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We are a castrated society, and we help wield the scalpel.
Out of fear we will not pray in public, we will not recite the Pledge of Allegiance correctly, and we consider everybody else's fears and sensitivities before doing anything. Out of fear of lawsuits our school boards will not allow students to speak of their their faith in speeches or writings assigned, they will only allow the mention of a generic God in some genderless form in prayer, they will not allow any image or discussion of firearms in an assignment or in discussion, and we will not even do the things that laws and courts say we can do.
In Minnesota it is legal to have firearms on a school campus for certain purposes, however school administrations are so afraid of the Brady bunch that they will not even consider allowing Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Firearm Safety and Hunter Education classes to be held on campus, much less as a part of course work. Many FFA chapters have shooting sports teams that are sanctioned through the organization, but schools will not allow them to be a part of school time.
There are levels of appropriate, but that does not mean we should shut up and avoid all together. Zero Tolerance does not mean charms on a bracelet or key chain. Freedom of does not mean freedom from, and anti-bullying is nothing more than a way to increase punishment for anything that somebody does not like.
Rant off!
*If this seems a little disjointed I apologize. It took me over 45 minutes to write as the phones have been busy, but I decided to leave it rather than delete and not vent.