Senate OK's Gun Bill

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The bill does not have the full 21 votes it needs to pass yet, but it only needs one more. I do not like this bill since there are alternatives that could be employed.

For my reasons and opinions are listed here in this early post, if you can't be bothered to find it. [Link]

On my other blog, I posted my personal feelings for what has happened. [Link]

Off Topic: It seems I may try to keep this blog afloat now, since it's no longer being graded. Also if you are wondering, "Strange Happenings" is both a personal blog and an even less professional news blog than "Blue in a Red Sea Makes Purple Waters." I cannot assure that I will update this blog on a regular basis, or "Strange Happenings" for the matter.

With that said, goodbye for now.

The Final Response and Assignment

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This... This just disturbs me and yet intrigues me at the same time. I mean I can see this as a means to help those who actually suffer from this problem avoid long term jail-time, however I can also see abuse of this by negligent mothers. The human mind is an interesting and not entirely understood area that could actually help or harm this bill if we understood it better.

As of right now, I'd rather see this bill not pass, however I'd rather extensive research on the mind of Andrea Yates to see if postpartum psychosis was indeed the case, rather than plain old insanity or malevolence.

It's not that I'm cruel, it's just that I'd like a method of determining postpartum psychosis that is effective before passing this bill.

Much like you (Morgan), I see the scope of the bill, but to retort we do need to focus on the causes of this, even if this bill doesn't do that properly.

Zero Tolerance Punishment: It Fails... Epicly

Ever noticed those fights that broke out in Middle and High School? Ever notice that both students are punished? Now, have you ever seen that happen when only one student is being abusive physically/mentally while the other one is just standing their taking it, not responding to the abuse? Both were suspended.

... Wait, what?

Yes that happens... A lot, or at least with in experience. Good friends, even family have been punished for being in a fight that they were drawn into and either defended themselves/others or simply ignored the person. This is the Zero Tolerance policy that many schools in Texas (at least all the ones I've been to) have. If you were in a fight, punishment, regardless of whether you did anything or acted in self defense.

Senate Bill 2270, authored by Mario Gallegos Jr., was approved by the Texas Senate on Tuesday, April 28, hopes to remedy this. This bill will require schools to look at the factors both sides had during a fight or similar action. Some schools that I know already do this, which results in the non-aggressive receiving a lesser punishment or none at all. Just because the school officials didn't see the fight, does not mean that no one else saw it. Are there problems with this? Yes, but the positive outcome ("Just" punishments(Hopefully you know the differences between just and Just)) will usually out weight the negatives (False witness, profiling, etc).

Somewhat off topic: I am not feeling the inspiration to write like I normally do today, so I wonder if there is any noticeable changes with my writing.