[Vision2020] School confiscates third-grader's cupcakes topped with toy soldiers

[Joe Campbell]

> IOW, chill, Paul, and quit stereotyping those who criticize what you post.
> It really is tiresome.

Amen!

On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Saundra Lund <v2020 at ssl1.fastmail.fm> wrote:
> My goodness, Paul – paranoid much?  I’m amazed, perplexed, and astonished at
> how many posts of your V2020 posts take the tenor of “why’s everybody always
> picking on me?”
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> But, since I apparently wasn’t clear enough, it seems clear to me that those
> parents are the ones with an agenda and used their son to garner attention
> for their agenda.  As what I hope was a parent in regular contact with the
> school back in the day, I cannot imagine that my first reaction to a call
> from the school would be to use “colorful language” when disagreeing with a
> trivial school decision like this was.  Shoot – in spite of some pretty
> significant disagreements with the schools over the years, never once did I
> find it necessary to behave in such a disgraceful manner with school
> personnel.  WTG, mom – I’ll bet you’re doing a stellar job of raising a
> balanced child!
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> Remember, this was a case of no harm, no foul:  the boy wasn’t suspended or
> disciplined in any way, and his birthday cupcakes – sans militaristic toys –
> were distributed as planned.
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> Second, in spite of no harm, no foul, dad sure wasted absolutely no time
> running to the news.  WTD, dad – great problem-solving skills you’re
> teaching your son!
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> IOW, chill, Paul, and quit stereotyping those who criticize what you post.
> It really is tiresome.
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> Saundra
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> From: Paul Rumelhart [mailto:godshatter at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2013 10:28 AM
> To: Saundra Lund
> Cc: 'Vision 2020'
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] School confiscates third-grader's cupcakes topped
> with toy soldiers
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> On 03/09/2013 10:46 PM, Saundra Lund wrote:
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> But, this sensational story certainly is a convenient one for some with
> agendas to seize onto.  And, focusing on the story is perhaps the best
> example of going after low hanging fruit that I’ve seen in a bit ;-)
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> I'm amazed, perplexed, and astonished by how far the politically correct
> crowd will go with respect to their apparent belief that guns are bad, but
> if I point to an article in a mainstream news service demonstrating it then
> I'm "seizing" onto it because of my "agenda", despite the fact that I don't
> align politically with either major political party that are fighting over
> this particular issue.
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> I guess you could say that I have an anti-PC agenda.  It's not my fault that
> guns are now the current PC bogeyman.
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> Paul.
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> If the shoe fits, wear it.
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> Saundra
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> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> On Behalf Of Paul Rumelhart
> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 7:07 PM
> To: Vision 2020
> Subject: [Vision2020] School confiscates third-grader’s cupcakes topped with
> toy soldiers
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> This is getting a little ridiculous, don't you think?
>
> Paul
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> http://news.yahoo.com/school-confiscates-third-grader-cupcakes-topped-toy-soldiers-215018982.html
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> School confiscates third-grader’s cupcakes topped with toy soldiers
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> The Daily Caller – Fri, Mar 8, 2013
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> 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.
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> The school principal branded the military-themed cupcakes “insensitive” in
> light of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, reports Fox News Radio.
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> “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.
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> 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.
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> “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.”
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> “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.”
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> 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.
>
> At Genoa-Kingston Middle School in northeast Illinois, a teacher threatened
> an eighth-grader with suspension if he did not remove his t-shirt emblazoned
> with the interlocking rifles insignia of the United States Marines.
> (RELATED: Junior high teacher tells kid to remove Marines t-shirt or get
> suspended)
>
> At Park Elementary School in Baltimore, Maryland, a student was suspended
> for two days because his teacher thought he shaped a strawberry, pre-baked
> toaster pastry into something resembling a gun. (RELATED: Second-grader
> suspended for having breakfast pastry shaped like a gun)
>
> At Poston Butte High School in Arizona, a high school freshman was suspended
> for setting a picture of a gun as the desktop background on his
> school-issued computer. (RELATED: Freshman suspended for picture of gun)
>
> At D. Newlin Fell School in Philadelphia, school officials reportedly yelled
> at a student and then searched her in front of her class after she was found
> with a paper gun her grandfather had made for her. (RELATED: Paper gun
> causes panic)
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> In rural Pennsylvania, a kindergarten girl was suspended for making a
> “terroristic threat” after she told another girl that she planned to shoot
> her with a pink Hello Kitty toy gun that bombards targets with soapy
> bubbles.
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> At Roscoe R. Nix Elementary School in Maryland, a six-year-old boy was
> suspended for making the universal kid sign for a gun, pointing at another
> student and saying “pow.” That boy’s suspension was later lifted and his
> name cleared. (RELATED: Pow! You’re suspended, kid)
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