Huh?

The law was introduced after a third-grade girl was expelled for a year because her grandmother had sent a birthday cake to school, along with a knife to cut it. The teacher called the principal — but not before using the knife to cut and serve the cake.

Zero-tolerance laws are just stupid. But the above is just -- well, I can't even think of the appropriate word. I mean, my God, if the knife is an evil object, then it's an evil object. Cutting the cake with it and then punishing the little girl? "Why, thank you for defending me against that rapist, sir, but now I'm going to have to call the police to report that you've been waving a gun around."

(Hat tip to Dave Hardy.)