New Jersey Governor Signs Anti-Bullying Bill

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JakeStratham

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Something interesting just happened in New Jersey that warrants attention. First, a quick recap so you don't have to read this thread:

1. Dude at Rutgers is filmed making out with a guy in his dorm.

2. The video is made public.

3. Rutgers guy offs himself.

4. Public outrage ensues. CNN, ABC, and others lead the charge with a wave of anti-bullying articles.

I made the point here and here that we are witnessing the run-up to legislation that restricts our freedom. Today, I read this. A quote from the piece:

Christie signed the “Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights,” according to a press release from Garden State Equality, the state’s largest gay rights organization, which advocated for the bill.

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It will require training for most public school teachers, administrators and other employees on how to spot bullying and mandate that all districts form a "school safety team" to review complaints. School districts would be graded by the state on their efforts to combat the problem.


Administrators who do not investigate reported incidents of bullying would be disciplined, while students who bully could be suspended or expelled. School employees would also be required to report all incidents they learn of, whether they took place in or outside of school.
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What constitutes bullying? A knife in the throat? Punch in the chest? A politically insensitive remark? I dunno. Legislation tends not to define things clearly. Ever wonder why?

It's important to reflect on how this stuff occurs. How something insane grips the nation and drives the passage of laws. Laws that restrict all of us. Doesn't matter if we're talking about smoking marijuana, hiring a prostitute, or getting a haircut from someone who lacks a license from the state. The list is endless.

Remember this. If you know your history, you'll recognize this process as consistent. Freedom is usually stripped away slowly, in small pieces. Not all at once.
 


JakeStratham said:
Legislation tends not to define things clearly. Ever wonder why?
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They make things overly broad to account for things they didn't think of. That is how they get laws to change over time without having to pass new legislation.
 
crackp0t said:
They make things overly broad to account for things they didn't think of. That is how they get laws to change over time without having to pass new legislation.
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Yeah, and that is how people get charged with ridiculous, idiotic, stupid, moronic, bullshit shiiiiiiiiiiiiit.

Such as the husband who is facing 5 years in prison for reading his wife's email....due to "anti-hacking" laws.

Husband facing five years in jail after hacking wife's email - Telegraph

Run...run while we still can folks
 
The reality is that a select few idiots ruin things for the rest of us... I mean honestly why we enforce laws this way is beyond me... like the anti-hacking thing... great idea to have an anti-hacking law... but really for his wife's email??? I kinda feel like that isn't really even hacking... and now everyone is worried about bully's cause of the select few individuals who couldn't handle having their personal lives outted... What is this sad electronic world coming to....
 
In GA we now have the anti-texting and driving laws.

Forget the need to report a brake light being out, or a tag cover obscuring the plate.... nope.. not all they have to do to pull you over is say "I thought i saw him using a phone while driving... he wasn't but after I pulled him over...."
 
They want to eventually have the same thing as in England where 4-year olds are entered into a database if they say the word fag on the playground or the PC word of the day. Then that shit follows them the rest of their life if they want to go to college, job interviews, etc..

It's thought control.
 
^ Sorry, but I agree with that one. Most people can't drive anyway. Add to the fact they are texting while driving = possible deadly accidents. Not something I want to take a chance with being on the same road with them.
 
Another day, another law that moves America further down the path of becoming a matriarchal nanny state full of fat, useless pussies. Sorry to see it happen.
 
crackp0t said:
They make things overly broad to account for things they didn't think of. That is how they get laws to change over time without having to pass new legislation.
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Making things overly broad allows activist judges to legislate from the bench. Don't make something a fucking law if you haven't "thought of everything". Then when the world changes and the law needs to be adjusted, just fucking amend it. It's one thing to provide guidelines, it's a whole different thing to enact legislation that is completely open to interpretation.

It's vague bullshit legislation that has armed police with the leverage to utilize loopholes in wiretapping laws in order to arrest people for filming them being the fuck out of the innocent.
 
they already shove bullying in our face in school. they show us these videos of extreme cases. i live in a middle class primarily white town. bullying is virtually non-existent. everyone respects each other. sure, there is a case of it here and there but its really not an issue.

source- kid from nj
 
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