specs/?p=ext

The 2000-03 Prius is the smaller verison that Toyota scrapped, because American's don't like shoe box cars.

The article states that the father's family has a history of developing breast cancer in their 20's. That's smack dab in the middle of the "breeding age" in the western world.

But you certainly get to walk through the house first and (if it's a new house) the contractor is liable for any structural defects for up to 10 years.

You cannot return opened software. And very few developers release any sort of demo anymore.

But a laptop is a standardized piece of equipment, and if you don't like it you can return it (up to 90 days later at some stores)

You cannot return opened software.

If the airline gets you were you are headed and the hotel has a bed for you, then you got what you paid for (it's not the airline's fault if your destination just got wiped off the face of the Earth by a hurricane.) This is probably the most appropriate of your metphors.

However, if I buy a piece of software and it won't run on my system even though I meet the minimun req's, then I did not get what I paid for. And you cannot return opened software.