Was I discriminated against?

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When I was a kid we had a "smoking area" in High School. Kids that smoked could go outside between classes and during lunch to smoke. To be allowed to do this, you had to have a "smoker's badge" (no, not the type Fred has) and to get this badge you had to have a note from your parents saying it was OK.

I always thought that it was unfair that folks just couldn't go outside if they wanted to. My parents signed the slip just so I could go outside.