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2004-12-13 Britain

Pencil sharpeners don't hurt kids; kids do

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Posted by anonymous2U 2004-12-13 12:49:23 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Who knew that little kids were so clever? I know I'm ignorant, but it never would have occurred to me that a pencil sharpener might be used as a weapon.

Posted by trailing wife 2004-12-13 1:18:48 PM|| 2004-12-13 1:18:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 OH GOOD GRIEF!!! Are we going to outlaw everything that can possibly be used to hurt someone????? Anything can be used as a weapon....ANYTHING!!

Posted by Floting Granter5198 2004-12-13 1:43:51 PM|| 2004-12-13 1:43:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Overly complicated, should have just sharpened the pencil to a needle point and stabbed him with it like we used to do back in the day.

Posted by Steve 2004-12-13 2:30:20 PM|| 2004-12-13 2:30:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Check this one out:

Victims' group calls for stricter knife laws

Who wants to go to jail for having a 3.5" pocket knife? And don't forget the US citizen who was charged with a crime for defending himself and others in his party against muggers, with his pocket knife of about 3 or 4", while riding the London Underground several years ago.

Posted by DO 2004-12-13 3:41:52 PM|| 2004-12-13 3:41:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Brilliant! Simply brilliant.

Posted by Capt America 2004-12-13 4:27:44 PM|| 2004-12-13 4:27:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I wonder just how far this foolishness will go before people realize it isn't making them any safer? Ban guns, and criminals will still carry guns-- and use them. Ban knives, and criminals will still carry and use them.

The only result will be large numbers of prey for the predators to feed on.

Posted by Dave D. 2004-12-13 5:10:45 PM|| 2004-12-13 5:10:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Joanne Jacobs notes:

After a two day expulsion, the "offender was allowed to return, while the sharp objects are not."

Expulsion is reserved for "very extreme" cases, the headmaster told parents. Apparently, premeditated and potentially deadly violence isn't all that extreme.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-12-13 5:26:45 PM|| 2004-12-13 5:26:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Seems to me that some of the classmates of this little bastard should have beat his sorry ass black and blue.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-12-13 6:35:55 PM|| 2004-12-13 6:35:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Perhaps they have a longer time horizon than you, BAR.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-12-13 6:57:35 PM|| 2004-12-13 6:57:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 I will give up my pencil sharpener when they peel it from my cold, dead, fingerpaint stained fingers.

Posted by Little MacGyver 2004-12-13 10:35:26 PM|| 2004-12-13 10:35:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Well, it seems that some US schools also have a problem with sharp objects

Posted by True German Ally 2004-12-13 10:40:02 PM|| 2004-12-13 10:40:02 PM|| Front Page Top