Technocracy: The Absurdity of ‘Zero Tolerance’

When your child is suspended unfairly, refuse. Walk with him to school.

My WND Technocracy column this week is about the rash of incidents in which children have been punished for perfectly innocent behavior.

In part, the problem is caused by liberal hysteria about weapons, which have become a guilt-by-proximity embodiment of libs’ fear, loathing, and projected weakness.

The larger part of the problem, however, is that “zero tolerance” policies take human judgment out of the equation.  This means we no longer consider context.  The result is that we punish the guilty and the innocent equally, guaranteeing that we raise bitter, cynical, apathetic children.

Read the full column here in WND News.