First grader brings Cub Scout utensil to school; faces reform school

The world has gone mad, I tell you, MAD.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/33289924/ns/today-today_people/

What are you, soft on crime?

dar512;600767 wrote:

The world has gone mad, I tell you, MAD.
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You might feel differently if he had stabbed your child with the spoon!

Spexxvet;600782 wrote:

You might feel differently if he had stabbed your child with the spoon!

Well, sure. But there are already strict laws about stabbing children with spoons. :eyebrow:

Interesting that they justify the zero tolerance policy by explaining that the administrators are probably racists. What an awesome school district...

I think it's a typo. They are sending him to refork school.

Ba dum dum

It just goes to prove my theory that Cub Scouts are Amerika's answer to the Hitler Youth. Send them all to Gitmo, so the rest of us can be safe. :headshake

Damn mandatory sentencing laws.

Zero tolerance has never worked and it keeps giving the media ammunition like this. You never hear that a 18 yo punk, on probation for trying to steal cars, pulled a switchblade on a teacher who was trying to break up a fistfight. It always seems to be something like this silliness.

He might be a "terrist", send his ass to Gitmo!

And that's Joe Biden's home territory.

Yes it is. I was thinkin the same thing, but I dunno what, if anything, he had to do with it. Laws that take the administration of those laws out of the hands of those most "in the know" seem to turn out badly.

classicman;600817 wrote:

Yes it is. I was thinkin the same thing, but I dunno what, if anything, he had to do with it. Laws that take the administration of those laws out of the hands of those most "in the know" seem to turn out badly.

I don't think it's a "law" at all. I think it's the school district's policy.
added:
yeah, from the link.

Christina School District’s zero-tolerance policy toward weapons in school,

classicman;600817 wrote:

Yes it is. I was thinkin the same thing, but I dunno what, if anything, he had to do with it. Laws that take the administration of those laws out of the hands of those most "in the know" seem to turn out badly.

:lol2:

OMG tell me you're kidding! PLEASE?

Well Biden is the #2 Democrat, with the President's ear, so it must be Obama's fault. Ask FOX News, they'll tell ya. ;)

I was shaw - sheesh! I just didn't think you'd be the one to bite on that. :P

Spexxvet;600820 wrote:

I don't think it's a "law" at all. I think it's the school district's policy.

I don't give a rats ass if its a Law or a policy. The fact that those in charge cannot actually look at the situation and make a determination of appropriate action is SCHTU-PIT.

classicman;600828 wrote:

I was shaw - sheesh! I just didn't think you'd be the one to bite on that. :P

C'mon man, you know she's a pitbull-ess. :lol2:

classicman;600830 wrote:

I don't give a rats ass if its a Law or a policy. The fact that those in charge cannot actually look at the situation and make a determination of appropriate action is SCHTU-PIT.

Yeah, but you sure were ready to hop right on the Biden-fault Express.

But run away from that point now, by telling us what we already know. :headshake

Oh right and the Vice president of the friggin US has what to do with school policy in DE? Come on shaw. I've met Joe Biden a number of times - years ago. He's a nice enough guy and a local from this area. He had as much to do with this policy as you or I. Now stop it! or else I submit that your crown be rescinded from the strawberry festival!

classicman;600830 wrote:

I don't give a rats ass if its a Law or a policy. The fact that those in charge cannot actually look at the situation and make a determination of appropriate action is SCHTU-PIT.

The point is

classicman;600858 wrote:

Oh right and the Vice president of the friggin US has what to do with school policy in DE? Come on shaw. I've met Joe Biden a number of times - years ago. He's a nice enough guy and a local from this area. He had as much to do with this policy as you or I....

And I didn't realize your were kidding. In fact I didn't realize you had a sense of humor at all. :p

Dude, I really thought from the "tone" of your post you were serious. You didn't come right out and say it was his fault, you said it as if you weren't sure. I do usually catch your sense of humor. :)

OK fine...no more Biden jokes. :queen:

xoxoxoBruce;600832 wrote:

C'mon man, you know she's a pitbull-ess. :lol2:

No, 'cause I eventually let go. :blush:

And I don't chew kids' faces off.

Shawnee123;600864 wrote:

I do usually catch your sense of humor. :)

You're pretty much the only one... :neutral:

Shawnee123;600865 wrote:

I don't chew kids' faces off.

What? An early new years resolution :p

classicman;600889 wrote:

What? An early new years resolution :p

I heard she was sticking to nibbling on ears. :blush:

My son was 7 when he took his first knife to school. Memories...

seriously though, he WAS 7 and he took his grandfather's little swiss army knife to school - as 7 year-olds are won't to do. He got a 10 suspension with an expulsion hearing. this was back in, oh, '98.

He served the 10 days happy as a clam, loved every minute of it and taunted his cousins with, "Have fun in school, SUCKERS!" every morning.

He always enjoyed speech therapy class, too. Got him out of regular class. I think he purposely prolonged his lazy R's just so he could go to therapy.

Shawnee123;600864 wrote:

Dude, I really thought from the "tone" of your post you were serious. You didn't come right out and say it was his fault, you said it as if you weren't sure. I do usually catch your sense of humor. :)

OK fine...no more Biden jokes. :queen:

What!?!?! it's not Bush's fault? Hell! When did we change dance partners?

I was kind of use to blaming Bush for everything. Now I have to switch. Bastards.

Just saw on the news that the school board caved and changed the policy for 1st graders and kindergarteners to a case by case basis. Kid can go back to school.

Yeah, he's already served his 5 day suspension and will be "counseled" on the seriousness of his crime, but no reform school. He can go back tomorrow, but his mom says she'll keep him home a day or two longer. Now they'll probably punish him for missing more time. :rolleyes:

xoxoxoBruce;600832 wrote:

C'mon man, you know she's a pitbull-ess. :lol2:

Wouldn't that be pitbitch?

(no offence Shawnee...just picked up the ball and had a run with it. ;) )

It'll be ironic if he comes back and stabs someone.:neutral:

Or spoons them to death.

xoxoxoBruce;600832 wrote:

C'mon man, you know she's a pitbull-ess. :lol2:

Aliantha;601029 wrote:

Wouldn't that be pitbitch?

Bull --> Cow
Pitbull --> Pitcow :p

Aliantha;601029 wrote:

Wouldn't that be pitbitch?

(no offence Shawnee...just picked up the ball and had a run with it. ;) )

Spexxvet;601060 wrote:

It'll be ironic if she comes back and stabs someone.:neutral:

Fixed it for ya. ;)

Hmmm

SamIam;600791 wrote:

It just goes to prove my theory that Cub Scouts are Amerika's answer to the Hitler Youth. Send them all to Gitmo, so the rest of us can be safe. :headshake

And here's England's answer...

http://youth.bnp.org.uk/archives/286

From above:

That evening we had a meal fit for St. George himself. Baked potatoes with melted butter, hot from the fire and enough barbequed meat to feed an army of patriotic young lions. When the youngsters had finished washing up (no shirking on this camp) we snuggled down around the fire to have marshmallows and stories. We kicked off by telling the story of George and the Dragon, then of how the Emperor Diocletian had put brave George to death for his beliefs.
It is extremely sad that children of this latest generation, myself among them until I joined the BNP and began to fill in the considerable gaps left by a PC education system, seem almost entirely unaware of the rich history of our people. That night at least, we had tried to put right a small part of that wrong.

We went on to discuss other local tales, such as the building of Avebury, which was not too far from us and then each related some of our own stories of racial and political persecution. Some of the stories told to me by a little ten year old girl and her mother left me feeling physically sick. Beaten on the way home from school, tires slashed and windows put through. What made it far worse was the reaction, or should I say, non-reaction from the police. But I reminded myself that the family was here, round this fire, sharing this story but still active members of the party and in the light of the embers I’m sure I caught a glint of that stoic spirit found in all true English folk.

"In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards."
Mark Twain

Spexxvet;601060 wrote:

It'll be ironic if he comes back and stabs someone.:neutral:

Speaking of not knowing whether someone is joking or not... And the smilie does not help.