This is the story of three young men; Lee, Sam and Joe. They were all middle school students at the same school. Lee was known everywhere as a bully. He would regularly harass students and make them give up their lunch money, or shove them into their locker. People knew to stir clear of Lee.
Joe was a new kid at the school, and he had a habit of to the front of the lunch line, even thought the school had an established code of lunch room etiquette that said you were not allowed to cut in line.
Sam was the son of the principle, and had a long reputation as a leader in the school. One day he decided to talk to Joe about cutting in the lunch line. He told Joe this was against the rules and if he saw Joe cutting again he would move Joe to the back of the line.
The next day Lee was in the assistant principal's office and told him that the school had a problem with bullies. The Vice Principal said he agreed and pointed out the Sam had treated Joe, trying to keep him from cutting in line. He wondered how Sam could have dared to ask Joe not to cut in line.
Later that day Joe's dad came and had a conference with Sam's father (the Principal) and expressed concern over Sam's actions. Sam's father agreed that Sam was out of line for asking Joe to respect the rules. He even promised to ask the school board to change the rules and make it ok for Joe to cut in line.
Does this story seem a bit silly to you. A bit illogical. Well this is an illustration of the ridiculousness that happened in world politics this past week. China had the nerve to accuse the US of human rights violations; and our deputy Secretary of State had the nerve to agree, and sight Arizona's immigration law as an example. Then Mexico's president came to Washington to complain about the Arizona law and to say that we should loosen our immigration laws. And The President had the nerve to agree. Hey Mexico, when are YOU gonna loosen your immigration laws??
So let me know what you think of this.
Joe was a new kid at the school, and he had a habit of to the front of the lunch line, even thought the school had an established code of lunch room etiquette that said you were not allowed to cut in line.
Sam was the son of the principle, and had a long reputation as a leader in the school. One day he decided to talk to Joe about cutting in the lunch line. He told Joe this was against the rules and if he saw Joe cutting again he would move Joe to the back of the line.
The next day Lee was in the assistant principal's office and told him that the school had a problem with bullies. The Vice Principal said he agreed and pointed out the Sam had treated Joe, trying to keep him from cutting in line. He wondered how Sam could have dared to ask Joe not to cut in line.
Later that day Joe's dad came and had a conference with Sam's father (the Principal) and expressed concern over Sam's actions. Sam's father agreed that Sam was out of line for asking Joe to respect the rules. He even promised to ask the school board to change the rules and make it ok for Joe to cut in line.
Does this story seem a bit silly to you. A bit illogical. Well this is an illustration of the ridiculousness that happened in world politics this past week. China had the nerve to accuse the US of human rights violations; and our deputy Secretary of State had the nerve to agree, and sight Arizona's immigration law as an example. Then Mexico's president came to Washington to complain about the Arizona law and to say that we should loosen our immigration laws. And The President had the nerve to agree. Hey Mexico, when are YOU gonna loosen your immigration laws??
So let me know what you think of this.
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