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Thread: Where are we? Stupidville, USA
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The Riv
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Two Young Boys Suspended From School For Pointing Pencils Like Guns
What happended to the 'teachable moment?' Why must we treat 7 year-olds as if they were psychotic? Is anyone else out there tired of this dim witted approach? Bloody hell, the poor kid can't play army with a pal? And what of the asinine School District Spokesperson who cited 'Cowboys and Indians' as a dated, yet acceptible imaginary scenario? How about we check with the Sioux and Apache about that one, eh? We're just gonna let that littkle racist tidbit slide though, because DAMMIT, MAN - HE WAS POINTING A PENCIL! I MEAN, JUST *THINK* IF SOME OF THAT PRESSED GRAPHITE HAD ACTUALLY GONE OFF! quote:
"A pencil is a weapon when it is pointed at someone in a threatening way and gun noises are made"
Really? Really. I guess the only thing that stops a bad little boy with a pencil in hand, is a good for nothing floozy with a pencil in her hair. If I'm an Executive at Dixon-Ticonderoga I already have this kid booked to film a back-to-school TV commercial to run this coming August.
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"Riv, you've done a much better job communicating your passion than your point. I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about." Tom Clune
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Zach82
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Don't let this reflect badly on Stupidville, USA. It's actually a lovely city.
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Bob Two-Owls
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Hang on, these kids are seven and still having to make do with pretend guns? What is the USA coming to!
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Lyda*Rose
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The rule is okay, the application of punishment by the school is atrocious. Scaring two little guys to death! How are they going to get a sense of proportion about the reasons for rules? Dumbass educators. ![[Mad]](angryfire.gif)
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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Was he threatening to fill his classmates with lead?
In tomorrow's news, the NRA calls for every school to have security guards armed with 2Bs in quick-draw holsters to counter the growing prevalence of HB-wielding ne'er-do-wells.
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The Riv
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# 3553
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We CANNOT hold aloft our Law Enforcement and Military personnel as paragons of heroisism -- something we now do a good bit more of since September 2011 -- and then crush our kids for emulating them (at least in part). For pity's sake, the kid's dad was/is a veteran. Some of these people's detachment is astounding. How many 7 year-olds are camped out in front of the evening news report. Hell, I don't know many parents who subject themselves to that nightly informational open sewer. But 7 year-olds in this community do it enough to have it shape a skewed worldview that impacts the local school playground? Please. That lady needs to wake up and smell what she's shoveling.
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"Riv, you've done a much better job communicating your passion than your point. I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about." Tom Clune
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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quote:
"I let him drink soda too," she says. "I'm not going to punish him."
Haven't you heard, lady? Soda isn't good for you.
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The Riv
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# 3553
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Even more stupider.
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"Riv, you've done a much better job communicating your passion than your point. I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about." Tom Clune
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mousethief
Ship's Thieving Rodent
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quote:
Originally posted by The Riv:
Even more stupider.
It's perversely comforting to know that it's not just in the United States that people are fucking idiots.
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The Riv
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Think of it as educational acid rain.
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"Riv, you've done a much better job communicating your passion than your point. I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about." Tom Clune
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jbohn
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quote:
Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
Was he threatening to fill his classmates with lead?
In tomorrow's news, the NRA calls for every school to have security guards armed with 2Bs in quick-draw holsters to counter the growing prevalence of HB-wielding ne'er-do-wells.
Not to mention Sen. Feinstein's soon-to-be-announced "Assault Pencil Ban of 2013". It's for the children, you understand.
When pencils are outlawed... ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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We are punished by our sins, not for them.
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Pyx_e
Quixotic Tilter
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That's the trouble, too much graphite violence.
Fly Safe, Pyx_e
p.s Hope Lazurus Cow notes the ongoing correct use of "too."
p.p.s "full of lead" hehehehe
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The Midge
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Gives new meaning to the "pen is mightier than the swords"
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On other days you are the windscreen.
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rolyn
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"Draw !"
Really must cut down on watching those 'Gunsmoke' repeats.
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Sarkycow
La belle Dame sans merci
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Aww Pyx_e, I'm very impressed ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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The Riv
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Well, they can have my eraser when they pry it from my cold, dead hand.
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"Riv, you've done a much better job communicating your passion than your point. I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about." Tom Clune
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orfeo
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Congratulations, folks. So far you're 3 for 3 in finding genuine examples of adults being complete idiots.
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Technology has brought us all closer together. Turns out a lot of the people you meet as a result are complete idiots.
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LeRoc
Famous Dutch pirate
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I just came across this one. And at the same time, Brazil and I guess a number of Asian countries are only improving the quality of their education.
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Tortuf
Ship's fisherman
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quote:
Originally posted by Sarkycow:
Aww Pyx_e, I'm very impressed
My sweet Lord. I thought you were dead and buried.
Did you post that through a Ouija Board?
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