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    This is getting a little ridiculous, don't you think?<br>
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    Paul<br>
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        <h1 id="yui_3_5_1_1_1362884415028_993" class="headline">School
          confiscates third-grader’s cupcakes topped with toy soldiers</h1>
        <cite class="byline vcard"><span class="provider org">The Daily
            Caller</span> – <abbr title="2013-03-08T21:50:18Z">Fri, Mar
            8, 2013</abbr></cite></div>
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    <p class="first"><span style="font-size:13px;">In the latest
        incident </span><span style="font-size:13px;">of anti-gun
        hysteria to erupt in a school setting</span><span
        style="font-size:13px;">, 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.</span></p>
    <p>The school principal branded the military-themed cupcakes
      “insensitive” in light of the Sandy Hook Elementary School
      shooting, <a
href="http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/school-confiscates-cupcakes-decorated-with-toy-soldiers.html"
        target="_blank" class="external" rel="nofollow">reports</a> Fox
      News Radio.</p>
    <p>“It disgusted me,” Casey Fountain, the boy’s father, told Fox
      News. “It’s vile they lump true American heroes with psychopathic
      killers.”</p>
    <p>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.</p>
    <p>“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.”</p>
    <p>“We’re just taking political correctness too far,” the angry
      father added.</p>
    <p>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.</p>
    <p>“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.”</p>
    <p>“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.”</p>
    <p>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.</p>
    <p>At Genoa-Kingston Middle School in northeast Illinois, a teacher
      threatened an eighth-grader with suspension if he did not remove
      his <a
href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/02/27/junior-high-teacher-tells-kid-to-remove-marines-t-shirt-or-get-suspended/">t-shirt
        emblazoned with the interlocking rifles</a> insignia of the
      United States Marines. <strong><a
href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/02/27/junior-high-teacher-tells-kid-to-remove-marines-t-shirt-or-get-suspended/">(RELATED:
          Junior high teacher tells kid to remove Marines t-shirt or get
          suspended)</a></strong></p>
    <p>At Park Elementary School in Baltimore, Maryland, a student was
      suspended for two days because his teacher thought he shaped a <a
href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/02/second-grader-suspended-for-having-breakfast-pastry-shaped-like-a-gun/">strawberry,
        pre-baked toaster pastry</a> into something resembling a gun. <strong><a
href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/02/second-grader-suspended-for-having-breakfast-pastry-shaped-like-a-gun/">(RELATED:
          Second-grader suspended for having breakfast pastry shaped
          like a gun)</a></strong></p>
    <p>At Poston Butte High School in Arizona, a high school freshman <a
href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/02/02/high-school-freshman-suspended-for-having-a-picture-of-a-gun/">was
        suspended</a> for setting a picture of a gun as the desktop
      background on his school-issued computer. <strong><a
href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/02/02/high-school-freshman-suspended-for-having-a-picture-of-a-gun/">(RELATED:
          Freshman suspended for picture of gun)</a></strong></p>
    <p>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 <a
href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/24/philadelphia-girl-searched-berated-for-having-a-gun-made-of-paper-at-school/">found
        with a paper gun</a> her grandfather had made for her.<strong><a
href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/24/philadelphia-girl-searched-berated-for-having-a-gun-made-of-paper-at-school/"> (RELATED:
          Paper gun causes panic)</a></strong></p>
    <p>In rural Pennsylvania, a kindergarten girl was <a
href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/29/hello-kitty-bubble-gun-comment-lands-5-year-old-in-school-suspension/">suspended
        for making a “terroristic threat”</a> after she told another
      girl that she planned to shoot her with a pink Hello Kitty toy gun
      that bombards targets with soapy bubbles.</p>
    <p>At Roscoe R. Nix Elementary School in Maryland, a six-year-old
      boy was suspended for <a
href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/03/maryland-school-suspends-six-year-old-boy-for-making-gun-gesture-saying-pow/">making
        the universal kid sign for a gun</a>, pointing at another
      student and saying “pow.” That boy’s suspension was later lifted
      and his name cleared. <strong><a
href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/03/maryland-school-suspends-six-year-old-boy-for-making-gun-gesture-saying-pow/">(RELATED:
          Pow! You’re suspended, kid)</a></strong></p>
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