tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429580.post2380516483832274674..comments2024-03-26T06:28:09.125-04:00Comments on GavinThink: Stop with the lockdowns already...Gavin Andresenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105284501947275111noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429580.post-37981903310929752282017-07-08T19:42:55.580-04:002017-07-08T19:42:55.580-04:00It's crazy. In order to get into a school, I ...It's crazy. In order to get into a school, I need to buzz the office. They've blocked all entrances, but one, and put kids on buses to close neighborhood schools and allow children to "get to school safe". Meanwhile, the car remains the number one killer of children aged 4-14 (National Transportation Safety Board). Our attention always seems to focus on the wrong things ... Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17142550911068899373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429580.post-47913426069803550892014-04-02T15:37:01.641-04:002014-04-02T15:37:01.641-04:00"Toward the end of the school day today, two ..."Toward the end of the school day today, two adults entered the high school building for appropriate business and signed in. Later, they signed out of the building but were seen re-entering without signing in again. When they could not be located immediately, the school was placed in lockdown and the police were contacted."<br /><br />Am I crazy thinking that "signing in" is not some magical fairy dust that makes it impossible for people to Do Something Bad?<br /><br />What happens the first time somebody, somewhere, signs in and then Does Something Bad?<br />Gavin Andresenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10105284501947275111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429580.post-78182262806135926382014-04-02T11:23:56.210-04:002014-04-02T11:23:56.210-04:00I think the order of the incidents had something t...I think the order of the incidents had something to do with it. <br /><br />The first one, where the guy on parole asked a child for a urine sample, was indeed creepy -- hence the lockdown justified.<br /><br />The second one, not so much. But everybody was still a tad on edge over the first incident.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429580.post-77812776670290667742014-03-30T18:57:10.981-04:002014-03-30T18:57:10.981-04:00Schools are toxic censored repressive propaganda-f...Schools are toxic censored repressive propaganda-filled places. I would hardly call them safe places. They're the perfect breeding ground for violent outbursts.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07747435132507795086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429580.post-63326892591080434782014-03-29T04:52:46.613-04:002014-03-29T04:52:46.613-04:00Kids are much safer in school than anywhere else? ...Kids are much safer in school than anywhere else? Would you like to rethink that and restate...maybe site proof of work? ;) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451833928245526117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429580.post-56849133902783961932014-03-28T22:15:14.508-04:002014-03-28T22:15:14.508-04:00Coming from a non-US country I was shocked when my...Coming from a non-US country I was shocked when my kids where getting lock-down practice in middle school. But I can understand, because after anything goes wrong, the witch hunt is insane. <br /><br />So many people want someone else to be responsible, as compered to accepting bad-stuff happens.<br /><br /><br /><br />Simeon Pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05465636927383076937noreply@blogger.com