Maybe instead of making excuses you should try to just follow the rules next time?
Pte.Pinky said:
"And in Canada intention is what our knife laws are all about."
I wasn't aware that school rules are regarded as Canadian law were you live. I apologize.
But I disagree. FOLLOWING THE LAWS is what laws are all about.
Pte.Pinky said:
"I would never use it to hurt someone"
I believe you. However, how many people who hurt others in situations like this would admit (or even think) that injury was a potential outcome ahead of time?
Pte.Pinky said:
"First off, it's not a weapon, it's a tool....Second, the policy says (this is paraphrasing) that no knives or other weapons are allowed."
According to you school POLICY, a knife is a weapon. And since it is the SCHOOL not YOU that both makes the rules AND enforces them, I bow in favour of the rules. Just because to a hunter his rifle is a tool, does not make it allright for him to carry it where prohibited.
Pte.Pinky said:
"Otherwise the sculpture students would have to leave their sculpting knives at home."
I debated dignifying this particular "gem" with a response... but here goes.
I wonder what the statistics are on injuries inflicted upon other persons (not the user) for sculpting knives.
On that note, I wonder what the statistics are for you style of knife? ???
Pte.Pinky said:
Third, I'm far from being the only one that carries a knife.
Ah yes. You would also be "far from the only one" to have some sort of "incident" (accidental or not) that makes a poor representation of the professionalism of the Canadian forces. One of the "incidents" easily avoidable by simply obeying the rules.
Pte.Pinky said:
So what, might I ask, crawled up your *** and died?
A question that is surprisingly easy to answer.
What crawled up my "butt" and died?
Well, about 101 stories in the newspaper about seemingly innocent acts that balloon into something out of control that reflects negatively on the CF.
And don't think that your lame excuses will help when the media gets wind of that sort of thing.
They are all to eager to go for the public's shocked reaction that involvement of a member of the CF in any sort of negative matter creates.
Each one of those stories makes me a little more bitter towards people such as yourself that seem all too comfortable in taking a risk with the reputation of the institution they represent.
When that sort of thing crawls up ANYBODY's butt and dies... Nobody is gonna be able to stand the smell.
THAT would be the smell of scandal.
Oh sure, the chances of something happening are WAAAAY lower than an accident occurring in your traffic example. (Poor choice BTW)
But do you really feel that comfortable in gambling with public opinion.?
The chances of me hearing a story in the paper tomorrow of some sort of accident as a result of a person like you not following the rules is INFINITELY higher than me hearing of a positive event that was a result of a soldier breaking the rules.
Rules are made to be Followed.
Not broken, not bent, and not reinterpreted to your personal liking.
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