Students expelled for buying souvenir swords on trip

Other than the incidents where some kid gets expelled because a guard hired by their school illegally breaks into their car and finds a pair of nail clippers, this is hands-down one of the dumbest instances of "zero tolerance" Nazism yet in America's schools.

Two students from Minneapolis area high schools have both been expelled for the rest of the school year because they purchased souvenir samurai swords on a school-sponsored trip to England. The educrats who run the schools said both teenagers violated "zero tolerance" policies against weapons. One of the students was almost barred from participating in her own graduation.

Do the schools seriously think buying a $20 souvenir sword on an overseas trip and stowing it safely in a box wrapped in duct tape poses a threat to anyone's safety? Damn, our schools must be run by some real right-wing dummies these days. Not only that, but the swords were so docile that a souvenir shop sold them to teenagers without any hassle whatsoever. If a kid can buy a sword without any trouble, the sword obviously doesn't have a live blade - thus the sword is actually decorative and not truly a weapon. So how does the sword even rise to the level of an expulsion?

Schools who follow the "zero tolerance" bandwagon often like to claim they implement these illogical punishments to avoid being sued. For liberty lovers, this should seem counterproductive, as it seems like the rules would only cause lawsuits. I don't have any clue how the rules would actually prevent legal action. But in today's America, the rules don't seem to be causing the lawsuits that we have a right to expect. In other words, the schools have everyone bullied into submission.

The sword incident has also raised another issue, for the schools confiscated the swords during the trip. The swords apparently never made it to America, and it's unknown what happened to them. So the schools are guilty of theft as well - and probably destruction of property too. (Big surprise.)

(Source: http://www.twincities.com/ci_9032295?nclick_check=1&forced=true)