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Commented on Six-year-old sent to reform school for bringing a "weapon" (Cub Scout camping cutlery) to school
Well, it is well known that spoons, forks and knives can be deadly weapons. Especially the spoon as it always goes for the heart first. NOT! Part of being a Scout is to learn the proper way to handle knives...
Commented on Warner Music to Warner Music: You are pirates!
Amazing! The entertainment companies seem intent on immolating themselves and their actions just end up providing more entertainment. Movie companies issuing take-downs for the content they themselves posted. What's next? Radio stations playing a continuous "bleep"? Publishers that redact every...
Commented on What will you miss about newspapers?
Being able to read the daily news without needing: 1. An Internet connection 2. Batteries 3. An electronic gadget prone to failing at the worst possible moment Don't get me wrong, I'm one of the people who grew up with...
Commented on Father punishes son with public humiliation
When I was a teenager my Dad told me something that has stuck with me ever since: "If you think you are adult enough to get into trouble, you're adult enough to get out of it on your own. Don't...
Commented on Paul Fryer's atom bomb art has bed inside
sss...
Commented on Paul Fryer's atom bomb art has bed inside
Might I suggest adding an occupied/unoccupied sign to it? Nothing like being dropped out of an airplane to ruin a perfectly good nap!...
Commented on Send your old shoes to Dubya's Liberry
I have an old pair of steel-toed (with metatarsal plate!) work boots that weigh about 6 pounds each I can throw his way....
Commented on Couple gets hitched at a funeral home
From what I've heard, the wedding ceremony and party afterward were to die for!...
Commented on Vegan zombie shirt
"Low-carb vegans"? Hmmmm.... Instead of "Grainnns!", how about "Nuttts!"...
Commented on English nurseries fingerprinting parents "for security"
We have a couple of daycare centers in my community where they use a simple system. Each child has to bring a sealed envelope to school that contains a passphrase the parent has written on a piece of paper and...
Commented on More severed feet in British Columbia
Perhaps only right feet being found in British Columbia is due to the Coriolis Effect. Maybe the left feet end up on a beach in Africa?...
Commented on Air safety proposal: shock-bracelets controlled by flight attendants
#12 - For those of us that have heart problems (including me!) flying would become more of a health risk than it already is!...
Commented on NY police train citizens to be bad samaritans
Here's a twist: Last year, a neighbor happened to find a wallet laying on the ground at my townhome complex. He left the wallet on the ground, came and told my wife and I about it. When asked why he...
Commented on RIAA: Our anti-fan lawsuits are costing us millions
Duh! This is a perfect example of shooting yourself in both feet: you sue your customers thereby alienating the people who you want to buy your product and you waste millions of dollars collecting thousands. Looks like the record companies...
Commented on Marcel Marceau, RIP
( Waves goodbye. )...
Commented on Giant web woven by a variety of spider families
...others working on the Web. Would that be the World Wide Web? Seriously, that is one web I wouldn't want to be caught in!...

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mdh commented on Six-year-old sent to reform school for bringing a "weapon" (Cub Scout camping cutlery) to school
Back in grade school another kid put a 'boner' on a classroom skeleton and blamed me. He wrecked it in the process. I got suspended for a week and the skeleton that had been there for 20 years was removed from the classroom forever. douchebags who game the rules start young. that should be the focus of zero tolerance....
O_M commented on Six-year-old sent to reform school for bringing a "weapon" (Cub Scout camping cutlery) to school
Is it really fair to blame them for enforcing a mandatory policy? ...Well, yeah, it is. I mean, seriously, if that sort of thinking made sense, sonny, there'd been a lot more not guilty verdicts at Nuremberg. Just because a stupid law is the law doesn't automatically justify it. Stupid laws are meant to be broken, and those who enforce them are meant to be broken beyond repair. As others have noted, this is just one case amongst thousands per day. Zero Tolerance policies *never* work because the more intolerant the policy, the greater the odds are that an exception...
AirPillo commented on Six-year-old sent to reform school for bringing a "weapon" (Cub Scout camping cutlery) to school
Just an update: The school board voted to reduce the punishment for grade K-1 children who violate this rule. Suspension is still mandatory, which shows that they're still either cowards or not secure in their own competence to make decisions... however, it's only a 3-5 day suspension now. He can go back to school on Wednesday. Unfortunately, the change effected by this case is pretty weak, but at least it did cause change....
lyd commented on Six-year-old sent to reform school for bringing a "weapon" (Cub Scout camping cutlery) to school
You and I could both agree that it's wrong to deliberately and knowingly sacrifice the well-being of taxpayer's children to protect the best interests of government employees, but the sorts of folks who conceive of and support these policies may not. They also may not agree that protecting the employees is the focus of these policies. I think they might explain, were you to get them talking, that it is all about Law and Order. From their point of view a message of, "the rules must be obeyed absolutely and completely" may be more valuable than one of rational, ad-hoc...
digger628 commented on Six-year-old sent to reform school for bringing a "weapon" (Cub Scout camping cutlery) to school
So if I want to bring an assault rifle to an Obama rally that's OK, but if I bring a pocketknife to school I get suspended? Please explain....

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