[dennisw]

I remember this one when it was posted here

[Jeff Chandler]

Oh, those wacky educators!

[LibWhacker]

The court ruled that the district had not violated the Garrick boy's rights to free speech . . .

Pointing your finger as you would a gun is not protected speech, but burning the flag is. I don't understand.

[C210N]

Does this mean that, unless the elementary school child has
a concealed-carry permit, he must NEVER put his or her hands in their pockets?

[Bobby777]

"when fingers are outlawed, only outlaws will have fingers"

(is it OK to use sarcasm, when replying to sarcasm? ... LOL)

[The Duke]

Fools and their freedoms are soon parted.

[LTCJ]

As for those who meted out the punishment, stupidity hath its own rewards. May they come swiftly.

[dr_lew]

A few years ago I took two years of Japanese at our local community college. The ( Japanese ) instructor would occasionally "shoot" one of us with his finger as mock punishment for especial stupidity. Just think! I could have sued! I could be rich!

I have to say that, even at the time, I would think, "Wow, does he know what he's doing?"

O tempore! O mores!

[Smokin' Joe]

The children were playing at the time, pretending that their fingers were guns and saying to one another, "I want to shoot you." Their words were overheard by classmates, who told teachers.

The programming is almost complete.

[bjcintennessee]

And the NEA doesn't understand why so many parents are choosing private or homeschools over public schools.

A finger gun? Geeze!

[Mo1]

The superintendent of schools, Dennis Fyffe, called the ruling a victory for the district.

Not really .. especially when parents stop sending their kids to public schools because of crap like this ..

[waterstraat]

This kid should be punished in a way that meets his crime:

Since he "pretended" to have a gun, then they should "pretend " to make him stay after school or "pretend" to have him sit in the corner.

[TomGuy]

The children were playing at the time, pretending that their fingers were guns

kindergartners suspended for that?

Ridiculous.
Wrong finger. Wrong use.
To the Sayreville school district and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia :

[Coleus]

I wonder if the Rutherford Institute helped them out or not.

[Calpernia]

Not that I'm adding too much here; but, I was at Discovery House (children's hands on museum in East Brunswick) 3 days after this incident with my children. Woodrow Wilson Elementary had a class there for a school trip at the same time.

I spoke to some of the parents and teacher about this. The children were only playing at recess. Reinacting some in vogue cartoon. On paper it is referred to as Cowboys and Indians; however, I think it was Power Rangers.

How can anyone possibly teach children they can't reinact their shows?

[ladylib]

Our NJ county paper had a nice article on homeschooling this week.

One mother is an adjunct professor at William Paterson(I believe it's William Paterson) and one father is an administrator at Columbia University.

The impression I got is that they are homeschooling for reasons other than academics.

[Snuffington]

The Sayreville school district did not violate the civil rights of a kindergartner it suspended three years ago for pretending his hand was a gun and threatening to shoot his friends as they played during recess, a federal appeals court has ruled.

Is there some court that can rule that they violated the laws of common sense, and confine them to live on an island somewhere so us normal people can be spared their company? At least for a while?

[Dan from Michigan]

Pathetic. Schools are turning into a bunch of pansies.

How many kids haven't used the finger as a gun.

[Ches]

Bang!

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. " ~ Albert Einstein (1879-1955) ~