In the interests of realism, consider in Chris's scenario, what would happen if Bob, because he is a much bigger student than Dul to begin with, has been asking Dul to pull down his pants everyday for an "inspection" because he is afraid Dul is carrying a knife under his pants. Bob insists that these "inspections" are for the greater safety of the school, but his exact motivations seem unclear. While this is happening, at the same time, in another part of the school, a shifty eyed Korean student (we'll call him Hwang) has been bringing guns and keeping them in his locker to everybody's knowledge. Finally, when faced with the possibility of being punished by the teachers, Bob declares that if he is punished, the teachers are precariously close to becoming "irrelevant."

I agree with Tom, I like Chris' analogy. The more I think about it, the more it shows how absurd US foreign policy is now. I am pretty sure you could get this published as an editorial somewhere if nothing else.