My friend (a teacher) kinda had to tell his students that it's not cool to be a tattle tale. Do "whistle blowers" fall under the rat/tattle tale/informant umbrella?
cindylu: Great question. I guess my problem is with the whole concept of developing government spies. Think COINTELPRO, etc. All up and down the Central Valley, there are billboards telling people to rat out their doper neighbors. That seems kind of Cultural Revolutionesque to me. To make a long story short, whistle blowers are cool in my book, as long as they're not getting paid to do it. But what do I know?
I think that if it prevents a school shooting, well, why not? For better or worse, bribery has been around longer than Judas sold Jesus for 30 silver pieces. Is it the best way? By no means, our leaders need to look for the root cause of the problems that plague our schools and heal our children. Is it going to happen? No. Our children did not become sex obsessed, drug addicted murderers [did i mention fat] for no reason...Certainly there is a better way...I just don't know where to begin. On the other hand, if the government is not going to provide real solution parents need to step up. But, then again, in this "me" society it is probably not going to happen...they are too busy enjoying their extended adolescence.
I have never been a very big fan of rats, tattle-tales, snitches, fingers, whistle blowers, or what ever you want to call them. I know I would not do it for a $100 or even a $1000. Kids this age are evil and then end result out weights the money. who ever does turn informant is a fool or do-gooder that doesn’t know what he is getting into. Think about it poepl there are drugs and guns involved. Let the police figure it out, they are getting paid for.
every boy growing up in scotland is taught the 3 commandments: 1) always back up your mates; 2) never hit a woman; and 3) never grass friend or foe. grass = snitch.
the real problem here, the elephant in the room so to speak, is that can of soda pop. the government doesn't want you to know that artificial carbonation angries up your blood.
so spread the word, nebur. get the message out. trade in your diet cokes for a glass of water or apple juice.
by the way, the pic of those grinning text-messaging idiots hit a little too close to home. i like the text message feature, its way better than using the phone -- far less intrusive, too.
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