More Foolish Hysteria

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

In the latest incident of anti-gun hysteria to erupt in a school setting, officials at an elementary school in small-town Michigan impounded a third-grader boy’s batch of 30 homemade birthday cupcakes because they were adorned with green plastic figurines representing World War Two soldiers.

The school principal branded the military-themed cupcakes “insensitive” in light of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, reports Fox News Radio.

“It disgusted me,” Casey Fountain, the boy’s father, told Fox News. “It’s vile they lump true American heroes with psychopathic killers.”

Fountain explained that his wife had made the cupcakes. His son, Hunter, helped decorate them. The following morning, Fountain’s wife brought the taboo treats to the school’s front office, where the secretary reportedly remarked favorably on their appearance.

“About 15 minutes later the school called my wife and told her they couldn’t serve the cupcakes because the soldiers had guns,” Fountain told Fox News. “My wife told them to remove the soldiers and serve the cupcakes anyway — and I believe she may have used more colorful language.”

“We’re just taking political correctness too far,” the angry father added.

In a statement to local media, Schall Elementary School principal Susan Wright Susan Wright doubled down on her school’s bold stand against little green men that represent American soldiers.

“These are toys that were commonplace in the past,” Wright said. “However, some parents prohibit all guns as toys. In light of that difference, the school offered to replace the soldiers with another item and the soldiers were returned home with the student.”

“Living in a democratic society entails respect for opposing opinions,” the principal also said. “In the climate of recent events in schools we walk a delicate balance in teaching non-violence in our buildings and trying to ensure a safe, peaceful atmosphere.”

This incident is the latest in a growing line of apparent overreactions by school officials to things students have brought to school — or talked about bringing to school, or eaten at school — that are not anything like real guns.

http://news.yahoo.com/school-confiscates-third-grader-cupcakes-topped-toy-soldiers-215018982.html

I posted this because I find the Principals words and actions hypocritical. She says “Living in a democratic society entails respect for opposing opinions" and yet showed intolerance and a lack of respect for the boy and his parent's views. In all likelihood no one objected and she simply applied her own inner prejudice to the situation showing that in her school there is apparently NO respect for opposing opinions.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Kill all the teachers. Obviously, education is to blame.

[X Factor 1,112]

Common sense has been thrown out the window

[decocker 7,198]

when i was a kid, if i was given a play weapon, at a birthday party or something..it was taken away from me as soon as i got home. my mom would prefer if i declined to take such a toy in the first place. if i had been given a play weapon at school, my mom would have been livid. i can't tell you the number of times she would be angry because of a teacher's movie choice or that dodgeball was played (oddly enough, it isn't anymore, not in school). there are still plenty of parents that don't want their young children exposed to violence or weapons. they're over-protectors. parents who go overboard drive the same reactions out of principals and school officials. they don't want a bunch of crazy parents pissed off at them. so yeah, nice title.

[^_^ 5,021]

when i was a kid, if i was given a play weapon, at a birthday party or something..it was taken away from me as soon as i got home. my mom would prefer if i declined to take such a toy in the first place. if i had been given a play weapon at school, my mom would have been livid. i can't tell you the number of times she would be angry because of a teacher's movie choice or that dodgeball was played (oddly enough, it isn't anymore, not in school). there are still plenty of parents that don't want their young children exposed to violence or weapons. they're over-protectors. parents who go overboard drive the same reactions out of principals and school officials. they don't want a bunch of crazy parents pissed off at them. so yeah, nice title.

yeah, people in positions like that tend to be driven by a desire to not be bothered.

[decocker 7,198]

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yeah, people in positions like that tend to be driven by a desire to not be bothered.

parents can be self absorbed *sshats. principals have no power over the parents, they're just trying to keep everyone quiet, happy and quiet.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

when i was a kid, if i was given a play weapon, at a birthday party or something..it was taken away from me as soon as i got home. my mom would prefer if i declined to take such a toy in the first place. if i had been given a play weapon at school, my mom would have been livid. i can't tell you the number of times she would be angry because of a teacher's movie choice or that dodgeball was played (oddly enough, it isn't anymore, not in school). there are still plenty of parents that don't want their young children exposed to violence or weapons. they're over-protectors. parents who go overboard drive the same reactions out of principals and school officials. they don't want a bunch of crazy parents pissed off at them. so yeah, nice title.

Your lucky you had parents that saved you from the atrocities of toy soldiers and dodgeball. I am assuming the nutcracker was out at Christmas also. Before you get started I am talking about the play not your typical feminist group.

[decocker 7,198]

Your lucky you had parents that saved you from the atrocities of toy soldiers and dodgeball. I am assuming the nutcracker was out at Christmas also. Before you get started I am talking about the play not your typical feminist group.

not lucky, we weren't saved from anything harmful after all, just toys we wanted to play with. anyway as much as i hated dodgeball, i still had to play it in school, no matter how much my mom disliked it.

[^_^ 5,021]

i hated it when they made me do stuff at school i didnt want to do. like solve math problems and read and do things on time. f that #######!

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

In my school, believe it or not, dodgeball was called "War Ball". https://www.santarosa.k12.fl.us/sms/Faculty/Melton/Handouts/warball.htm

We would play with 4 balls though instead of two and headshots were allowed since we were using yellow balls with heavy foam interiors instead of the red rubber ones.

I think one of the major rule diferences was that when we played there was a no mans land area in the center instead of a dividing line - ie you could't cross the free throw line on the other teams side (using a basketball court). So there were opportunities to get behind people and hit them in the back.

Edited March 9, 2013 by Usui Takumi

[decocker 7,198]

In my school, believe it or not, dodgeball was called "War Ball". https://www.santarosa.k12.fl.us/sms/Faculty/Melton/Handouts/warball.htm

We would play with 4 balls though instead of two and headshots were allowed since we were using yellow balls with heavy foam interiors instead of the red rubber ones.

oh my. i would have feigned illness everyday..

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

oh my. i would have feigned illness everyday..

I think it was my favorite PE game, along with gym hockey.

[decocker 7,198]

I think it was my favorite PE game, along with gym hockey.

we never played hockey. i remember getting permission slips signed to play badminton. you know, cause you could get slammed in the face with a birdie or something.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

oh my. i would have feigned illness everyday..

No it would have made a man out of you... That is what is wrong with all the kids being raised to day and wussifaction oft his once great country

oh my. i would have feigned illness everyday..

I suppose putting on several layers of clothes and having commando style war games with real BB guns might have pushed you over the edge ? Those were good times, I tell you what.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

oh my. i would have feigned illness everyday..

I suppose putting on several layers of clothes and having commando style war games with real BB guns might have pushed you over the edge ? Those were good times, I tell you what.