I Knew Those Scouts Were Bad News!

I remember when I joined the Cub Scouts, back in...well, it was a long time ago! There are two things that stick with me after all these years. The first was that my brother so wanted to be a Cub Scout, but he was too young; we made him our official mascot! He was pretty cool then and is still pretty cool! The second thing I remember most about the Cub Scouts was getting my very own Scout knife! I guess it is a good thing that I grew up when I did, as opposed to today! You see if you want to find out what would have happened to me in today's world of vicious first graders go the article in the N.Y Times (not my usual source of material, but...!) http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/education/12discipline.html?no_interstitial

It seems that young Mr. Zachary Christie has run afoul of the "Zero Tolerance Police!" And what foul deed you may ask, did young Mr. Christie commit that would land him a 45 day sentence at the NYC Public School Reform school? He committed the dastardly deed of bringing the official Scout camping utensil, you know, the one that can be used as a fork, spoon and gasp...a dining fork to school. I am sorry, but somewhere Robert Baden-Powell must be turning somersaults in his grave! However, I am sure that the folks at Homeland Security and the TSA are wondering if they should raise the terror alert to red or at least to orange!

Does anyone else wonder where we lost the ability to think for ourselves and to use common sense? I think the big problem with common sense is that it is not neither as common as we want to believe nor is it found in as many places as we would imagine! Well, Zachary Christie, in my opinion should be receiving an award for his actions and the NYC Public School Discipline Committee...not so much! Mark and Luke, you will never be in trouble with Papaw for something like this! I guess it is too much to hope that we will ever take back this country from the liberal educators and law professors! The next thing you know, we will be banning the Taco Bel "spork!"