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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
zero tolerance is a liability issue. If the schools employ zero tolerance, no matter what they stop, they prevented anything from opening them up to lawsuits. It is easier to defend expelling butter knives on campus than to defend giving detention to someone with a broadsword, especially if broadsword boy comes back to do a william wallace.
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From the liability side of things, dk is esentially right. It doesn't absolutely prevent anything, but it cuts down on the possibility. If the "butterknife" was a "jam spreader", there is no problem. However, it is a knife first and foremost and designed for cutting.
Again, without knowing what the knife looks like, I have to support the school board. If it has a sharp edge or pointed tip, it is a weapon. I have seen some "butterknives" with both and many with neither. Unless and until you know which kind you're talking about, you're making assumptions. And you know what they say about those...