Continuing a Trend: WTF is wrong with Indiana?

At least we now do the crazy clock-change thing like most everyone else in the country...

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Not just Indiana but all schools are getting this way. Yes - I understand why they are not allowed, but I don't get the severe punishment when the kid turned it in on his own with a plausible explanation and for heavens sake its a SWISS ARMY KNIFE.



When I went to school in the 1950 btw, almost every boy in class had one of these in his pocket and no one ever got their throat cut.

Parents have only themselves to blame for this sort of stuff though. I think that the schools have become this way in order to protect themselves from liability. Instead of using common sense, the school takes a "No Tolerance" stance and hope that keeps them out of the courts.

And what's the FIRST thing these parents do? Accept that their kid broke the rules, that the rules can be sometimes be unfair? No. They hire a lawyer.

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I hope he got his knife back.

The principal is just a jealous bastard. The boy said no to him and he didn't like it...

I graduated in 2001. I carried a pocket knife from elementry school to highschool. I never made a secret of it. Nobody ever complained. Hell, in highschool I would say better than half the guys carried pocket knives. I still carry my knife. It's just part of my outfit - get dressed, keychain goes on my belt, pocket knife goes in my right pocket, wallet in my back pocket, handkerchief inthe left pocket. Although, sadly, I've started taking it out in COLLEGE of all places. I mean, christ - I'm an adult now. A pocket knife is perfectly legal. But not on campus. Oh no. Not on campus. It violates about three different rules in the student rulebook. College. For adults. That I'm paying through the nose to attend. And I can't have a pocket knife.

Gah.

Ah, the joy of going to a small private school that isn't anal about nonsense.

Reitsuki - my husband does the same thing, it's like his wallet, he's never without it. Unfortunately, he is on his third now simply because they have be confiscated so many places.

One was confiscated at the airport because he forgot it was in his pocket. OK - that's expected. The other was confiscated at the court house when he went to pay a ticket. The last one was confiscated at City Hall when he went to get a permit to fix our fence after hurricane Wilma. WTF is wrong with these people? Do they think the's going to pull out his tiny Swiss Army Knife and hold some asshat city worker hostage with it?

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It would seem to me you could get it back in those cases? If someone tried to take my knife and then didn't give it back I would be looking in to legal action - my knife has some sentimental value and is NOT replaceable - it's one of a kind, hand-made by my father. Even if he made another one, it wouldn't be the same, since he makes every part by hand, and not from a template (My father's knives go for a lot of money on the few occasions he sells them anymore - his work is stunning).

I accept a certain risk inherent in carrying it around on a day to day basis, but having it simply taken away for all time by a rentacop is not one of them.

Heh...

"Swiss army pocketknives are actually multipurpose tools, which may include a screwdriver, pliers and a bottle cap opener. "

...And a Compass, Scissors, Tweezers, Wood saw, Metal saw with metal file, Nail file, Wire cutter & wire crimper, Belt cutter, Hoof cleaner, Shackle opener with marlin spike, Bit Wrench, Ball point pen, DIP switch setter, reamer, sewing eye, cork screw, can opener, tooth pick, magnifying glass, strait pin, altimiter, USB memory, clock, integrated MP3 player....

I kid you not about those last. All taken from the Victorinox website, the people who make the genuine Swiss Army Knives.

In both cases it was an extreme hassle - he would have had to have left the line that he waited an hour in, gone back to the car (half an hour walk, 15 there, 15 back), then waited in line again. It was easier just to toss the knife in the bucket and go on and they knew it.

The same applies to cell phones in Fort Lauderdale and Miami court buildings now BTW. He saw lots of people lose their places in line over that. There are apparently signs posted, but the line was so long that it blocked the signs that were posted. (Guess they are afraid that you are going to use your cell phone as a weapon like in the superbowl commercial).

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Yeah, but shouldn't you get it back when, you know... you leave?

Makes you wonder what they do with all the confiscated items... do they sell them on Ebay? Keep them for themselves?