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Officials at Washington's Marysville Middle School suspended Hunter Lance after he pointed his finger at several other students in a hallway and pretended to shoot them. Assistant Superintendent Gail Miller said Lance "frightened some children."
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No one NEEDS all ten fingers
You can have a pair of gloves with 10 fingers, but you can't put more than 7 fingers in it.
And yet she sent her little monster off to school with a loaded finger. A school filled with children. Just thank GOD no one was hurt.
Not to mention giving him a name like Hunter. She really ought to have it changed to something like Apple.
Indeed, his name is Hunter *Lance*.
What kind of "parents" doom their child to a lifetime of finger pointing?
Send CPS to the rescue *immediately*!
Don't point that thing at me! It has a nail in it!
Common sense....
Dialogue....
Anyone who doesn't want to cut off the children's fingers hatez the childruns!!!
Only crazy finger-rights wingnutz are against sensible finger laws. Nobody NEEDS assault fingers!
Nobody knew why they called him Hunter "Assault Fingers" Lance, but legend has it...
I'm sure the officials' bullying is frightening children, too.
Namely the children in the administration
When I was in school, the boys would occasionally offer up the OK gesture rotated 180^o toward the recipient to indicate "suck it" or "eat me". (FWIW, we, I mean they, called it "the wong".)
Serious question: These days, would that get the giver suspension at least and a sex criminal record at most?
Mandatory sensitivity training and an unexpungible note in his permanent file.
and the pussification of America continues.
The heck with frightening some children, he freaked out some administrators!
Meanwhile , in Pyongyang On The Hudson ...