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Originally Posted by jaysay
Teachers have to be careful these days, just what they can and can't do, remember the European Human Rights Act  When I was at school if a teacher had found fags on you they would have been confiscated, full stop, but they can't do that today, sadly  |
But back in the day, all the teachers smoked ... and the pay wasn't all that hot; so, three crumpled 'bines was a welcome addition to their tobacco stash
I can see them in the staff room, passing around a Woodbine until someone called for a pin to get the last two drags out of it
But I do agree with your point that when Human Rights Acts trump common sense and doing what is right, they become, well, silly ... silly, trivial, and bloody annoying.
We all know, in a general sense, what "common sense" is; we all know wrong from right ... though we may argue about details. Well, maybe not all of us ... there's a bunch of folks in Westminster, Ottawa, and, most def., Washington D.C. and Brussels (?), etc. .......................