[Phantom Lord]

From Todays Nealz Nuze...

TIME TO BAN PENCILS.

Just yesterday we were talking about the idiocy of zero-tolerance policies in government schools. A kid spends the night in jail because he leaves the tools from his landscaping business in the back of his pickup. The tools included a machete. One of the callers yesterday correctly pointed out that a simple pencil makes a very effective weapon. Why not ban them?

Well ... now it's happened. In Anthony, Florida. A 7-year-old has been charged with felony aggravated battery after he stabbed four elementary classmates with a pencil. He apparently became upset when he was asked to share his crayons.

I will bet you five bucks to a donut hole that this kid is on Ritalin or some similar drug.

Anyway --- clearly its time to ban pencils in classrooms.

[Dallas]

Hell yes pencils should be banned....

Just like bullets, they contain lead. All lead products should be registered.

[Almondjoy]

More to the point the parents shouldn't be teaching their child to draw her hate instead of speaking her hate.. That's like telling a kid it's ok to get so angry you punch a hole in the wall because it's better than knocking your teachers teeth out. Perhaps they should teach the kid that if she gets a D on a test she should blame herself and study harder!

[realpatriot71]

He apparently became upset when he was asked to share his crayons.

This happens to me att the time . . . I have my crayons arranged according to physical spectrum and I become VERY cross when they are returned to me in the wrong order. I no longer share them, and if back in a corner I will stab, with a pencil, anyone tries to use them!