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December 24, 2006
Moonbat Versus Moonbat at Portsmouth High School
Posted by Dave Blount at December 24, 2006 10:56 AM
Patrick Agin of Portsmouth, Rhode Island is evidently enough of a geek to want to use this as his yearbook picture:
The school wouldn't let him, not because it's asinine, but because it violates the school's zero-tolerance weapons policy. Apparently a picture of a sword constitutes a weapon. This may seem to conflict with the fact that the school's mascot is a Revolutionary War soldier carrying a rifle. But according to the principal, Robert Littlefield:
That's an entirely different issue. I don't think anybody could reasonably construe a cartoon depiction of a soldier from 250 years ago as a threat to our educational environment.
A picture of a dorkazoid posing with his play sword, on the other hand...
But wait, we haven't gotten to the absurd part yet. The ACLU is suing the school to force it to let the kid pose with his sword, on the grounds that it's a free speech violation not to let him present himself any way he pleases, despite the fact that it is the school, not the kid, that is producing the yearbook. High school exhibitionists take note: if the ACLU wins this one, you can pose nude for your yearbook.
Only the ACLU could manage to go up against "zero tolerance" educrats and still be in the wrong.
Hat tips: Ace of Spades, Knowledge is Power, on a tip from V the K.
