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Postal workers shouldn't necessarily be blamed for pornography laws, but that doesn't mean government agents should be treated equally.

Highway patrol officers who break traffic laws without using lights and sirens should be punished more severely than a first-time offender who is a normal citizen. Cops who abuse their power need to serve prison time.

With great power comes great responsibility.

We give our public school teachers a lot of power over the lives of our kids, by entrusting our kids to them for several hours a day. If they abuse the public trust, the potential for damage is much higher, and the punishment should be correspondingly more severe.

If we let our schools enact zero-tolerance policies for punishing our kids, we have the right to enact zero-tolerance laws for them f*ing with our kids' lives.



"If they abuse the public trust, the potential for damage is much higher, and the punishment should be correspondingly more severe."

I don't disagree, but that's not what the law says. Get it into a law, and then reality will match up with your belief.


I hate to think what would happen to a police officer serving serious time in a normal prison.




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