More Political Correctness?

[DaSleeper]

Child pretends to shoot student with imaginary bow, suspended for 3 days


CINCINNATI —A first-grader at Our Lady of Lourdes is serving a three-day suspension for pretending to shoot another student with a bow and arrow.
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The boy's parents, Matthew and Martha Miele, told WLWT their son was playing a game of Power Rangers at recess on Thursday when it happened.
"I think he's a good principal. I just think a bad decision was made," Matthew Miele said.
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Martha Miele said she was called Thursday afternoon while at work by Principal Joe Crachiolo.
"I didn't really understand. I had him on the phone for a good amount of time so he could really explain to me what he was trying to tell me," Martha Miele said. "My question to him was 'Is this really necessary? Does this really need to be a three-day suspension under the circumstances that he was playing and he's 6 years old?'"
The Mieles sent Crachiolo an email Thursday evening and met with him Friday morning asking him to reconsider.
"He told me that he was going to stand firm and that he was not going to change it," Martha Miele said.


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[AnnaG]

Pettiness from the politically correct. Perfectly pathetic. Perfectly predictable.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Pettiness from the politically correct. Perfectly pathetic. Perfectly predictable.

How is this politically correct? It's certainly namby-pamby BS, but I thought political correctness was about calling people ******s, spics, kikes, bitches, and redskins.

 

[Mowich]

How is this politically correct? It's certainly namby-pamby BS, but I thought political correctness was about calling people ******s, spics, kikes, bitches, and redskins.

I thought it was about not 'calling people ******s, spics, kikes, bitches, and redskins'.

 

[davesmom]

How is this politically correct? It's certainly namby-pamby BS, but I thought political correctness was about calling people ******s, spics, kikes, bitches, and redskins.

It's about a lot more than that! I was informed by my 7 year old grandson that we can't use words like 'stupid', 'loser' or 'God'. Kids can't have toy guns or even point their fingers and say 'bang'. They can't have a jackknife in their possession.
I don't understand how they can teach kids it's bad to play imaginary gun games then send young people off to a real war and wonder why they go nuts and commit suicide after they see the killing that goes on in a war zone.

 

[Cannuck]

Its not about political correctness. Its about policy makers not allowing underlings to make decisions. "Political Correctness" is just a catch phrase uninformed people throw out when they don't like what's happening.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

It's about a lot more than that! I was informed by my 7 year old grandson that we can't use words like 'stupid', 'loser' or 'God'. Kids can't have toy guns or even point their fingers and say 'bang'. They can't have a jackknife in their possession.
I don't understand how they can teach kids it's bad to play imaginary gun games then send young people off to a real war and wonder why they go nuts and commit suicide after they see the killing that goes on in a war zone.

I'm pretty sure playing with toy guns or imaginary guns isn't really very good preparation for war.

 

[JLM]

It's about a lot more than that! I was informed by my 7 year old grandson that we can't use words like 'stupid', 'loser' or 'God'. Kids can't have toy guns or even point their fingers and say 'bang'. They can't have a jackknife in their possession.
I don't understand how they can teach kids it's bad to play imaginary gun games then send young people off to a real war and wonder why they go nuts and commit suicide after they see the killing that goes on in a war zone.

Sad isn't it? I had my own hatchet when I was 5 years old. It was my job to keep the kindling box full (for 25 cents a week) Of course every kid had a cap gun, even some of the girls (pretty hard to play Cowboys & Indians without one). We made our own bows and arrows when we were 8 or 9 years old. When I was 11 my dad gave me a Steven's single shot .22. That sucker put a lot of grouse on the table. It's sad the way kids live today...............getting eye strain off a f**king I Pod. It's criminal.

I'm pretty sure playing with toy guns or imaginary guns isn't really very good preparation for war.

No but it's fun and you get some exercise unlike the couch potatoes today. The problem today is too many f**king idiots equate playing Cowboys & Indians with real war.

 

[Cannuck]

No but it's fun and you get some exercise unlike the couch potatoes today...

We should set the clocks ahead 2 hours they have more daylight hours to play in after school.

 

[DaSleeper]

The troll is back for the last word on everything and derail

 

[B00Mer]

The troll is pack for the last word on everything and derail

Yeah he does have a habit of derailing all the threads he posts in. I guess he thinks he's witty or something, guess that's why his wife left him too, an unbearable pud.

 

[AnnaG]

Its not about political correctness. Its about policy makers not allowing underlings to make decisions. "Political Correctness" is just a catch phrase uninformed people throw out when they don't like what's happening.

That, too. But, it is also PCness because displaying violence may offend the anti-gun or anti-violence mobs. It may even offend the person being pretend shot. It certainly seems to have offended that Cincinnati school's administration.

We should set the clocks ahead 2 hours they have more daylight hours to play in after school.

And have 2 more hours in the winter mornings of people having accidents in the dark.

 

[mentalfloss]

This is so offensive. :crybaby:

 

[DaSleeper]

This is so offensive. :crybaby:

I see Cannuck has trained you well

 

[Walter]

Stupid Christians.

 

[Jinentonix]

This is so offensive. :crybaby:

Yea, yeah. He's not muslim, or Brown, or Black, or Asian, or Native so yeah, big deal right?

 

[mentalfloss]

Yea, yeah. He's not muslim, or Brown, or Black, or Asian, or Native so yeah, big deal right?

Why so politically correct?

 

[JLM]

We should set the clocks ahead 2 hours they have more daylight hours to play in after school.

Why not set it ahead 4 hours and give them more daylight?

And have 2 more hours in the winter mornings of people having accidents in the dark.

You can not reason with an idiot!

 

[Ludlow]

Political Correctness = Something else to whine about. ----- Complaining about Political Correctness = Something else to whine about.

 

[Cannuck]

Why not set it ahead 4 hours and give them more daylight?

Look at the way old people whine about an hour. You have to take baby steps