What would you have done?

brewthunda said:
And searching your rooms? WTF? Why would they/ how could they search your rooms based on finding a switchblade in the bathroom?
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My university would probably have done that- checked everyone's room on the floor. I'm glad I never had to decide between my rights and shelter by living in a dorm.

Still considering how !@#$@ing irresponsible a lot of the students where I am are even when drunk I can see a zero-tolerance weapons policy as appearing somewhat attractive....
 
LURP -
I cant believe you threw the poor guys knife away?? How would you like that if you misplaced your knife? If ya didnt want to help the guy out by returning his knife to him, then ya should have just left it alone and at least gave him a chance to find it or for another right minded individual to come along and return it to its owner. you definatley lost out on some good karma in that situation - what goes around comes around *edited for "nice" wording
 
I don't like waste so binning it would not be an option for me. You can only make a decision on the character who is carrying a switchblade. Me being old, I don't like the thought of young people, beer and switchblades unless I knew and trusted the guy really well. Unless you are one handed, why would you choose to buy a switchblade anyway? Aren't they for quick action self defense stabbing and slashing, or for dispatching Mafia criminals :D

So, I would have done one of three things.

Given it to campus police, "I found this in the bathroom".
Mailed it home the next day, "I am a responsible knife owner, I found it".
Given it back the next day, "I found this, is it yours? Look after it, and did you know these shouldn't be on campus".
 
Lurp said:
3. Leave the knife in the bathroom to be found by an RA, dorm worker or a student.
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I leave the knife there.








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Dude, it's the University of freaking Texas. There's so much dope, underage drinking, and wanton carnality going on there that the possibility that you might have a switchblade is probably pretty low on the list of concerns. Hell, my son found a syringe in his room when he moved into Jester. And, as I believe we discussed in another thread, both my son and my daughter carried knives daily on campus without incident. The neighborly thing to do would be to give it back to the guy in the morning.

Jack
 
I am surprised at how many people here describe themselves as liberal and a little freaky. I suppose these are young kids who do not know any better. Don't you know that the liberals don't want you to have a gun, knife or anything else that will distinguish you from the other SHEEPLE!!
 
How could you throw away a knife!?

If I had been in your situation, I would have found the kid and superglued his hands to a table. Then I would have played a game of five finger (using his knife and his hands) until he sobered up and realized the error of his ways. :D

Seriously though, you should have just kept the knife in a safe place until you could get it away from the college. The guy obviously doesn't respect it enough to use it properly, and you'd be preventing possible injuries due to intoxication. Every knife deserves a good home.

TheSurvivalist
 
love4steel said:
LURP -
I cant believe you threw the poor guys knife away?? How would you like that if you misplaced your knife? If ya didnt want to help the guy out by returning his knife to him, then ya should have just left it alone and at least gave him a chance to find it or for another right minded individual to come along and return it to its owner. you definatley lost out on some good karma in that situation - what goes around comes around *edited for "nice" wording
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So someday, someone will save Lurp some jailtime or other repurcussion when he forgets a highly illegal item in a public place? Sounds like good karma to me.
 
nolan raborn said:
I am surprised at how many people here describe themselves as liberal and a little freaky. I suppose these are young kids who do not know any better. Don't you know that the liberals don't want you to have a gun, knife or anything else that will distinguish you from the other SHEEPLE!!
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Since I was the first to describe myself in that way I will respond.

I'm in my mid-40's, I have a CCW, and I EDC a handgun along with several politically-incorrect knives.

I'm going to leave the rest of that alone, since this is not a political discussion, but I think you need to take a serious look at the people who are actually passing those restrictive laws we both dislike.

--Bob Q
 
Had I known to whom the knive belonged,I would have taken possession of it and returned it to the owner the following day. I also might offer some advice as to being more responsible in the future considering the possible consequences of carelessly leaving where he did. Hopefully, he would benefit from the experience and give it some serious thought. For me, the Golden Rule applies to this situation given the information provided. The Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
Keeping it would make me a thief.
Disposing of it is not my choice to make since it isn't my property.
Leaving it where I saw it could be considered irresponsible as someone other than the owner might find it who may have less than honorable intentions or be tempted to misuse it.
Therefore, my choice would be to retain it until the owner was in full presence of mind-not under the influence of alcohol or something worse-and let him make the decision as to what should be done with it. I am sure I would remind him of the policy regarding the item and suggest it might be a poor choice to have it at school considering what it might cost him.
 
bquinlan said:
Since I was the first to describe myself in that way I will respond.

I'm in my mid-40's, I have a CCW, and I EDC a handgun along with several politically-incorrect knives.

I'm going to leave the rest of that alone, since this is not a political discussion, but I think you need to take a serious look at the people who are actually passing those restrictive laws we both dislike.

--Bob Q
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What I am saying is that it usually is liberals passing those restrictive laws that we both dislike and why would someone such as you want to describe himself as a liberal? And if "politically-incorrect knives" means illegal knives, you are asking to lose your CCW if you get caught with them. I have a CCW and also own one of those "politically-incorrect" knives, but I am not about to get caught carrying it. :rolleyes:
 
Well, one thing to consider about UT liberals is that they seem more liberal relative to the rest of Texas. Ironically, Austin is our capital. As far as I can tell, all UT schools are extraordinarily liberal. In my brief stint at UT-Arlington, I met some pretty crazy people that actually wanted to do personal physical harm, and entirely believe they would given the chance, to certain members of our government. They hated republicans with every fiber of their being. Even as a moderate (and even sometimes here at TCU) I'm often persecuted for not falling in line.

The nice thing about UT is that it's aware of its own liberal values and even proud of them. Back at UTA (99.9999% crazy left wing activist--not just liberal in the plain sense) and here at TCU (70% liberal, roughly), the liberals perceive themselves to be fighting the huge oppression of republicans, which are everywhere, all the time, and they, the isolated force against the masses at the university, must stave "us" (me being a moderate...) off.

My mind was blown not but a couple weeks ago where the entire room (everyone but me--the moderate) was yelling at me that TCU was a super conservative university. So seven liberals were yelling at the only moderate anyone knows that TCU was made up of only crazy right wing activists. They're not very self aware. The must maintain this idea that they're fighting "the masses," that they're cool and free thinking for being like roughly 47% of the country.

Having only been to UT for that tour, I can't say how the students perceive liberalism, but I'm hoping most of them are actually politically aware and savvy and run with liberal opinions because they actually believe in them, instead of being the typical college student. UT students are reasonably bright, so this wouldn't surprise me at all.
 
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