Oh course I did. Did you? What is your point? Or do you even have one? what you asked makes no sense without a constructive comment of some sort.
Posted By:lisa at April 19, 2007 8:22 AM (Suggest Removal) I have a teenage daughter attending LMS. I happened to be at the school that day. I was dealing with an incident that happened to my "White Daughter" a few weeks prior. A few girls kicked in the bathroom stall she was in...and were continuing to bully her with with harassing looks and snide comments under there breath..I was told by one of the authority figures there that day; "My issue was nothing compared to what happened there at lunch that day..." I suppose this mentality is what bothers me most. I do not in anyway condone what these children did in the lunch room...But I do not feel it is anymore or any less significant than what happened to my daughter...And I am tired of feeling pushed aside by this mentality...Sorry I lived in Maine all of my life..Im white and I am feeling like the minority...Wheres my voice? Why isn't the media and the people in charge sort of speak jumping on protecting our rights?? We don't use our religion as a weapon towards others...My life will not be surrounded by muslim religion... That you count on..."Hate Crime" Seriously what is worse? Some food thrown on a table or some kids kicking in a bathroom stall while another child is in there?? Then calling that child names and threatening to beat her up...??? You tell me? But Yet I was told my problem was nothing comapared to the hamsteak...Ok...
Posted By:TSS at April 19, 2007 9:32 AM (Suggest Removal) My nephew, who is catholic, was made fun of for complaining that on a Friday during Lent, the lunchroom offered no non-meat main dishes. Nobody adults stepped in to stop the teasing and my nephew was completely embarassed for standing up for himself when no adults jumped to his aid. I'll tell you what though, if he were Somali, and they were only offering Pork for lunch, it would've made front page news. Racism goes both ways. The same rules and rights don't apply to our non-Somali children. It's getting to a point where white people are so darn afraid to say a word against any Somali because they will be deemed racist. We've converted our lives to walk on eggshells around them and every situation involving them. I'm not racist and I don't mind them being here, but it sometimes seems like their rights and religious rules have completely taken over. Forget about our rights and religious rules. A little bit of a double standard if you ask me!