Ship of Fools: Where are we? Stupidville, USA

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Posted by The Riv (# 3553) on :

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!

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"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.

Posted by Zach82 (# 3208) on :

Don't let this reflect badly on Stupidville, USA. It's actually a lovely city.

Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on :

Hang on, these kids are seven and still having to make do with pretend guns? What is the USA coming to!

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :

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]

Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :

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.

Posted by The Riv (# 3553) on :

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.

Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :

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"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.

Posted by The Riv (# 3553) on :

Even more stupider.

Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :

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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.

Posted by The Riv (# 3553) on :

Think of it as educational acid rain.

Posted by Anglican't (# 15292) on :

If you let children play with pencil-guns they might gravitate towards committing serious offences like criminal damage with a piece of chalk.

Posted by jbohn (# 8753) on :

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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]

Posted by Pyx_e (# 57) on :

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

Posted by The Midge (# 2398) on :

Gives new meaning to the "pen is mightier than the swords"

Posted by rolyn (# 16840) on :

"Draw !"

Really must cut down on watching those 'Gunsmoke' repeats.

Posted by Sarkycow (# 1012) on :

Aww Pyx_e, I'm very impressed [Smile]

Posted by The Riv (# 3553) on :

Well, they can have my eraser when they pry it from my cold, dead hand.

Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on :

Congratulations, folks. So far you're 3 for 3 in finding genuine examples of adults being complete idiots.

Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :

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.

Posted by Tortuf (# 3784) on :

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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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