{"id":9109,"date":"2015-06-01T11:46:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T18:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=9109"},"modified":"2015-06-01T11:46:26","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T18:46:26","slug":"from-patron-saint-to-designated-villain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2015\/06\/01\/from-patron-saint-to-designated-villain\/","title":{"rendered":"From Patron Saint to Designated Villain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;St. George is the patron saint of England.\u00a0 St. George&#8217;s cross is the flag of England.\u00a0 One would think that a child in England, attending &#8220;St. George&#8217;s Bickley Primary School,&#8221; would be allowed, even encouraged, to play &#8220;swords and dragons&#8221; in remembrance of the\u00a0 story of St. George slaying the dragon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Of course, all that would assume that the people running the school would be sane enough to not call the police when a child pretends to be St. George and wields&#8230; a ruler as a pretend sword.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3085539\/Police-called-boy-9-uses-ruler-pretend-sword-Teachers-accused-overreacting-asking-officers-speak-child-playground-game-knights-dragons.html#ixzz3aRU8nISI\" target=\"_blank\">Not a good assumption<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Police were called to a primary school after a nine-year-old boy was caught using a ruler as a pretend sword in a playground game of &#8216;knights and dragons&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;[P]olice routinely visit schools to assist with &#8216;early identification, support and where necessary challenge of pupils involved in or at risk of offending&#8217;, and where appropriate for &#8216;the safety of pupils, staff and the school site and surrounding area&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div id=\"attachment_9110\" style=\"width: 532px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3085539\/Police-called-boy-9-uses-ruler-pretend-sword-Teachers-accused-overreacting-asking-officers-speak-child-playground-game-knights-dragons.html#ixzz3aRU8nISI\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9110\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9110\" title=\"St_George_Bickley\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/St_George_Bickley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/St_George_Bickley.jpg 652w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/St_George_Bickley-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screencap via the Daily Mail<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Is there no greater offense than using you imagination, especially when it involves the patron saint of your own country?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Next thing you know, they&#8217;ll want to ban the flag of England itself!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Oh, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150518221001\/http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk\/2004\/jun\/09\/britishidentity.politics\" target=\"_blank\">wait<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/st_george_slaying.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"st george slaying dragon\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/st_george_slaying.jpg 550w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/st_george_slaying-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1px) 100vw, 1px\" \/><br \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\"><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatblog\"><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalhat\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"From Patron Saint to Designated Villain \"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"One might assume that the people running a school would be sane enough to not call the police when a child pretends to be St. George and wields... a ruler as a pretend sword.  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