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Posted by bingbong on Thu May 24 11:13:04 2012, in response to School bans students riding bikes, posted by TonyG on Thu May 24 10:47:26 2012. Figures that a charter school would do something like that. All concerned about liability possibly eroding profit. |
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Posted by AlM on Thu May 24 11:21:50 2012, in response to School bans students riding bikes, posted by TonyG on Thu May 24 10:47:26 2012. ???They are banning a non-school activity. Where are all our libertarians? I can see that they could prohibit bikes from the premises. But what could possibly prevent a kid from riding their bike all but the last block and locking it up to a street sign? |
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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Thu May 24 11:49:40 2012, in response to School bans students riding bikes, posted by TonyG on Thu May 24 10:47:26 2012. At least these students were not suspended for biking to school. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu May 24 12:47:51 2012, in response to Re: School bans students riding bikes, posted by AlM on Thu May 24 11:21:50 2012. They might be liable for injuries near school grounds. Once again, this is a pre-emptive strike against aggressive litigation.Tort reform, bitches. |
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Posted by Rockparkman on Thu May 24 15:21:00 2012, in response to Re: School bans students riding bikes, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu May 24 12:47:51 2012. NO!! TO NAZI TORT "REFORM" When a GODDAMNED NAZI LIKE Chris R talks about "reform" The WORKING class better bend over. Of course Charter schools, their NAZI SCAB "teachers" and the alumni should be treated as unemployable human hazmat and given EBT cards to live off of. |
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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Thu May 24 19:02:34 2012, in response to School bans students riding bikes, posted by TonyG on Thu May 24 10:47:26 2012. The big difference between biking to school versus using athletic facilities is that the former frees up your time for other things.And for the off chance of injury, they decide to push impressionable young minds towards habits that perpetuate the obesity problem (ie: driving a half mile when you're not transporting goods). Also, I think biking to school helps promote independence, a quality that seems to be sorely lacking in suburban environments. You can see it when they get to college, dummies who couldn't find their way out of a paper bag without a chauffeur perplexed on how to get to the mall. So yeah, that school sucks. The invisible hand of the "free market" is probably powerless here... if there are other schools in the area I suspect they wouldn't be close enough to bike to, at least for those 50 students who go fucked over. |
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