Stupidity of the Week: Spring Spheres

Hi there Friends and Neighbors.  Today we find ourselves inundated by a barrage of political correctness the likes of which have not been seen since Jeremy Piven  did battle against David Spade at Port Chester University.   The most recent absurdity is?   Spring Spheres. 

                Oh Seattle, land of rain.  A little girl is bringing some treats to her classmates.  This action is fine with the administration, so long as she does not call the brightly colored ellipsoidal containers “Easter Eggs.”   My o my, how offensive!  They aren't even spherical!!!

                Look folks, here is the truth.  We are aware that there are other belief systems out there.   Possession of an article of faith does not make you any more of a practitioner of that faith than a victim.  First of all, we are talking about candy and eggs.   The word Easter is - to the point of the average kid – time for bunnies, eggs and most importantly candy!   The fact that some kid wants to celebrate with Easter eggs is no more pushing religion than Halloween candy is.   

                The teachers and administrators need to get some “Spheres” and quit allowing these preemptive strikes against issues that need not be.  Nobody should care what is given to them, unless it is obscene or inappropriate.   Candy filled eggs may be, at the worst unhealthy, but are not going to have any kids rallying to church to pray.  To that point – most conservative churches find issue with the secularity of the Easter eggs and the whole bunny thing anyway.  

                Let the kids have their eggs.  If you are offended, throw them away.  Teach your kids at home what you want them to believe.  You can’t shelter them from everything.  If you plan to do that – don’t send them to a school – private or otherwise.   As for school administrators – worry less about offending some kid by letting them have Easter eggs and worry about doing your job and teach the class.

It is by far a more offensive thing to have an ignorant child grow up into an uneducated idiot. 

Be Excellent to Each Other,

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~BAT