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To: DustyMoment
...Satan has already gotten a pretty good grip on you.

I find that statement judgmental, offensive and hurtful.

There's a reason the teacher chose this vulgar play to retire on.

Are you suggesting that the drama teacher is vulgar? I also find that judgemental.

I still disagree with you. I stand by my points, though it is your right not to accept them.

78 posted on 05/03/2005 3:08:00 PM PDT by tooblessed
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To: tooblessed

From www.family.org:

School Mum on 'Bat Boy' Changes
by Josh Montez, correspondent

SUMMARY: Officials at California high school won't say how
they plan to tone down controversial play with scenes of
rape and incest.

Officials at a Southern California high school still won't
say what they plan to edit out of a controversial play
that features scenes of rape, incest and bestiality before
it is performed by students this spring.

And that has parents like Karen Mathison, who has three
children at La Canada High School in La Canada Flintridge,
Calif., upset. The play in question, "Bat Boy, is "nowhere
near family fun," she said.

Bob Waliszewski, director of teen ministries for Focus on
the Family, attended a La Canada Flintridge school board
meeting where the content of the play was discussed. He
said the deck was stacked in favor of those who think "Bat
Boy" is a perfectly appropriate production.

"Much was said about, 'Well, these kids are almost adults.
They can handle it. Yes, this is gritty material, but we
are going to tone it down a little bit and these kids are
very mature,' " Waliszewski said.

The problem is, they won't get more specific than that.

"Frankly there's so much to cut out that to bring it
down to a PG-13 level will gut this play, because it's
that offensive," Waliszewski explained. "My guess is
there's a little bit of embarrassment, and they'd rather
just get through this and hopefully they won't get any
national attention."

At his appearance before the La Canada school board,
Waliszewski urged the board members to pull the plug on
"Bat Boy," just as a school in Ft. Wayne, Ind., did after
deciding the play could not be modified.


79 posted on 05/20/2005 4:55:23 PM PDT by ViLaLuz
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