"The law is an ass." And public officials who hide behind zero tolerance are bigger asses
Zachary Christie, 6, was ordered to spend 45 days in his district's alternative school for troublemakers after he tried to use the combination folding fork, knife and spoon to eat lunch at Downes Elementary School in Newark, Del.
The knife is banned as a dangerous instrument under the Christina School District's zero-tolerance policy, and officials said they were forced to act regardless of Zachary's age or what he planned to do with it.
Zero tolerance policies are are the last refuge of cowardly scoundrels too weak to join battle with craven lawyers who have softened up the battle field with frivolous lawsuits that benefit no one but themselves and the smug liberals they're in bed with.
Instead of protecting our liberties, our laws now pad and guardrail every aspect of life, boxing us into tighter and tighter spaces.
We've allowed the stupidest and most dangerous to dictate our lives
Airport security has spawned mini-me TSA wanna-be's all over. Last summer, I was busted by private company uniformed personnel for trying to get into Six Flags with a pen knife.
So what happens if school officials let the kid go, and then some other kid gets punished for threatening someone with a knife? Now the little thug's defenders shriek special treatment because the first kid got off scot-free.
Well, if someone cannot see the difference between eating lunch and threatening others, then they are too stupid to argue with and should be banished from any responsible position in society.
ABC News
