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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yup, I would just tell the kid that the cause was worth the detention and let him/her serve. [b] I do think the school is shitty for giving them detention though.[/b] [/quote]

Why?[/quote]

OP: I didn't write this, but schools exist to educate our children. This is an opportunity to encourage civic engagement. These kids are finally going to change our idiotic gun laws -- schools should be encouraging that, not suppressing it. [/quote]

PP who agrees with OP and hopes nothing more than karma on the PP who does not.  [/quote]

1) What civic engagement is going on here? An allowed walkout is an oxymoron.
2) How should schools decide which issues, and which sides, are allowed? Should students be allowed to engage in anti-abortion civic engagement?[/quote]

You tell us, you are positively enthralled with this question.  Oh, and name calling. Don't forget the name calling.  It erases any sign of ignorance.  Yup. [/quote]

NP I have called nobody any names. I would say that schools have no right to decide which issues should be endorsed with allowed protests, and which issues students are not allowed to protest. I'd be interested to hear someone argue specifically against that point.[/quote]

I agree with this. And that means that if you want to protest for stricter gun laws, you have to accept whatever standard consequence the school imposes for your actions. You can not expect accomodations because you happen to believe that your protest is the correct one. [/quote]

No one here seems to disagree with that.  No one was saying that students should be given anything. Why was that thought interjected into the premise? [/quote]

pp. I read the OP, and presumably some others, as saying or implying that for this particular protest, the school should allow it. Again, the school is in no position to decide to endorse some protests but not others. [/quote]

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