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Re:Florida Teen Charged With Felony After Science Experiment... by powertower on Wednesday May 01, 2013 @10:47AM (#5638251)
Soda cans and farts are not the same thing as ammonia and bleach and drain cleaner being mixed together in a container. Those are serious acids and bases. And these analogies are crap.
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Re:Florida Teen Charged With Felony After Science Experiment... by intractable on Wednesday May 01, 2013 @12:59PM (#5639162)
No, the analogies are spot on.

Anything in the preceding comments which seems ridiculous has been introduced by the concept of "zero tolerance", which precludes common sense.

Zero means zero. If the rules are enforced as written - arguably as intended - this is what you get. The preceding comments just take the concept to its logical conclusion.

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Re:Florida Teen Charged With Felony After Science Experiment... by chris_wot on Wednesday May 01, 2013 @12:56PM (#5639142)
You miss the point. Sure, the girl should have been punished. The issue is the degree. Her intent seems pure, it should have been taken into account!
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