They argued with me on it for a while, but in the end only the other child got suspended.

When the principal notified my wife and me that our son was to be suspended from school for fighting, I visited the school. I took my son with me to the principal’s office.

I asked him if he thought self defense was not an affirmative defense against punishment. He said that he didn’t view it that way, that my son was involved in a fight and therefore would be suspended.

I told him to place two calls, one to the police and one for an ambulance because I was going to come over his desk and beat the Hell out of him. If he resisted or tried to defend himself, he had better resign because it was his policy that self defense was not a bar to punishment and that it would be worse next time if he didn’t resign. If he didn’t resist then he was going to be short a lot of teeth and wearing a lot of plaster of paris for a long time.

He seemed to think “That’s different.” I replied “I don’t view it that way.”

My son did not get suspended.

There were no facts in dispute. Just a dispute over the proper course of action. Mine was proper. His was not.

Now, this is going to piss a lot of you off, but if a man who hasn’t got the balls to defend his family doesn’t deserve them. Every time you give in is an encouragement for them to take more the next time. If any of you respond in a lesser manner, I consider you lesser men.

Arrogant? NO! There are so damn few of us like me and men I respect that we get tired carrying your weight. Cowboy up, Goddammit!

This preemptive surrender horseshit has got to stop. You don’t know if you can win if you don’t try.

My thought? No part of any district policy SUPERCEDES state criminal code. So, if the District wants to suspend my kid for defending his life, I’ll add them to the list of people to sue.

In a more perfect world, the principal would need to enter a witness protection program after doing this to a child.

I would like to see the NEA weigh in on this PC-driven fascism.

Are sporks the future? I guess the government will cut our food for us.

That’s a solution? Hell, the “adults” in that school district are the ones who created the fucked up rules! If a kid that was being attacked did run to a teacher, or whatever, the kid would probably still get suspended for “causing trouble”. That did happen at my daughter’s high school.

Do any of you have children and love them? The state steals you money and then tells you your children must report to the local indoctrination hall until the age of 18. While there, any harm that befalls them is not the liability of the state whatsoever. Plus, the MOST DANGEROUS PART is that your children are taught in an environment where their 1st, especially 2nd, 4th and 5th amendment right are utterly disregarded!!! NO WONDER PEOPLE DON’T KNOW THEIR RIGHTS THESE DAYS! They were taught by a government beauraccrat to always compy with authority and were never taught their rights!!

AMAZING! And gee, why is it that the only politician that gets my attention is Paul? Huckaflop is sending christmas cards and romney is crying over mormanism while your children are being indoctrinated as subjects??? My kids won’t be subjects – and I’m sure your kids would love working for my kids as they will be in dire need of a new master once the current band of theifs are done away with.