In the latest incident of anti-gun hysteria to erupt in a school setting, officials at an elementary school in small-town Michigan impounded a third-grader boy’s batch of 30 homemade birthday cupcakes because they were adorned with green plastic figurines representing World War Two soldiers.
The school principal branded the military-themed cupcakes “insensitive” in light of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, reports Fox News Radio.“It disgusted me,” Casey Fountain, the boy’s father, told Fox News. “It’s vile they lump true American heroes with psychopathic killers.”
i don't condone the cupcake ornaments, i do however think it insensitive and not good parenting in this time where the media and politicians are bombarding us with pro and cons about guns, and the poor kids don't know what to think.
to some i guess they would think cool others maybe fear, just because in uniform and one the kids would not recognize WWII in relation to todays look.
is it responsible personally no, there was no theme or reason for cupcakes i think that might add a little more to the thought, but there are parents that are ok and those that are appalled i would think the latter was in the majority.
“It disgusted me,” Casey Fountain, the boy’s father, told Fox News. “It’s vile they lump true American heroes with psychopathic killers.”Fountain explained that his wife had made the cupcakes. His son, Hunter, helped decorate them. The following morning, Fountain’s wife brought the taboo treats to the school’s front office, where the secretary reportedly remarked favorably on their appearance.“About 15 minutes later the school called my wife and told her they couldn’t serve the cupcakes because the soldiers had guns,” Fountain told Fox News. “My wife told them to remove the soldiers and serve the cupcakes anyway — and I believe she may have used more colorful language.”“We’re just taking political correctness too far,” the angry father added.In a statement to local media, Schall Elementary School principal Susan Wright Susan Wright doubled down on her school’s bold stand against little green men that represent American soldiers.“These are toys that were commonplace in the past,” Wright said. “However, some parents prohibit all guns as toys. In light of that difference, the school offered to replace the soldiers with another item and the soldiers were returned home with the student.”
i wonder what lesson that kid walks away with and then gets home to dad's rant this is where the rubber hits to road and whether that kid sees skid marks or guns are good school not so good"?
how far would you go if your kid's were discouraged about the trappings of guns and war, support it or dismiss and re-encourage?
