[Magdalen] Retired clergy (was Re: Epiphany)

[Sibyl Smirl]

On 1/15/16 1:38 AM, Sally Davies wrote:
> I can see how, in some situations, it is not desirable for the former
> rector to be around, but can't see why it has to be a rule for every
> situation or why there can't be better, kinder ways to solve the problem.

This suddenly clicked to a conversation I was just noticing on my 
newsfeed on FB that got into a general principle.

It was centered in this news article
http://educationblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01/two-garland-isd-middle-school-students-facing-punishment-for-sharing-inhaler.html/

The person who shared the article (X) observed:
"So the message is, if you are dying, you should continue dying rather 
than accept life-saving medication from someone other than your own 
personal doctor. And if you see someone dying, make sure you read all 
the fine print before rendering assistance. And if the person dies while 
you're trying to figure out if you are allowed to save their life or 
not, well, that's bureaucracy.

"Edit: I am aware that inhaler prescriptions are tailored to the 
individual and using someone else's inhaler is not always the best 
course of action. But come on, suspension and 30 days in the 
'alternative school' where they send the people caught with illegal 
drugs? That's just insane."

Then Y replied:
"No, the message is either ALL sharing of medication is prohibited, or 
NONE of it is. And where is the hate for the parents of the girl who 
"has been to the ICU before because of her asthma" who didn't provide 
her an inhaler of her own?"

X again:
"Black and white all or nothing policies never work well in the real 
world. It'd be nice if they did, but life isn't like that. There has to 
be room for human judgement or we might as well start building robocops"



(SS) There were other remarks from and responding to other people in the 
thread, but the above is the gist that just clicked for me.  Mike 
started this Magdalen line by mentioning that the diocesan policy seemed 
cruel to him.  Children can quite literally die in asthma attacks 
without an inhaler.  The ethical problem would be quite impossible for a 
pre-teen child to deal with in minutes, and highly unlikely for adults. 
  At least, the people who need to deal with the controlling ex-Rector 
are adults, and they have more time to consider courses of action.




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