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

[Paul Rumelhart]

I was replying to Saundra's line about my seizing onto it because it's 
part of my "agenda".

I've said this a million times, but I defend *everyone's* rights. Nobody 
jump on Grandma for posting her apple pie recipes, neo-nazis tend to 
push the limits a little more than that and need more defending 
sometimes.  That's "defending their right to speak", btw, not their 
views on non-whites.

Paul

On 03/10/2013 10:57 AM, Joe Campbell wrote:
> You make a post; two liberals/progressives say "right" and a third
> says "right but ..." and you post this. Wtf?
>
> Really you should just put an automatic reply on your computer that
> says "I'm amazed, perplexed, and astonished by how far the politically
> correct crowd will go with respect to their beliefs" and find
> something better to do with your time. You just keep saying this same
> thing over and over again. At least when your not defending the rights
> of neo-Nazis and others.
>
> On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com> wrote:
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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.
>>
>> 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.”
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>> “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.
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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.”
>>
>> “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.
>>
>> 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)
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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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