As if yesterday's story weren't bad enough
Fark posted this under the headline "I'll see your Cub Scout suspended for bringing an eating utensil to school and raise you an Eagle Scout barred from campus for having a 2" pocketknife locked in his car"
Yup. Really. From the article:
Yup. Really. From the article:
A 17-year-old Eagle Scout in upstate New York has been barred from stepping foot on school grounds for 20 days — for keeping a 2-inch pocketknife locked in a survival kit in his car.http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,565520,00.html
Matthew Whalen, a senior at Lansingburgh Senior High School, says he follows the Boy Scout motto and is always prepared, stocking his car with a sleeping bag, water, a ready-to-eat meal — and the knife, which was given to him by his grandfather, a police chief in a nearby town.