This is what I’ve been saying.
But seriously, that’s what a school superintendent in Lewiston, Maine, said after a middle schooler put a ham sandwich on a lunchroom table where some Somali students habitually sat. The Somalis are Muslims so, of course, this has been designated a hate crime. (Stop the insanity!) Supt. Leon Levesque intoned:
“These children have got to learn that ham is not a toy, and that there are consequences for being nonchalant about where you put your sandwich.”
How stupid this quote will look when we pass from the PC bubble our society finds itself in right now. But, until then, we must put up with this nonsense. I should point out that the sandwich was in a paper bag, making it all the more dangerous. Said one of the Somali students:
“That ham sandwich in a bag where we couldn’t even see might as well have been that pig’s head,” said one of the traumatized Somali students, “and that cafeteria might as well have been the most religious building for Muslims in the state of Maine.”
That the reporter would use the word “traumatized” on his own, without attribution, is a whole other problem. How does he know they were traumatized. Maybe they’re just claiming to be to gain some agenda advantage. In any case, it’s not the reporter’s call to make. He should have written, “said one of the Somalie students, who said they were traumatized by the incident.”
UPDATE: The “ham is not a toy” line is idiotic because, as it turns out, it’s a spoof. The guys at Powerline have the scoop.
