7-Yr-Old Colorado Boy Receives School Suspension for Tossing Imaginary Grenade.

Read about it here: KDVR.com. 

Thoughts?
God bless,
Crushmaster. 

And the pussification of society continues...

Well, if it was the school's policy to forbid imaginary violence, then they kind of had to enforce their rules.

That being said, the rule is too extreme and should be changed.

That strikes me as more than a little strange.

And the pussification of society continues...

Pirate700

I don't really think this kind of rule is widespread.

wow.....I would have been suspended from that school every day. I always had an imaginary sword on me at all times at that age. I mean someone had to take out the f*cking Shredder.

Wonder how my childhood lightsabers would have gone in the 21st century

If a school saw kids playing cowboys and indians or cops and robbers today, they'd probably call in the Army.

If a school saw kids playing cowboys and indians or cops and robbers today, they'd probably call in the Army.

Pirate700

*visions of 5-star wanted level in GTA*

And the pussification of society continues...

Pirate700

I'm was motherf***ing Goku when I was 8. I'd blow up the world.

He deserved it. That imaginary grenade could have, in the imagination world, exploded and killed his friends and teachers.

Parents should sue the school or something. I hate zero tolerance policies.

*visions of 5-star wanted level in GTA*wis3boi

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And the pussification of society continues...

chessmaster1989

He deserved it. That imaginary grenade could have, in the imagination world, exploded and killed his friends and teachers.

Parents should sue the school or something. I hate zero tolerance policies.

leviathan91

But waht if they were imaginary terrorist surrounding him?

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And the pussification of society continues...

Pirate700

I got suspended in middle school for selling candy. The school thought I was selling drugs, I made $125 in 20mins (my lunch time), and when they called me to the office I had police and the dean waiting for me. They made me empty my pockets and I had a huge stack of one dollar bills, so they jumped the gun, and when they searched my book bag all they found was jolly rancher lollipops and skittles :P Fightingfan

You're such a gangster FF. :P

But you still got suspended? That's silly.

[QUOTE="wis3boi"]*visions of 5-star wanted level in GTA*Zeviander

True.  Still just as bad :P

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="chessmaster1989"] Kind of generalizing there, pretty sure this doesn't happen at most schools...chessmaster1989

He deserved it. That imaginary grenade could have, in the imagination world, exploded and killed his friends and teachers.

Parents should sue the school or something. I hate zero tolerance policies.

leviathan91

If the school had a rule against imaginary violence, then the parents wouldn't win a lawsuit.

A better solution is for the public to put enough pressure on the school to get them to change their unreasonable rule. Which might not work, but I think it would have a better chance of succeeding than a lawsuit.

He deserved it. That imaginary grenade could have, in the imagination world, exploded and killed his friends and teachers.

Parents should sue the school or something. I hate zero tolerance policies.

leviathan91

Greyseal9 is right, what the school is doing is completely fine legally. It's just stupid and evil. ;)

Relevant...

 

I have a decommissioned World War I baseball grenade and a decommissioned World War II pineapple grenade.

We should not ban imaginary or decommissioned grenades because I keep one on my person to trick muggers into thinking I pulled out a live grenade.

True.  Still just as bad :Pwis3boi

[QUOTE="Fightingfan"]I got suspended in middle school for selling candy. The school thought I was selling drugs, I made $125 in 20mins (my lunch time), and when they called me to the office I had police and the dean waiting for me. They made me empty my pockets and I had a huge stack of one dollar bills, so they jumped the gun, and when they searched my book bag all they found was jolly rancher lollipops and skittles :P leviathan91

You're such a gangster FF. :P

But you still got suspended? That's silly.

wow.....I would have been suspended from that school every day. I always had an imaginary sword on me at all times at that age. I mean someone had to take out the f*cking Shredder.

Serraph105

Word brother. DEATH TO THE INFIDELS!!!!!

this sh*t is getting out of hand.

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

Zero tolerance actually ends up backfiring.  Teaches the kids the wrong things.

I don't see the problem here. School is supposed to be a place of non violence and learning, so you shouldn't be doing those things and expect to not face the consenquences. 

[QUOTE="wis3boi"]True.  Still just as bad :PZeviander

While we're on the subject:

I don't see the problem here. School is supposed to be a place of non violence and learning, so you shouldn't be doing those things and expect to not face the consenquences. 

QuebecNationale

Was it an imaginary suspension?mattbbpl

I was trying to save people and I just cant believe I got dispended, says Alex Evans, who doesnt understand his suspension any better than he can pronounce it.

The boy didnt throw anything real or make any threats against anyone. He explains he was pretending to be the hero. So nothing can get out and destroy the world.

Children are being trained to believe that they shouldn't be heroes, when heroes are what this world needs. This is just more social engineering in the public schools.

I was trying to save people and I just cant believe I got dispended, says Alex Evans, who doesnt understand his suspension any better than he can pronounce it.Laihendi

The boy didnt throw anything real or make any threats against anyone. He explains he was pretending to be the hero. So nothing can get out and destroy the world.

Children are being trained to believe that they shouldn't be heroes, when heroes are what this world needs. This is just more social engineering in the public schools.

Lol at your idiotic claims. School is a place for learning and developing a higher intellect, and not a place for childess behaviour. Hopefully more schools follow a zero tolerance policy so that education and science can triumph.

I don't see the problem here. School is supposed to be a place of non violence and learning, so you shouldn't be doing those things and expect to not face the consenquences. 

QuebecNationale

It's hard to hear you with all the interference from that tinfoil hat you're wearing.

Wonder how my childhood lightsabers would have gone in the 21st century

wis3boi

The National Guard would be called in.

 

Lol at your idiotic claims. School is a place for learning and developing a higher intellect, and not a place for childess behaviour. Hopefully more schools follow a zero tolerance policy so that education and science can triumph.

QuebecNationale

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I was trying to save people and I just cant believe I got dispended, says Alex Evans, who doesnt understand his suspension any better than he can pronounce it.QuebecNationale

The boy didnt throw anything real or make any threats against anyone. He explains he was pretending to be the hero. So nothing can get out and destroy the world.

Children are being trained to believe that they shouldn't be heroes, when heroes are what this world needs. This is just more social engineering in the public schools.

Lol at your idiotic claims. School is a place for learning and developing a higher intellect, and not a place for childess behaviour. Hopefully more schools follow a zero tolerance policy so that education and science can triumph.

Now that we have both extremes covered, we can think about a middleground policy!

[QUOTE="Laihendi"]

I was trying to save people and I just cant believe I got dispended, says Alex Evans, who doesnt understand his suspension any better than he can pronounce it.QuebecNationale

The boy didnt throw anything real or make any threats against anyone. He explains he was pretending to be the hero. So nothing can get out and destroy the world.

Children are being trained to believe that they shouldn't be heroes, when heroes are what this world needs. This is just more social engineering in the public schools.

Lol at your idiotic claims. School is a place for learning and developing a higher intellect, and not a place for childess behaviour. Hopefully more schools follow a zero tolerance policy so that education and science can triumph.

Ok Hahahaha:lol:   troll am confirmed.  Man I fell for it hard...

Do not feed.

JEEZ, GUYS, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? KIDS HAVING FUN? PLAYING? HAVING THE BEST TIME OF THEIR LIVES? ARE YOU CRAZY? ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY.

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Lol at your idiotic claims. School is a place for learning and developing a higher intellect, and not a place for childess behaviour. Hopefully more schools follow a zero tolerance policy so that education and science can triumph.

Pirate700

I didn't say people weren't allowed to imagine, I said that such behaviour is not acceptable in school and that there should be consenquences for doing so. School is a place for learning and developing higher intellect, so please, let's keep it that way.

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[QUOTE="QuebecNationale"]

 

Lol at your idiotic claims. School is a place for learning and developing a higher intellect, and not a place for childess behaviour. Hopefully more schools follow a zero tolerance policy so that education and science can triumph.

QuebecNationale

I didn't say people weren't allowed to imagine, I said that such behaviour is not acceptable in school and that there should be consenquences for doing so. School is a place for learning and developing higher intellect, so please, let's keep it that way.

[QUOTE="QuebecNationale"]

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]Where is the learning or intellect in zero tolerance and not allowing kids to imagine and pretend? :|

Pirate700

I didn't say people weren't allowed to imagine, I said that such behaviour is not acceptable in school and that there should be consenquences for doing so. School is a place for learning and developing higher intellect, so please, let's keep it that way.

I'm not quite sure I follow. Zero tolerance policies work extremely well since they directly prohibit and deal with inappropriate behaviour. And as we saw in this article, it works extremely well since that person will think twice about acting childish in a place of learning and high intellect.