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In reply to the discussion: 6 year old boy suspended for making a finger gun with his hand and saying “Pow.” [View all]Odin2005
(53,521 posts)57. I sure hope you are not a parent.
Or else your kids are going to grow up to hate you, and for good reason. moralistic pearl-clutchers are never good parents.
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6 year old boy suspended for making a finger gun with his hand and saying “Pow.” [View all]
dixiegrrrrl
Jan 2013
OP
"The right to bear arms shall not be denied." And, fingers are on the end of our arms.
Buzz Clik
Jan 2013
#3
Any canine trainer realizes that positive reinforcement is required to elicit a behavior,
Trillo
Jan 2013
#4
so no more common sense. all this does is piss people off and then laugh at the idiots calling for
loli phabay
Jan 2013
#11
common sense would seem to dictate that talking to the kid or advising the parents
loli phabay
Jan 2013
#30
Or maybe we might be ready to end the culture of violence which starts in childhood.
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#50
Violence is a cultural issue. So we either collectively decide to promote peace or accept
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#63
Using fiction in support of idiotic fucktardery? Yeah, that'll learn 'em.... n/t
PavePusher
Jan 2013
#61
What's your position on kids who spoil portraits by making fake bunny ears with their fingers?
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#36
Sounds like we have an overly authoritarian principal who enjoys tormenting the kids.
backscatter712
Jan 2013
#37
Wouldn't be a problem is the teacher was armed or if the other kids had fingers too.
FSogol
Jan 2013
#40
Well... To the school's credit "hands and feet" do kill more people each year than rifles.
Glassunion
Jan 2013
#56
You can have my fingers when you....uh....pry them from my cold dead hand?
Jeff In Milwaukee
Jan 2013
#60
Clearly compensating for a small penis. Wonder if he rides a Hummer trike. nt
Dreamer Tatum
Jan 2013
#69
Zero tolerance equals zero thinking. We do dumb so well in the U.S. these days. n/t
Jefferson23
Jan 2013
#75
I don't agree. Imagine if he had mimicked a sexual act and used an "appropriate" word. Hey,
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#78
What's also stupid is that a lot of these cases of Zero Tolerance stem from a Federal Gun law.
Glassunion
Jan 2013
#84