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Comment I have no choice but to invoke Adam Sandler (Score 1) 591

Sorry, but we have a zero-tolerance policy for idiocy. Now everyone has to listen to this speech.

"Mr. Greer, what you've just said... Is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point, in your rambling, incoherent response, were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."

Comment Re: Yay for (Score 2) 591

Take away the ring, and what dose "I'm going to make you disappear" mean? It could mean he was threatening to kill him.

Did he mean it that way? Not likely, but a school can't take that chance.

It gets even scarier. Another kid said "Excuse me, may I go to the washroom please?" to his teacher.

He may have really wanted to go into the hallway to set off an atomic bomb he had stashed in his backpack, destroying the entire city. If only this bill had been passed the brave teacher would have been allowed to use deadly force to protect global freedom. Instead, all they could do was expel the terrorist in training.

You just can't take any chances at all.

Comment Re:lessons in incompetence (Score 1) 591

[...] the whole system actively discourages the curiosity and exploration and skepticism of authority needed to develop the engineering mindset.

Curious skeptics might vote the wrong way. Even worse, they might ask questions about who and what they are voting for, and that can only lead to trouble.

Comment Re: Yay for "zero tolerance" (Score 2) 591

Schools need to get back to the job of teaching and inspiring our youth...

LOL! Can you imagine such a thing?

They already are. Just today I was inspired to place my hand on my forehead and sigh.

Reading the full article inspired me to try something I had never done before and now, thanks to the brave folks at Kermit Elementary School, I know that I can do an Olympic Double Face Palm.

Comment Re:630 US$ ? (Score 2) 46

630 US$ ? Isn't that about the same price as an iPhone 5s, and less than the price of the iPhone 6/6+ ?

You must be confused. iPhones are free. It says so right on the top of this contract I just signed. Sure, I have to pay more than $2000 over the next two years but the phone is free! It says so right here!

Would the phone company lie to me?

Comment Re: That's a nice democracy you have there... (Score 1) 392

"Right". The "United States" is a "constitutional republic", which is a form of "democracy", and the "Soviet Union" and "Baathist Iraq" were "constitutional republics" which "we" both put in "quotes" because they were "fake" "democracies".

Looks like you "missed" a few "finger quotes" there.

Comment Re:Yay!! (Score 1) 422

I don't think the directing was necessarily bad in ST:V. Let's be honest, the story as a whole was ridiculous didn't leave him a lot to work with.

That's right. The blame doesn't really belong to the director, William Shatner, but to the writer...

Whose name was also William Shatner. That's a funny coincidence, don't you think?

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