Biggest Bogon Emitter - Buncombe County Schools

[AnCap Dave]

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A mother and her 9-year-old son say school officials won't let him bring a My Little Pony bag to school.

The boy and his mother say he's getting shoved around because bullies think his pick of a favorite toy is for girls.

It's a decades-old kids show where pony characters emphasize the bonds of friendship.

It's become anything but friendship for 9-year-old Grayson Bruce.

Grayson Bruce, My Little Pony fan, "they're taking it a little too far, with punching me, pushing me down, calling me horrible names, stuff that really shouldn't happen."

Grayson picked a Rainbow Dash bag out this year, which he says has intensified the attacks against him.

Grayson, "most of the characters in the show are girls, and most of the people put it toward girls, most of the toys are girlie, and surprisingly I found stuff like this."

Grayson has developed a following on Facebook after a friend made a support page for him. Grayson stands by his favorite cartoon and the message he says it sends. His mother says, why not?

Noreen Bruce, Grayson's mom, "it's promoting friendship, there's no bad words, there's no violence, it's hard to find that, even in cartoons now."

But Noreen says Thursday the school asked him to leave the bag at home because it had become a distraction and was a "trigger for bullying."

Noreen, "saying a lunchbox is a trigger for bullying, is like saying a short skirt is a trigger for rape.  It's flawed logic, it doesn't make any sense."

Noreen wants punishment for the students involved.  Buncombe County Schools declined an interview, but sent us this statement, "an initial step was taken to immediately address a situation that had created a disruption in the classroom.  Buncombe County Schools takes bullying very seriously, and we will continue to take steps to resolve this issue."

So Grayson is using a different bag to carry his lunch to school, but he and his mom say they don't believe it's right to force him to leave the My Little Pony bag at home.

Yes, because worrying about the feelings of bullies totally sends a good message.

[Ibrahim90]

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Yes, because worrying about the feelings of bullies totally sends a good message.

heh, they should do like my dad instead: proudly call mom when I gave a bully what he deserved (in this case, a pen through the shoulder).

[evensgrey]

heh, they should do like my dad instead: proudly call mom when I gave a bully what he deserved (in this case, a pen through the shoulder).

Not quite the Ender Wiggins solution, but easier to deal with the aftermath of as well.

[MrBogosity]

Not quite the Ender Wiggins solution, but easier to deal with the aftermath of as well.

Yeah, I think they wimped out in the movie on that part. While Ender didn't intend to kill Bonzo (and didn't even know until later that he died), it was done to make an example and a warning to other bullies. In the movie, there's no one else around, and it's pretty much an accident. The last we see of Bonzo is when he's in intensive care and preparing to be sent back home to his family (although it's possible Ender killed him and Graff was lying about it, but we never get any positive confirmation of that).

Don't get me wrong, I still loved the movie, but that's one of my many complaints.

[Ibrahim90]

Not quite the Ender Wiggins solution, but easier to deal with the aftermath of as well.

well, yeah: Dad was proud of me! it's a big deal there when your son proves he can stand up for himself--especially the oldest one.

the kid had stolen my copybook from me, so I ran after him: didn't actually mean to stab him when I caught up to him, since I didn't even remember I had a pen in my hand. But what happened happened. His only objection when he saw me in the supervisor's room (and really more a joke) was that I used a pen he'd bought for ~30 dollars in Europe--after much trouble to find it. very reliable pen, wrote beautifully, but was ruined in the process. privately he told mom (aside from his happiness) that I need to be more careful: what if it had been a Kuwaiti? deportation is a real threat for a Palestinian family--even one with US citizenship.

I still feel like shit though: guy was out for days. he became friendly afterwards though. so yea, better ending.

[R.E.H.W.R.]

I remember a dude who was a "wigger" decided to pick a fight with me becuase A. he thought was a badass. B. I found out later he was trying mug me with his bare hands Without telling me.
He wanted my money, he got it.
He went to throw a haymaker at me, but he didn't know I had about $2 in change all in dimes in my front pocket. Threw them in his face and followed through with a right cross, knocked him right out.

[evensgrey]

well, yeah: Dad was proud of me! it's a big deal there when your son proves he can stand up for himself--especially the oldest one.

the kid had stolen my copybook from me, so I ran after him: didn't actually mean to stab him when I caught up to him, since I didn't even remember I had a pen in my hand. But what happened happened. His only objection when he saw me in the supervisor's room (and really more a joke) was that I used a pen he'd bought for ~30 dollars in Europe--after much trouble to find it. very reliable pen, wrote beautifully, but was ruined in the process. privately he told mom (aside from his happiness) that I need to be more careful: what if it had been a Kuwaiti? deportation is a real threat for a Palestinian family--even one with US citizenship.

I still feel like shit though: guy was out for days. he became friendly afterwards though. so yea, better ending.

It didn't occur to me until after my initial comment, but you could have killed him, had the pen ended up in the wrong spot. If you stab someone under the clavicle (the collar bone) you can hit their sub-clavian artery. The blood loss from rupturing that is roughly comparable to lopping off the whole arm. There's spots like that all over the human body, which is why you shouldn't stab anyone anywhere with anything unless you're prepared to kill them.

[Ibrahim90]

It didn't occur to me until after my initial comment, but you could have killed him, had the pen ended up in the wrong spot. If you stab someone under the clavicle (the collar bone) you can hit their sub-clavian artery. The blood loss from rupturing that is roughly comparable to lopping off the whole arm. There's spots like that all over the human body, which is why you shouldn't stab anyone anywhere with anything unless you're prepared to kill them.

yeah, that's why I felt bad about it: it could have ended very differently.

not that it would be that artery that would be severed: I was chasing him, so the only part of his shoulder exposed was the area of the shoulder blade.

[R.E.H.W.R.]

yeah, that's why I felt bad about it: it could have ended very differently.

not that it would be that artery that would be severed: I was chasing him, so the only part of his shoulder exposed was the area of the shoulder blade.

Ya, I've been stabbed in the shoulder blade(on accident), It hurt like a bitch, but it didn't bleed too much in comparison to the arm.

[nilecroc]

Do these people know what the word trigger means?

[Travis Retriever]

Do these people know what the word trigger means?

Nope.  They also don't know to know what "privilege" means either.