Scenario:
Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.
1957 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.
2010 - Police called, arrests Johnny and Mark.. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it. Both children go to anger management programs for 3 months. School board hold meeting to impliment bullying prevention programs
Scenario:
Robbie won't be still in class, disrupts other students.
1957 - Robbie sent to office and given 6 of the best by the Principal. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2010 - Robbie given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. Robbie's parents get fortnightly disability payments and School gets extra funding from state because Robbie has a disability.
Scenario :
Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.
1957 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.
20010 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. State psychologist tells Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison.
Scenario :
Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.
1957 - Mark gets glass of water from Principal to take aspirin with.
2010 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.
Scenario :
Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from Guy Fawkes, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a bullant nest.
1957 - Ants die.
2010- State Police, Star Force, Federal Police & Anti-terrorism Squad called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, Feds investigate parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated. Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.
Scenario :
Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary . Mary hugs him to comfort him.
1957 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2010 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy.
This is how stupid the world has become.
Qantas problems continue.
A pilot of a Qantas 747 flight was forced to turn back to Sydney today (15/11/10) during a flight from Sydney to Buenos Aires, Argentina, The pilot reportedly told passengers there was smoke coming from the instrument panel in the cockpit.On Friday, a Qantas Boeing 767 turned back on a domestic flight in Australia after pilots detected abnormal vibrations in one of the plane's two General Electric engines. A week earlier, a Sydney-bound Qantas Boeing 747 landed safely in Singapore after an engine caught fire minutes after takeoff.
Both 747 planes were fitted with Rolls-Royce RB211 engines.
The fault on the A380 two weeks ago was in the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine. Leaking oil caught fire in the motor of a four-engine Qantas A380, heating metal parts and causing the disintegration over Indonesia before the jetliner returned safely to Singapore. Chunks of flying metal damaged vital systems in the wing of the Sydney-bound plane, causing the pilots to lose control of the second engine and half of the brake flaps on the damaged wing in a situation far more serious than originally portrayed by the airline.
Qantas grounded its six A380s within hours and said four days later that the checks had revealed suspicious oil leaks on three engines on three different grounded A380s. Singapore Airlines and Lufthansa, which both use A380s with Trent 900 engines, have conducted checks on their superjumbos and all but one have returned to service, the airlines say.
V8 supercars granted international status
V8 Supercars could be hosting up to six international rounds in the future after being granted international status by the FIA.The decision by world motorsport's governing body last week means that the Australian series is now seen as an international category, paving the way for future expansion.
It means V8 Supercars can now compete at up to six international venues and 12 Australasian tracks each year for the next five years.
Currently the series has two overseas stops planned in 2011, the season opener at Abu Dhabi and the Hamilton 400 in New Zealand.
This gives V8 Supercars flexibility in exploring further expansion of the sport.
Australia and New Zealand remain an absolute priority in terms of where the series races although the new status means that the series can move forward with confidence when exploring growth outside of Australasia.
Several possible overseas locations have been suggested as future stops for the V8 Supercars, including Singapore, Korea and India though the series has lost its round in Bahrain from 2011 onwards.
Carter moving to millions...
Dan Carter is set to leave the All Blacks next year and become the world's highest paid Rugby player.Carter has signalled to the New Zealand Rugby Union that he is likely to accept one of three multimillion-dollar offers from French clubs after the World Cup in 2011.
The New Zealand Rugby Union were desperate for Carter to extend his contract and stay on until at least 2012 but they are now resigned to the likelihood that their star player will be leaving.
Unfinished business is understood to be the principal reason Carter is heading back to France - although offers of €1 million to €1.2 million ($1.8m-$2.2m) per season will hardly be discouraging him.
At that level, he will likely supersede the man who is currently supposed to be the best-paid player in rugby - Frenchman Sebastien Chabal who plays in Paris for Racing Metro for $1.8m a season.
Former All Black prop Carl Hayman signed for Toulon for a reported deal worth €620,000 ($1.13m) a season while Bayonne bid for Australia's Matt Giteau at the end of 2008, offering him a four-year deal worth an estimated $9.6m (or $2.4m a season).
In Carter's "sabbatical" season with Perpignan in 2008 (from which he was permitted to return and play for the All Blacks), he was reportedly paid €600,000 for his six months. However, he was injured and played only four matches for them.
Perpignan won the French championship that year but Carter has since spoken of his desire to return and play a full role for the club in a championship he enjoyed; in a region and country he particularly relished.
So Perpignan are thought to be in the best position to win Carter's services. Both Toulon and Racing Metro have also made offers.
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