Seriously, it never ceases to amaze me at the sheer amount of stupidity in news stories.
First up is a story I caught on my MyYahoo homepage: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091014/ap_on_re_us/us_zero_tolerance_boy
“BEAR, Del. – A Delaware first-grader who was facing 45 days in an alternative school as punishment for taking his favorite camping utensil to school can return to class after the school board made a hasty change granting him a reprieve”.
What did he bring? A combination knife/fork/spoon utensil to eat his lunch with.
Are you seriously saying they suspended six year old because of their no tolerance policy? Even if they overturned it, really?
It’s a six year old. I’m pretty sure six year olds, even in our society today, do not have thoughts that horrible that they would bring a knife to school with ill intent. Plus… if his PARENTS let him take it to school they obviously thought it was safe. It’s not like a first grader can just sneak a knife into their lunchbox.
And that’s not even the first issue that district has had. If you read farther down in the story it says a fifth grader was expelled for bringing a serrated knife to school to cut her BIRTHDAY CAKE. Even though that was later overturned, really? An innocent kid brings a utensil to school to cut their birthday cake with, and they get expelled?
I know that zero tolerance policies were started for a good reason but they’re going the way of PETA. They started out with good intent and a good message but now they’ve just been fucked up beyond recognition.
I don’t think it should be a no tolerance, immediate suspention/expulsion policy. They need to look at each instance and judge them accordingly, not just have one blanket policy for everything. Ugh.
Anyway. The rest of today’s entry has to do with random acts of stupidity in news stories I’ve run across on the internet. All of them are amusing in a sick way. To me anyway.
You read right. “A family feud between a Eustis mother and her daughter — both of whom were involved with the same man — landed both women in the Lake County Jail on battery charges.”
First off, there are better ways to settle this type of feud than beating each other. But secondly, look at that huge gash in the mother’s forehead. She actually needed paramedic attention for that.
Now, even though I said there are better ways of settling this than fighting, maybe I would understand if they just went outside and had a fist fight over it or something. Just the two of them, no weapons, just their bare hands. Even though any fighting bugs me, it would be better than assaulting each other with household objects, or whatever they used.
And really, why do guys (and girls, don’t want to be sexist) keep sleeping around? Is it really that hard to just stick to one person? Ugh. I can’t even get into that one.
And honestly, after all that, you would fight over a guy that starts dating your daughter when you go to jail? Shame on both of them! The daughter for agreeing to sleep around with the guy, and the mother for not kicking the guy out on his ass when she got back home. Why would they fight so hard for a guy who has obviously shown he cannot be faithful and will drop you like a hot rock the first chance he gets.
Nobody, man or woman, should have to deal with a partner like that. I say, tell them to fuck themselves. You are better than that. You can do better.
Next up in our ode to bad relationships, this little gem: Get me more beer, honey, or I’ll throw a leg through the window
“A woman accused of throwing a table leg through the window of her home after her boyfriend refused to buy more beer faces a felony charge, according to a recently released arrest affidavit.”
Long story short, white trash woman gets angry and starts throwing things when her boyfriend won’t go buy her more beer. And it’s because he says she gets aggressive when drinking.
And she’d been drinking all day?
Now I’m not going to lie, there are those few days when drinking all day is enjoyable, but those are few and faaaar between. I mean really far. I mean like once, maybe twice a year type deals… but it sounds here like this woman does it a lot more frequently. To me it sounds like she needs help. Her boyfriend was trying to help but she was too far gone.
And even after all that, she couldn’t go buy beer herself? Was she not within walking distance of somewhere? Or was she too drunk to walk there? If you are too drunk to walk somewhere to buy more beer, perhaps you should stop drinking for the night.
I really hope her boyfriend either dumps her or gets her some serious help because it sounds like she needs it.
Something about this story just irked me.
A police officer was taunting a guy who only had one arm.
Okay people, you should know by now I don’t give a damn about being politically correct, but some things you don’t do because they’re INDECENT, not because they’re not politically correct! How would you feel if you had one arm and some asshole was making fun of you for it? I mean really. And these are the type of people that “protect us” and uphold our laws and decency.
Great example, guys. And we wonder why the rest of the world thinks we’re all bumbling idiots.
“Police say a Wisconsin woman stripped when they tried to haul her in for shoplifting… under the mistaken belief that a naked person can’t be arrested, according to the Sheboygan Press. Julia E. Laack, 36, is accused of stealing beef jerky and lighters at a convenience store.”
First off… where the hell did she get the idea that she couldn’t be arrested if she was naked? And secondly… she was being arrested for stealing beef jerky and lighters? What an idiot! If you are going to be dumb enough to steal something, go for something expensive that would make it worth it! Would you really be stupid enough to risk your entire record over something that doesn’t even add up to five bucks?
I’m going to stop myself here but I could seriously go on all day with this crap
