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Scenario 1: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.
1977 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up
mates.
2007 - Police are called, Armed Response Unit arrives and arrests Johnny
and Mark. Mobiles phones with evidence of fight are confiscated. Both
are charged with assault, ASBOs are taken out and suspended even though
Johnny started it. Diversionary conferences and parent meetings
conducted. Mobile phone video shown on 6 internet sites.
Scenario 2: Jeffrey won't sit still in class, disrupts other students.
1977 - Jeffrey is sent to the principal's office and given 6 of the
best. Returns to class, sits still and never disrupts the class again.
2007 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. Counselled to death.
Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADHD. School gets extra funding because
Jeffrey has a disability. Jeffrey drops out of school.
Scenario 3: Billy breaks a window in his neighbour's car and his Dad
gives him the slipper.
1977 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normally, goes to
college, and becomes a successful businessman.
2007 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy is removed to
foster care and joins a gang. Psychologist convinces 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 brings cigarettes to school .
1977 - Mark shares a smoke with the school principal out on the smoking
area.
2007 - Police are called and Mark is expelled from School for drug
possession. His car is searched for drugs and weapons.
Scenario: Mohammed fails GCSE English.
1977 - Mohammed retakes his exam, passes and goes to college.
2007 - Mohammed's cause is taken up by local human rights group.
Newspaper articles appear nationally, insisting that making English a
requirement in school 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.
1977 - Ants die.
2007 - 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 with American
airlines ever again.
Scenario: Johnny falls during playtime and scrapes his knee. His
teacher, Mary, finds him crying, and gives him a hug to comfort him.
1977 - Johnny soon feels better and goes back to playing.
2007 - 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.