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Old 12-22-2012, 10:28 PM
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Its not a police state at football games, airports and the white house to have security.
Why do you go to the extreme and say that its a police state? Is it to stop an opposing viewpoint?


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Old 12-22-2012, 10:33 PM
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Putting kids daily into an environment where armed guards are necessary tells them (and ourselves) that we have given up trying to build a better and kinder world for them.

It does no such thing. It eases their minds and frees them to study.

Taking rights that affect them is admitting defeat and weakening their positions later in life.
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Old 12-22-2012, 10:43 PM
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Putting kids daily into an environment where armed guards are necessary tells them (and ourselves) that we have given up trying to build a better and kinder world for them.
They said the same about security guards...yet, nearly every HS across the nation has them.

They said the same about metal detectors...yet how many schools have them installed across the nation?
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