Comments on: “Middle Schooler Forced to Take Drug Test to Join Scrapbooking Club”

By: Ron Miller

Ron Miller — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 12:24:06 +0000

No, certainly books aren’t linked and I’m sure there is overreaction to small amounts of lead. Still, let’s respect the idea that thousands of children have suffered and will suffer from brain damage from lead based paint which means if you are going to make a joke about it, please make it in context for crying out loud. So, yeah, I still find his pulled out of the sky dumb joke worthy of mockery..

Not for nothing, I DEFENDED in another life scores of slum landlords in lead based paint brain injury claims. I’ve seen the injuries up close.

By: Walter Olson

Walter Olson — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 16:32:50 +0000

I suspect more readers would join in Ron’s that’s-not-funny reaction if Melvin had been joking about a source of environmental lead that actually did cause documented illness, such as old paint on walls. His reference was instead to CPSIA’s coverage of books, never so linked. Perhaps it is still OK to joke about unharmful things that are foolishly regulated as if they were harmful?

By: Jay Markowitz

Jay Markowitz — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 16:14:40 +0000

Ron Miller –

Perhaps you should take a looksie at the what is currently the newest post on this site, as it pretty much says it all as a reply to your overt ‘political act.’

By: Ron Miller

Ron Miller — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:53:52 +0000

Good one Melvin. Lead paint. How silly. What a fun thing to joke about. Sure, it has caused brain damages to thousands of American children. But good for you not letting that stop you from eating at the comedy candy store that is lead pain poisoning.

By: Melvin H.

Melvin H. — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 02:45:45 +0000

Especially any scrapbook or yearbook made before 1985; isn’t there supposed to be lead in those or something that requires testing?

By: Hugo S. Cunningham

Hugo S. Cunningham — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 23:54:40 +0000

Maybe authorities fear stoners would be tearing pages out of scrapbooks to roll them into joints.

By: Dwight Brown

Dwight Brown — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 20:41:20 +0000

ps:

You broke my sarcasm meter. And I just had it calibrated.

You will be hearing from my lawyer.

By: Canvasback

Canvasback — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:45:36 +0000

When I was a kid we used to have to say the Pledge of Allegiance. Now it seems there’s a new loyalty oath.

By: ras

ras — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:11:27 +0000

Members of Congress, however, are not required to take such a test, as they work at less-critical tasks.

By: ps

ps — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:57:35 +0000

drug abuse, particularly performance enhancing substances, in scrapbooking circles has become a huge problem, If schools are to maintain a level playing field for all participants, drug testing must become mandatory. I don’t see what the problem is.