• oDDmON@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Uh-huh, because banning shit works so well.

    Look no further than Prohibition, or the War on Drugs.

    • Cethin@lemmy.zip
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      11 months ago

      Yeah, that’s very different. This is banning phones in the classroom, because they’re a distraction. It’s like banning phones in the movie theater. There are plenty of good places to have reasonable bans.

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        11 months ago

        Except no ones forcing you to go to the theater. A 15 year old is forced to go to school 9-3 every day.

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      11 months ago

      My kid is in middle school and her school is the same way. Lockers only for emergency.

    • lemmy689@lemmy.sdf.org
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      11 months ago

      I can remember when they banned not wearing your seatbelt when in an automobile. Not just the driver, but everyone. You weren’t even allowed to be in the car if there weren’t enough seatbelts. I think that ban went pretty well.