The knife was in his hand and was confiscated as he exited the school bus, so, it was neither concealed, nor carried in school.
Again, I equate this to the TSA checkpoint finding a banned item and telling you that you cannot fly again for 45 days. Its ludicrous. I have no issue with the policy of no knives in school, nor do I really have a problem with them considering what he had to be a knife (though, I think its s stretch). What I have a problem with is the 'HOLY SHIT!!! HE HAD A BUTTER KNIFE AND NOW HE NEEDS TO GO TO A REFORM SCHOOL' kind of reaction. It would be different, in my mind, if the kid got off the bus with a machete with intent to harm others. On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Rick Root <[email protected]> wrote: >> Again, there is a difference between a "girl scout knife" and a camping >> utensil. >> >> The girl scout knife is probably sharp, pointed, and dangerous >> (assuming girl scout knives are like boy scout knives) > > He had a boy scout knife. > >> A camping utensil with a flip out fork, spoon, and knife, is almost >> certainly NOT sharp, nor pointed. It's probably about as dangerous as >> a plastic knife, and possibly less dangerous than a sharp pencil. >> >> And do you REALLY go through your daughters school bag every morning >> to make sure she didn't put anything in it? Do you check her pockets >> too? If so... more power to you. > > I pick out her clothes so I know the pockets are empty. I make her > lunch and put it in her back pack and check that her homework is also > in there. > She doesn't have anything illegal to bring to school because I didn't > give her the knife yet. I'm sure this kids parents knew about the > knife and would have explained to a six year old the rules of our > society and about carrying concealed knives in scho > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:305658 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
