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“Blue dust of evening over my city, Over the ocean of roofs and the tall towers Where the window-lights, myriads and myriads, Bloom from the walls like climbing flowers.” (Sara Teasdale)

Street scenes by Aleksander Kowalik

mrsgojosatoru

GRRM literally book one: “When dead men come hunting in the night, do you think it matters who sits the Iron Throne?” everyone: ANYWAYS here’s a 10 page essay on how my fave should be king

mrsgojosatoru

GRRM literally book one: “When dead men come hunting in the night, do you think it matters who sits the Iron Throne?” D&D: anyways the last three episodes of the series will be dedicated to who sits on the iron throne.

afterlithe

I’m never one to stand up for D&D but are we actually saying we’d be okay with the show going “forget about all the plot points and character disputes you’ve been following and caring about for nine years, the final season of the show is about whitewalkers and whitewalkers only”?

taylorswiftsthighs

I don’t understand how people can leave tumblr. I’ve been here since 2009 - I couldn’t leave even if I wanted to.

felinetay

i really believe that anyone who made an account between 2009-2011 unknowingly signed a contract with the devil and now we’re all trapped here until the website finally dies like leaving has never been an option in the first place

afterlithe

funny cause it’s true

shabbytigers

I am an adult and do not want protection from adult content

jerico3193

frizz01percy

this should be the most reblogged post on tumblr before it dies

xan-thos-blog

We need to reblog this so much that the post breaks

mortis01

Reblog pls

tastefullyoffensive

“Not use collective punishment as it is not fair on the many people who did nothing and under the 1949 Geneva Conventions it is a war crime.”

nu11-pointer

Wait it’s a fucking WAR CRIME?!?! I mean that might not be 100% accurate but now I gotta know

tlitookilakin

holy crap, collective punishment is a war crime.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Geneva_Convention#Collective_punishments

and according to the exact legal phrasing-

No protected person may be punished for an offense he or she has not personally committed. Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited.

This technically counts, as students are civilians, and thus considered a “protected person”. So yes, collective classroom punishment breaks the fourth Geneva Convention, and she should be rewarded for standing up for human rights and doing her research.

afterlithe

While I do realise that this is a silly thing to be commenting on after 2 years of no posts, I just need to make sure that everyone realises that war crimes can only be committed during war time (well, armed conflict, to be specific). So, no, collective classroom punishment IS NOT a war crime and DOES NOT violate the 4th Protocol, unless it happens take place within the context of an ongoing armed conflict AND there exists a functional relationship between the armed conflict and the collective punishment of the students.

In summary, while it is impressive for a kid to know that collective punishment is listed under the Genova Conventions, it is probably a good idea to do more than a cursory google search before going into what does and does not technically constitute a war crime.

Tl;dr - Your teachers may be asshats, but please do not call them war criminals.