Posted on 04/23/2005 8:49:27 AM PDT by ViLaLuz
There's no nudity in Bat Boy, that I remember. Am I wrong?
Not that I know of.
Then why are you so angry about it. You say you haven't seen it ... how do you know it's so offensive?
Is that the best argument you can come up with to promote "Bat Boy" for high school kids?
It's better than any argument you have against it. You haven't seen it, have you read it? What do you have against it? I'm really curious.
For example, are you against pedophilia?
Give me a break. All I'm asking is why you're so against this if you haven't seen it or read it, how do you know it's so bad. That's a legitimate question. I'll ignore your analogy to pedophilia.
Wow, I hope Otis never glances at a copy of The Weekly World News in the checkout line. He might have a stroke.
Do you think it's appropriate for a high school to allow its kids to put on a play that promotes sex, drug and alcohol abuse?
That question summarizes all objections to this play.
What is it in The Weekly World News that would give Otis a stroke?
It doesn't promote it. That's just silly. Believe me, I've seen it. Everyone's making way too much out this. There were lots of teenagers in the theater the night I was there. And the pedophilia analogy really was innapropriate in this discussion.
"Do you think it's appropriate for a high school to allow its kids to put on a play that promotes sex, drug and alcohol abuse?"
Second, what was so inappropriate about the pedophilia question? You were the one implying that one has to experience something directly in order to know that it's wrong. I'm still waiting for your answer.
Are you against pedophilia?
Guess they don't do stuff like "Our Town" any more.
It's the home of Bat-Boy. He's made the cover numerous times.
So now that teens are already corrupted, further efforts to bring decency into their lives is naive?
Why not, if there were others in the play that did?
I see. It's amazing how that paper's Bat Boy has become an American cultural icon. Do a google image search on Bat Boy, it's pretty entertaining. Someone even made a little statue of Bat Boy.
Some of the cover stories about him are very amusing. He's had all kinds of adventures. My favorite was when he went to Afganistan with the Rangers to capture Bin Laden. Of course, the WWN is my favorite tabloid. They don't do celebs, bust totally wild made-up stuff. One of my favs was a few years ago: "Nazi sub surfaces in NY harbor, wants to know if war's still on". I'd love to work there.
I wonder what happen if high school (or college) students wanted to put on "The Passion of Christ."
You just really like to argue, don't you? If you don't like that kind of thing, don't go.
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