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Girl arrested for butter knife in backpack
St. Petersburg Times ^ | Oct.26, 2005 | Michael Cruse

Posted on 10/26/2005 1:56:53 PM PDT by headsonpikes

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To: Rebelbase

Well how about aspirin or Midol? I started getting form letters for this stuff about 10 yrs ago. Insanity. What I would do, is dose the kid right before they left for school, then dose them the minute they got home.

These bureaucrats are just trying to "feed the machine".


21 posted on 10/26/2005 2:10:46 PM PDT by TheSpottedOwl ("President Bush, start building that wall"!)
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To: Rebelbase

They could do that. They could arrest everyone that comes within the dead zone of a school, which is nearly everyone nearly every day. They would even have to arrest themselves. Once all 300 million of us are under arrest, then we would be China, born to be serfs.


22 posted on 10/26/2005 2:11:03 PM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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butterknife blues

Cedell Davis plays slide with butterknife
23 posted on 10/26/2005 2:11:45 PM PDT by evets (God bless president Bush!)
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To: joesnuffy

Hitler used butter knives...

Lesson of the Day? Never bring a butter knife to a political correctness fight.


24 posted on 10/26/2005 2:11:46 PM PDT by thoughtomator
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To: Rebelbase
I wonder how they dissect frogs in Biology class without scalpels or scissors.

A thermometer is a deadly weapon because it contains mercury. They recently evacuated a school in Georgia because someone dropped a thermometer. Several students were taken to a decontamination lab because they had been in the same room as the thermometer.

Do they still use the old compasses that have a sharp point for the center of the circle?

When I worked at Juvenile Detention, shoes with laces and belts were forbidden.

Are they allowed to use tools in shop class?

25 posted on 10/26/2005 2:11:57 PM PDT by gitmo (Thanks, Mel. I needed that.)
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To: headsonpikes

A butterknife ain't a weapon.

Next thing you know they will arrest someone for bringing a glue gun to school.


26 posted on 10/26/2005 2:13:04 PM PDT by No Truce With Kings (The opinions expressed are mine! Mine! MINE! All Mine!)
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To: joesnuffy
It's a little known fact that your basic butter knife...is often the trained assassin's assault cutlery of choice

by joeSNUFFy

Hehe...

Mike

27 posted on 10/26/2005 2:13:18 PM PDT by MichaelP (To win, one must risk loss.......)
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To: x1stcav

Perhaps a new school board would help.


29 posted on 10/26/2005 2:14:13 PM PDT by ANGGAPO (LayteGulfBeachClub.)
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To: No Truce With Kings

These people are so behind the times - these days a butter knife is called a "shiv".


30 posted on 10/26/2005 2:16:22 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: headsonpikes
I've seen fingernails much more lethal than a butter knife.

So when do the politically correct police start checking fingers?

31 posted on 10/26/2005 2:16:24 PM PDT by CROSSHIGHWAYMAN
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33 posted on 10/26/2005 2:17:44 PM PDT by Tarantulas ( Illegal immigration - the trojan horse that's treated like a sacred cow)
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To: Rebelbase

is a folder a weapon?


35 posted on 10/26/2005 2:20:41 PM PDT by SF Republican
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To: Born Conservative

intolerable intolerance ping


36 posted on 10/26/2005 2:21:07 PM PDT by kenth (A zot! A zot! My kingdom for a zot!)
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To: CROSSHIGHWAYMAN
So when do the politically correct police start checking fingers?

I have a certain finger to show them. oo0oo

37 posted on 10/26/2005 2:21:53 PM PDT by michigander (The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
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To: RightWhale
They could do that. They could arrest everyone that comes within the dead zone of a school, which is nearly everyone nearly every day. They would even have to arrest themselves. Once all 300 million of us are under arrest, then we would be China, born to be serfs.

Don't give 'em any ideas.

38 posted on 10/26/2005 2:21:59 PM PDT by darkangel82
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To: headsonpikes

I've also heard of a child being suspended for drawing a picture of a gun at school.

I wonder if someone would be suspended for writing the words knife or gun on anything at school. What's the difference between words, illustrations and photos of potential weapons in a zero-tolerance environment?

A bat could be used as a weapon. Should baseball be banned at school? Barbells could be used to "whack" someone. They shouldn't allow the football players to have weight rooms.

Wait. I read a HS soccer goalie was killed a week ago from a ball hitting him in the throat. Ban soccer. Never know who can kick accurately.

A pencil or pen could be used as a weapon. Shouldn't students ONLY be allowed to write with soft pastel crayons or chalk? All cafeteria utensils should be replaced with soft plastic ones. I could go on ALL DAY with this. I wish I was on a zero tolerance committee who makes the rules. I'd make their heads SPIN!

These folks have LOST THEIR FRIGGING MINDS!!!! What a bunch of MAROONS!!!


40 posted on 10/26/2005 2:22:36 PM PDT by Muzzle_em (I'm an island awash in a sea of stupidity)
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