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davidn3600

(6,342 posts) Wed Dec 11, 2013, 05:13 PM Dec 2013

10-year old boy suspended from school for shooting an imaginary bow and arrow

A 10-year-old boy was suspended after he pretended to shoot an imaginary bow and arrow at his classmate, the family's attorney said this week.

Johnny Jones was disciplined after he playfully responded to his friend's imaginary gun duel during class in October, by making an imaginary bow and arrow using his pencil.

Johnny was reported by a girl in his class at the South Eastern School District West in Pennsylvania.

Following a lecture by their teacher, Johnny and the other boy were suspended under the school district's zero-tolerance policy against weapons and their school records marked to say they had violated it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2522125/Johnny-Jones-10-suspended-school-pretended-shoot-bow-arrow.html

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10-year old boy suspended from school for shooting an imaginary bow and arrow (Original Post) davidn3600 Dec 2013 OP

Unreal. dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #1

OK, send Johnny to school anyhow. lpbk2713 Dec 2013 #2

Only our children are regulated. Never our corporations. villager Dec 2013 #3

Send him to Vladimir Central HappyMe Dec 2013 #4

They were right to take this seriously. An imaginary arrow is no less deadly than cthulu2016 Dec 2013 #5

More dangerous, perhaps. They're both undetectable, so they can easily petronius Dec 2013 #6

I recently carried an imaginary gun through airport security jberryhill Dec 2013 #7

Patent that! HappyMe Dec 2013 #10

Was he shooting it at that 6 year old sexual predator form the other OP? Glassunion Dec 2013 #8

Surreal. Warpy Dec 2013 #9

That is just too stupid! Isoldeblue Dec 2013 #11

Unbelievable, these people are nuts. badtoworse Dec 2013 #12

Were so fucked up as a nation SummerSnow Dec 2013 #13

His punishment should be to serve an imaginary suspension, and then help hughee99 Dec 2013 #14

Well, that can't happen, because his pal is imaginarily DEAD. sibelian Dec 2013 #15

At the very least, then, he should pay for the imaginary funeral, hughee99 Dec 2013 #18

clearly imaginary weapons (guns especially) are more heavily regulated ... etherealtruth Dec 2013 #16

Umm, they really aren't. eqfan592 Dec 2013 #22

Zero tolerance...mandatory minimums. .. Cadfael Dec 2013 #17

I don't know if it's in the name of "laziness" or "fairness". n/t hughee99 Dec 2013 #19

One size very rarely fits all... nt Cadfael Dec 2013 #20

In the old TV sitcom "My Three Sons," frogmarch Dec 2013 #21

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)

1. Unreal.

Reply to davidn3600 (Original post)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 05:19 PM

Dec 2013

Just unreal.

lpbk2713

(42,766 posts)

2. OK, send Johnny to school anyhow.

Reply to davidn3600 (Original post)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 05:20 PM

Dec 2013

Tell the power obsessive school officials he served an imaginary suspension.

villager

(26,001 posts)

3. Only our children are regulated. Never our corporations.

Reply to davidn3600 (Original post)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 05:26 PM

Dec 2013

What a sick, sick society we've become.

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)

4. Send him to Vladimir Central

Reply to davidn3600 (Original post)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 05:27 PM

Dec 2013

along with the evil little hand kisser. That'll learn 'em.

cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)

5. They were right to take this seriously. An imaginary arrow is no less deadly than

Reply to davidn3600 (Original post)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 05:31 PM

Dec 2013

an imaginary gun.

petronius

(26,603 posts)

6. More dangerous, perhaps. They're both undetectable, so they can easily

Reply to cthulu2016 (Reply #5)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 05:51 PM

Dec 2013

get into secure areas, but even with an imaginary suppressor the imaginary gun will make a noise - the imaginary bow is silent...

(I really hope there's more to this story, although I can't imagine what that would be. On the face of it, this sort of mindless rule enforcement is ludicrous.)

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

7. I recently carried an imaginary gun through airport security

Reply to cthulu2016 (Reply #5)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 05:58 PM

Dec 2013

This is a security loophole which merits further measures.

In addition to searching passengers and their tangible possessions, they should be required to run their imaginations through a machine that will detect imaginary weapons.

You might laugh, and wonder how that is possible.

Simple. You use an imaginary machine.

I am willing to sell these imaginary machines to airports at $10,000 a piece.

A small price to pay for imaginary protection from imaginary threats.

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)

10. Patent that!

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #7)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 06:24 PM

Dec 2013

I'm sure the 'thought police' aren't far off.

Glassunion

(10,201 posts)

8. Was he shooting it at that 6 year old sexual predator form the other OP?

Reply to davidn3600 (Original post)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 06:15 PM

Dec 2013

Because this may in fact be a justified case of stand your ground.

Warpy

(111,332 posts)

9. Surreal.

Reply to davidn3600 (Original post)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 06:16 PM

Dec 2013

And we used to think the USSR was repressive!

Isoldeblue

(1,135 posts)

11. That is just too stupid!

Reply to davidn3600 (Original post)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 06:33 PM

Dec 2013

If we allow this repressive atmosphere to continue and become the norm for our children, they will grow up to be neurotically paranoid. Or develop some such obsessive disorders...

Childhood is a time of innocence and playing pretend games. Or at least it's supposed to be anyway. These people who are seeing something bad about this, need to get over their sorry selves!

badtoworse

(5,957 posts)

12. Unbelievable, these people are nuts.

Reply to davidn3600 (Original post)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 06:38 PM

Dec 2013

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)

13. Were so fucked up as a nation

Reply to davidn3600 (Original post)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 07:10 PM

Dec 2013

hughee99

(16,113 posts)

14. His punishment should be to serve an imaginary suspension, and then help

Reply to davidn3600 (Original post)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 07:16 PM

Dec 2013

the student that was harmed treat his imaginary wounds.

sibelian

(7,804 posts)

15. Well, that can't happen, because his pal is imaginarily DEAD.

Reply to hughee99 (Reply #14)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 08:11 PM

Dec 2013

I think this calls for imaginary life without parole. I'm totally opposed to the imaginary death penalty.

hughee99

(16,113 posts)

18. At the very least, then, he should pay for the imaginary funeral,

Reply to sibelian (Reply #15)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 08:45 PM

Dec 2013

but that can all be sorted out in an imaginary civil suit. Even the imaginary lawyers will end up with most of the money, though.

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)

16. clearly imaginary weapons (guns especially) are more heavily regulated ...

Reply to davidn3600 (Original post)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 08:16 PM

Dec 2013

... than actual weapons.

WTF is wrong with people?

eqfan592

(5,963 posts)

22. Umm, they really aren't.

Reply to etherealtruth (Reply #16)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 09:12 PM

Dec 2013

Firearms are very heavily regulated in fact.

I do agree, however, that this suspension is idiotic.

Cadfael

(1,299 posts)

17. Zero tolerance...mandatory minimums. ..

Reply to davidn3600 (Original post)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 08:25 PM

Dec 2013

All just alternate terms for laziness. No need to exert any mental effort to consider context.

hughee99

(16,113 posts)

19. I don't know if it's in the name of "laziness" or "fairness". n/t

Reply to Cadfael (Reply #17)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 08:48 PM

Dec 2013

Cadfael

(1,299 posts)

20. One size very rarely fits all... nt

Reply to hughee99 (Reply #19)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 08:56 PM

Dec 2013

frogmarch

(12,158 posts)

21. In the old TV sitcom "My Three Sons,"

Reply to davidn3600 (Original post)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 09:06 PM

Dec 2013

One of the boys complained to their dad that the new neighbor kid was a bully because "when I rode my bike past his house he pointed his cat at me."

It's crazy that the child was suspended, or that he even got in trouble, for playing with an imaginary bow and arrow.

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