Literacy Proves Your Nefarious Purpose

File under 'World Gone Mad'. A 10-year old was suspended from school in NY, USA for bring the blade (3/4" x 1/4") from his broken pencil sharpener to school. The school principal involved the local police who had to write and file a report on the incident. 
One of the comments was probably the most sensible thing to come out of this whole mess when Maussist posted "I worry about the day grade school educators realise that the pen is mightier than the sword.
Literacy will become evidence of being skilled with a deadly weapon". 

In the words of one V Meldrew "I don't believe it!" Via Boing Boing