My objection was to her treatment, as well as the six others. I have acknowledged that there remain questions to be answered about the six non-Constance outcasts.
SnakeDoc
So, in any context whatsoever, if someone fails to invite everyone in a given group to a gathering, it’s inherently an unchristian act?
There is excellent reason to believe the few others were IN-casts for whatever reason fair or foul. Where’s their kvetching in Constance’s sob story news article?
I have no objection to that treatment at all. None. Zero.
This attention-seeking idiot had the gall to ruin everyone else's celebration for her own personal and selfish desires. She wanted them to gawk and to whisper about her, maybe even provoke an actual confrontation.
She got exactly what she asked for -- the "official" prom was canceled, but a quasi-prom was put together just for her benefit. When everyone else (except a handful) failed to show up for her to preen in front of, she immediately starts whining like a victim. The same as she would have if they had been there and snubbed her.
It is not the duty of the others to play her game or allow themselves to be used as pawns in whatever game she's playing. She ostracized herself by making this an issue; she should be prepared to deal with any consequences.
Where I come from, after what this young lady did to her school, classmates and community, shunning would have been an extremely charitable response.
The article states that the girl arrived with her date and another girl... Which I suppose accounts for two of the seven (and hence the odd number).
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