Boy Suspended for Cub Scout Utensil


	Boy Suspended for Cub Scout Utensil

disenchantedcitizen

10-13-2009 9:53 AM

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disenchantedcitizen says:

I can understand the need for a law of this nature, but there has to be room for common-sense.

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