[emeraldlonewoulf]

one thing to think about here is how this conditions a new generation to think about intrusions and abuses of authority. So yeah, they search your locker, car, personal backpack, clothing , walk you through metal detectors, etc. If you become used to this as an everyday part of life from five to eighteen, how are you supposed to have any background to fight illegal search and seizure, or respect any personal right to privacy? As a mass culture, we need to think about how this will affect our thinking in another fifty years. We are treating people like criminals merely because they are young, and try to pass i9t off as some sort of "protection". Kids aren't any dumber or smarter than the rest of us. If they want to get around the rules, they will find a way. if they want to smoke, drink, or carry a gun, they will. They only way they won't is if they have beentaught or shown why not to. In the mean time, all the others will have been trained by society to allow their government to intrude on their privacy, and limit their freedom. Its the same thing happening on our streets, with cameras installed on the corners, hoping to catch criminals in the act. Some false protection is set up to watch all of us. It won't prevent the crime from happening, it will just change its' appearance.