Bill would allow chewing Pop-Tarts into gun shapes in Oklahoma schools

[yesphan]

Source: AP

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma schoolchildren could not be punished for chewing their breakfast pastries into the shape of a gun under a bill introduced by a Republican legislator.

Rep. Sally Kern said Wednesday that her measure, dubbed the Common Sense Zero Tolerance Act, was in response to school districts' policies that she believes are too strict or inflexible. She cited a recent Maryland case where a boy was suspended from school for chewing a Pop Tart into the shape of a gun.


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OOOOOOOOO klahoma !..............

[underpants]

1. But not Sharia guns or Satan right?

Time well spent there Oklahoma legislature

[meegbear]

8. Hear! Hear!

[pangaia]

2. Where the morons wake up every day, da, da, da....

[Drew2510]

18. What do you mean by that pangaia? I have some

very close ties with OK and my wife and all her family is from there. Are you saying that OK is populated by morons? Surely you are not that biased.

[pangaia]

38. You're absolutely right.

That was pretty thoughtless of me.
My apologies.

[pipoman]

3. Maybe the end of zero tolerance idiocy is nearing?

That is zero tolerance on anything. ..especially regarding kids behaviors..

[gtar100]

4. Good to see that their legislators are focusing on the important issues that affect our lives.

Guns first, people second.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

36. Yes someone needs to do something about the scourge of

semi-automatic toaster pastries.

[earthside]

5. The inanity of 'zero tolerance'.

That a state legislature has to take time to mandate commons sense into public schools is the 'scandal' exemplified by this story.

Yes, all over the country paranoid, empty-headed school administrators have suspended little kids for things as innocuous and silly as biting Pop Tarts or sandwiches into gun shapes.

I heard on the radio news yesterday that even Attorney General Holder has finally said something about ending this stupidity of 'zero tolerance' that has penalized children with draconian punishment for what amounts to playing.

[liberal N proud]

6. They are punished for this now?

And that requires a law to allow a kid to chew food into "gun shapes"

[onehandle]

7. That'll create jobs. nt

[Eleanors38]

9. A Kiefer into a Kalashnikov?

[mindwalker_i]

10. Damnit, this is the first thing I read this morning

And now I'm in a quantum superposition state of being severly depressed, incredulous at just how fucked up this is on all possible sides of the argument, pissed off that a law is even needed, and also pissed off that guns are even more protected. In pop tarts no less!

At this point I'm rooting for Yellowstone to just blow the whole fucking place up!

[JaneyVee]

11. Just don't bite the head off your fetus shaped gummy bears.

NOklahoma.

[sinkingfeeling]

12. From Sally Kern; "Homosexuality is more dangerous than terrorist attacks" and

"...blacks 'don’t work as hard' as white people". An extraordinary RWNJ!

[Ranchemp.]

13. Wow.

Just
You're right, extreme RWNJ.

[davidthegnome]

14. Really?

Okay... but... someone actually cares about this shit?

[ZombieHorde]

15. I care about kids getting into trouble for being kids. nt

[davidthegnome]

17. Me too.

I was just surprised that there were actually rules about this. Kind of blown away really.

[MicaelS]

22. When I was a kid 40+ years ago...

I used to draw Science Fiction battle scenes. Like flying saucers invading, and humans fighting back. Earth vs. The Flying Saucers type stuff. Or WWII battle scenes. It wasn't very artistic, but it was fun, and I did it just for my own entertainment, not even to show to anyone. At the end, I would toss it in the trash.

A few years ago here on DU, I told that to one member who claimed she was currently a teacher. I asked here what she would do if I were her student. She said something to the effect that she would have a discussion with the school counselor, administrators, and my parents over "my violent tendencies." That is the kind of crap kids face today in schools, from people who are supposedly "professional" educators.

Fuck Zero Tolerance.

[ZombieHorde]

16. Nice to read about a Republican doing something sane. nt

[frylock]

19. i hate zero-tolerance policies as much as the next person..

but it's interesting to note what it was that spurred these authoritarian assholes to react and initiate change.

[Dr. Strange]

23. This story, I'm guessing:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/11/pop-tart-gun_n_3419815.html

[frylock]

27. exactly. don't fuck with gunz. period. end of story.

even fake pastry gunz.

[Dr. Strange]

28. Well, don't fuck with kids.

There wasn't actually a gun involved. Like, at all. And considering the role of Pop Tarts, there wasn't any food involved either. Technically.

[frylock]

30. the point is that these shitheads have always SUPPORTED zero-tolerance policies..

the moment a "gun" became involved is when they sprang into action. we more than likely wouldn't even been reading this if the kid chewed his pop tart into the shape of a knife and had been suspended.

[yesphan]

31. Or, if he

chewed his pop tart into the shape of a pot leaf. The kid's home would have been invaded and the parents arrested.
It's not about the zero tolerance standard, it's about the gun.

[frylock]

32. exactly. where was she when kids were being suspended for bringing a plastic knife to school?

there's no money coming in from the plastic knife industrial complex.

[bossy22]

35. I agree 100%

Zero Tolerance, Zero Intelligence

[Blandocyte]

20. And they are still allowed to make the letter "L"

as gun-like as it looks, but there had to be multiple meetings about that one.

[tblue]

21. The real crime is feeding them PopTarts

That's just sugar-frosted garbage.

Full disclosure: I love the Trader Joe's brand, which is made with whole wheat. Also, I'm not a child.

[marshall]

24. We have no more tolerance for Zero Tolerance anyway

As Eric Holder has just tried to explain, zero tolerance policies are counter effective and unfair. Rather than beat her own drum about her very specific and controversial issue, she needs to build bridges and get on Holder's band wagon.

[dembotoz]

25. comming soon--gnaw your own pop tart assault rifle art contest

first place --you get a real one

[RKP5637]

26. WTF, no wonder so many want home schooling. All of this zero tolerance crap is

pure bull shit!

[Javaman]

29. Pew! Pew! nt

[3catwoman3]

33. I can see it now...

... a whole new college elective - Food Design 101 - Poptart Art and Your Teeth.

We are doooooooooooooooooooooooomed.

[bossy22]

34. Is this really an issue?

really? I agree that the school district in Maryland was acting silly but I don't think it necessitates a law.

[freshwest]

37. So they are all well-educated in the sciences and social arts to have a great future already.

I'm glad everyone in every school in the state are well on their way to a college or vocational career and may even be world travelers or the POTUS.

Just as soon as they pass their daily clases on the fine art of chomping their daily ration of PopTarts into artistic shapes and dribble crumbles and jelly all over their school work.





Oh, what am I thinking? It's how we get to our final destination as citizens of the Idiocracy.

Thanks, GOP!

[TeeYiYi]

39. Gun shapes...

My cousin's 4yo son got in trouble by his wacko parents for making a gun shape out of his chicken mcnugget. That was 25 years ago but crazy is still crazy.

I think it sounds like a good bill to protect kids who are just being kids.

TYY