Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.
1970 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up mates.
2008 - Police are called, Armed Response Unit arrives and arrests Johnny and
Mark. Mobiles with video of fight confiscated as evidence. They are charged
with assault, ASBOs are taken out and both are suspended even though Johnny started
it. Diversionary conferences and parent meetings conducted. Video shown on 6
internet sites.
Scenario: Jeffrey won't sit still in class, disrupts other stu dents.
1970 - Jeffrey is sent to the principal's office and given 6 of the best.
Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2008- Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. Counselled to death. Becomes a
zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra funding because Jeffrey has a
disability. Drops out of school.
Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbour's car and his Dad gives him
the slipper.
1970 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and
becomes a successful businessman.
2008 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy is removed to foster care
and joins a gang. Psychologist tells Billy's sister that she remembers being
abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy's mum has an affair with the
psychologist. Psychologist gets a promotion.
Scenario: Mark, a college stu dent, brings cigarettes to school .
1970 - Mark shares a smoke with the school principal out on the smoking area.
2008 - Police are called and Mark is expelled from School for drug possession.
His car is searched for drugs and weapons.
Scenario: Mohammed fails high school English.
1970 - Mohammed retakes his exam, passes and goes to college.
2008 - Mohammed's cause is taken up by local human rights group. Newspaper
articles appear nationally explaining that making English a requirement for
graduation is racist. Civil Liberties Association files class action lawsuit
against state school system and his English teacher. English is banned from
core curriculum. Mohammed is given his qualification anyway but ends up mowing
lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.
Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers, puts them in a model plane
paint bottle and blows up an anthill.
1970 - Ants die.
2008 - MI5 and police are called and Johnny is charged with perpetrating acts
of terrorism. Teams investigate parents, siblings are removed from the home,
computers are confiscated, and Johnny's dad goes on a terror watch list and is
never allowed to fly again.
Scenario: Johnny falls during break and scrapes his knee. His teacher, Mary,
finds him crying, and gives him a hug to comfort him.
1970 - Johnny soon feels better and goes back to playing.
2008 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces
three years in prison. Johnny undergoes five years of therapy. Becomes gay.
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