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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Get a haircut, you hippie!

« on: January 26, 2024, 09:12:45 PM »

I believe the state is required to put the alternative school in his area and not force people to move. There can be multiple grade levels in a classroom, or there can even be no classroom. There are often options for the student to complete most of the work in packets at home, with occasional meet with their teacher, or occasional proctored test. There are ways to put alternative schools in the student's area cheaply without the full infrastructure of a traditional school, meeting the education needs of students with disciplinary issues, allowing them to get their accredited High School diploma.

Yes and no.
The law seems to make the case of "may" and not "shall" for alternate education.  Suspension, howeverz is a 'shall' for getting the missed course work.

https://safesupportivelearning.ed.gov/discipline-compendium?state=Texas&sub_category=Alternative%20placements

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Get a haircut, you hippie!

« on: January 26, 2024, 06:45:38 PM »

In the link I posted the school is objecting to that interpretation of the Crown Act and believe that it doesn't prohibit length restrictions.

The state owes you an accredited education, but that doesn't mean that you can go to a school which requires a school uniform and refuse to wear that uniform. If you refuse to abide by uniform or grooming regulations you will simply be placed in a school which is more flexible in that regard, which is what happened here.

The state says that there is a school for his choice of style. It's just not that one.

Uhhh Tom? Almost all school districts don't give a choice on where you go.  You are required to attend the school assinged to you based on your address.  Not like he can voluntarily go elsewhere without moving to a different address.

The 'Alternative school' is a step away from Juvie.

Likely this one:
https://www.bhisd.net/schools/daep

Its meant for students who don't fit into a more open school so they send them to one more prison like or military like.  Do you think thats fitting for a teen who has a specific hair style?

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Get a haircut, you hippie!

« on: January 25, 2024, 08:32:17 PM »

Where have I said anything negative about mask mandates?

Ok, I admit it. Apparently I was wr... I was wro...

I may possibly have been mistaken. Apologies for making an assumption based on your political leanings

Roundy, Tom wasn't against mask mandates as far as I know.

I was. Because they do harm people.

How so? 

No!  No!  Do not begin this shit again.  We have a few hundred posts on the subject.

A80 is being civil and coming out against something stupid.  Lets leave it at that.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Get a haircut, you hippie!

« on: January 25, 2024, 08:10:23 PM »

Here is a picture of the offending student. To me, it makes no sense regarding any issue with hair length.

If the purpose of the dress code is to avoid having boys look like girls, they should make Nancy remove those studs from his ears.

To deem this as somehow violating any reasonable dress code for a learning environment seems to be quite a reach.

I agree.  Perhaps he's just racist?

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Get a haircut, you hippie!

« on: January 25, 2024, 04:01:31 PM »

The Poole guy sounds like an asshole who wrote a policy to keep boys from looking like girls and is doubling down on enforcement.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: NATO Shenanigans

« on: January 24, 2024, 08:41:56 PM »

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/23/1226390054/sweden-nato-turkey-parliament

Sweden is allowed to join.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: President Joe Biden

« on: January 23, 2024, 10:29:55 PM »

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/13/1219065166/biden-phillips-new-hampshire-primary

TLDR:
Biden isn't on the New Hampshire ballot because of rules that conflict with state laws.

Young Biden(Dean Phillips) hopes to win so he can be the nomine instead of old Biden.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: January 11, 2024, 07:09:38 PM »

https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-says-his-businesses-did-services-for-foreign-governments-2024-1

lol just so we're clear, trump isn't even denying doing the thing that he's saying biden should be impeached for, which has literally no evidence to support it in biden's case. jesus christ.

"I don't get $8 million for doing nothing," Trump added.

literal lmao my ass is all the way off rn fr

He could have meant roomservice.  And "entertainment".

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: January 10, 2024, 06:22:07 AM »

Trump might want to rethink his claim of absolute presidential immunity.  Biden might just get some ideas about how to get Trump off of all the ballots once and for all.

"I asked you a yes or no question," the judge said. "Could a president who ordered SEAL Team Six to assassinate a political rival, who was not impeached, would he be subject to criminal prosecution?"

"If he were impeached and convicted first, and so — " Sauer began.

"So your answer is no," Pan said.

Biden could also rig the election and it would be legal since congress won't impeach him and find him guilty. 

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: January 09, 2024, 09:56:50 AM »

It's fairly clear that in the full clip Trump is talking about electromagnets. Trump is shortening 'electromagnet' to 'magnet', as it is a type of magnet which is already explicitly defined in the full speech to be the type in question.

At the 1:30 minute mark of the below fuller video of the clip he even launches into a story about how an engineer named Bill Jones from the NAVY was talking to him and comparing the older and more reliable steam systems with the electromagnetic systems on ships. One of the problems mentioned is that when the electromagnetic systems were exposed to water they would shut down. This is where the concern about water comes from.

The electromagnetic systems the engineer worked on on those NAVY ships was assuredly "waterproofed", but the doors to the systems had to be opened for work and maintenance. The engineer suggests he is concerned about giant waves hitting the ship during maintenance and the water making its way inside and damaging the components, when this was not an issue with previous designs.

https://twitter.com/MostlyPeacefull/status/1744402395826737602

So Trump is giving away vulnerabilities to our naval ships now? 

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: January 08, 2024, 11:30:52 PM »

An electromagnet might short (depending on how its built) but even Flat Earther's know that water doesn't block magnetic waves.  Otherwise compases wouldn't work above the water.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Should universities employ persons who have committed acts of plagiarism?

« on: January 08, 2024, 05:06:20 PM »

What would the consequence be if a university student was immediately found to have committed the same acts as Gay?

Depends on alot of factors.
Freshman or doing a doctorine?  How does the professor feel?

Worse case, the professor fails the paper and tells them to try again next year.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: January 07, 2024, 10:39:21 AM »

Interesting legal queation:


If I comity insurrection against a state government, does that also trigger the 14th?  Or is the 14th only for federal level insurrections?

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: January 07, 2024, 09:21:47 AM »

Looks like it was not noticed that the 14th Amendment insurrection clause was repealed by Congress over a hundred years ago -

https://publicinterestlegal.org/press/pilf-to-scotus-president-trump-must-be-kept-on-the-ballot/

"Congress in 1872 and 1898 extended an amnesty by repealing the provisions against office holding arising from the Civil War. The 14th Amendment gave Congress the power to terminate the prohibition against those who engaged in “insurrection.” Congress terminated the effectiveness of the provisions, twice. Therefore, they cannot be used in 2024 to ban candidates from the ballot.

This seems odd.  How does one repeal something twice?  If it was repealed in 1872, it can't be repealed in 1898.  Thus, it stands to reason that the repeal of 1872 was temporary or even not a repeal but a stay.  And the same can be said for the 1898 as is likely since repealing an amendment (or altering it) requires alot of votes.

Further reason Section 3 does not apply to President Trump is there has been no finding of insurrection or rebellion committed by the former President. In fact, the Senate acquitted President Trump of insurrection charges.

Finally, the Constitution lays out specific qualifications for who is eligible to be President. States cannot add additional qualifications according to the Supreme Court’s decision in the challenge to Congressional term limits."

These next two are good arguments and while the state found him guilty, I can see why the court wouldn't want a state charge to determine eligibility.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: January 06, 2024, 11:17:43 AM »

Absolute Presidential Immunity^TM protects Trump from the emolument clause, doesn't it?

Probably.  But then absolute immunity also means impeachment is impossible as all crimes are legal if the president does it.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: January 05, 2024, 11:13:08 PM »

Also:

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/04/1222896035/foreign-governments-paid-millions-to-trumps-companies-while-he-was-president
And I'm sure Republians will be very angry that the president was getting foreign money by using his influence...

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: January 05, 2024, 11:03:59 PM »

Looks like SCOTUS is gonna rule on something this year. 
https://www.npr.org/2024/01/05/1222859510/supreme-court-colorado-ballots

My guess is that they'll rule that no state can do this unless a candidate is charged and found guilty of insurrection by the federal government.

Of course, if the prosecution can prove that Trump did comit insurrection to the Supreme Court, that might disqualify him automatically everywhere.  But something tells me SCOTUS does not want to do that.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Should universities employ persons who have committed acts of plagiarism?

« on: January 05, 2024, 12:23:18 PM »

I haven't read enough about it but if what Tom says is accurate, then this is not a big issue.

A few paragraphs does not a paper make.  Sounds like she just needed to save time at some point or even remembered she read it somewhere.

Not something I'd have fired her for, let alone demand her resignation.  Not if it was as minor as Tom says.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Should universities employ persons who have committed acts of plagiarism?

« on: January 04, 2024, 06:55:50 PM »

What is a "non-research teacher?"

Someone who teaches a class but doesn't do any research projects.  I think this is most of them but I'm not actually sure.

I was always under the impression nearly every subject taught at universities requires research. I am struggling with the notion a person could obtain a position as a teacher or professor at a university without conducting some sort of research during the process of obtaining a degree, regardless of subject. Consequently, that research would be detailed within papers submitted for review to receive proper credit for the class. The sources would need to be properly cited in either MLA or APA format. This process would be passed along to the next generation as a requirement.

Ah, appologies for not being clear enough.

I meant someone who does no research while employed as a teacher.  As you pointed out, they would have had to do some research to have a high level degree.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Should universities employ persons who have committed acts of plagiarism?

« on: January 03, 2024, 11:22:57 PM »

If you have a non-research teacher, not a factor.

Ooh, I strongly disagree! We're talking about universities, and part of a lecturer's job is to perpetuate academic integrity. If they cannot adhere to it themselves, then they do not belong in academia. They can be perfectly good educators outside of the old boys' club, though.

Academics, especially nowadays, are not just teachers. Knowledge is no longer difficult to obtain - you can find free resources covering any subject you'd like to a very advanced level. Universities are supposed to help you figure out how to best acquire and apply knowledge, and a large part of that is upholding the values that brought our current progress forward. These values may yet turn out not to be "correct", and perhaps the entire system will be overturned - but if that is the case, the revolution should come from outside of the system.

I can't disagree, tho I'd counter than a teacher who plagurized and regretted it would get the meesage across better than one who did not.