"Ain't no chains strong enough to bind me"

RAVENNA, Ohio (AP) — An elementary school principal accused of wrapping a heavy chain around misbehaving students to discipline them has been suspended without pay by the school board.

So...can somebody tell me what the problem with this is? Sure one kid is seeing the shrink...because his crazy mother thought he needed it. But really, 3 minutes in chains is cruel?

If you don't like it, don't have your kids educated at taxpayer expense.

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Posted by: pls9
Posted on: May 25, 2006 01:41 PM

Restraints in the justice and medical fields are used to prevent harm to self and others. Cruel may be in the eye of the beholder, but you have to admit it is very unusual punishment. I'd be worried about what kind of kinkiness that principal is into. Who even thinks of putting chains and padlocks on people, let alone children? Chaining people us "punishment" smacks of BDSM. Do it to a student of color and it smacks of antebellum slavery practices. The school board acted appropriately.

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