11-24-2015, 02:06 PM
(11-24-2015, 12:35 PM)Au165 Wrote: I think the idea of punishing a whole community for the actions of a few is a horrible way to approach these things. If it was a school district/police department policy to be racist that is one thing, but we have gone overboard with the idea that every person is an extension of an entire corporation or community. The problem is individuals can be stupid and there can be no way to stop them until after it happens sometimes. I think corporations should be treated the same thing. If it was a systematic failure across the corporation make the cost substantial, but when it's a single or small group acting stupid it should be minimal.
I think he should be compensated, but I think the individuals should be fired as punishment and he should get a 10th of what he is asking for. We have gone crazy with these awards and it really needs to stop.
In this case it could be argued that comments and actions taken by the mayor of Irving led directly to the anti-muslim atmosphere in the school.
Before this "clock bomb" incident she had been making the talk show rounds (Glenn Beck, Frank Gaffney, ect) as a prominent defender of "American values" against Muslin influence. Here is what the Dallas Morning News said about her in March well before the "clock bomb" incident
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20150319-dispute-on-islam-roils-irving.ece
The intense national spotlight on Islam has shifted to Irving, where Mayor Beth Van Duyne has accused mosque leaders of creating separate laws for Muslims and the City Council voted Thursday to endorse a state bill that Muslims say targets their faith.
The dispute has made Van Duyne a hero among a fringe movement that believes Muslims — a tiny fraction of the U.S. population — are plotting to take over American culture and courts.
“It fuels anti-Islamic hysteria,” said Zia Sheikh, imam at the Islamic Center of Irving. “Her whole point was to rile up her supporters. ... The problem is we become the whipping boys.”
The police ended up having to provide extra security to the Mosque in Irving because of threats and people harassing the members of the Mosque.
The "clock bomb" incident was just the final straw according to the boy's family. they claim that he had been a victim of harrassment at the school long before he was expelled over the clock.
