Another hypocrisy in The Peoples Republik of Massachusetts. Shrewsbury denies LTCs to law-abiding citizens because it doesn't like the Second Amendment. It suspends kids without a hearing because it doesn't like the First or Sixth Amendments. But it insists that all PC Rules be strictly adhered to.
1 posted on
06/01/2002 8:06:32 AM PDT by
pabianice
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To: pabianice
I wonder if the joke really was racist. They should have published the joke so people could judge for themselves. I hate it when new reports only tell part of the story and leave you wondering about many of the pertinent details.
2 posted on
06/01/2002 8:10:29 AM PDT by
gitmo
To: pabianice
"OK, so a Catholic priest and a Baptist minister go into a..."
Wait, that one is OK, because it makes fun of religious people. Unfrikkinbelievable.
3 posted on
06/01/2002 8:12:40 AM PDT by
Malacoda
To: pabianice
"...adolescents sometimes show bad judgment."That's almost as shocking news as men and women are different.
That said, why does this school system think it can make everyone's judgements for them?
To: pabianice
So if I told the joke about the Polack tailor, I'd be expelled? Or does this law just protect The Chosen Races?
11 posted on
06/01/2002 8:21:19 AM PDT by
IronJack
To: pabianice
The Thought Police in action. If that's how the game is going to be played, they need to remember that other groups can play it too. Is there anything more useless than government employees?
To: pabianice
that had to have been one horrific joke! it make you wonder about just who is running the schools. and sense when do parents have to apologies to the school fot what the kids did.
To: pabianice
Suspending them is downright silly, unless it included a direct threat of violence or was used to frighten individuals directly, or was an ongoing and consistant problem.
Why not just give them an assignment to write an essay about the positive history and cultural aspects of that ethnic group?
15 posted on
06/01/2002 8:26:29 AM PDT by
grania
To: pabianice
13 posts and not one joke? I'm dissappointed.
16 posted on
06/01/2002 8:26:53 AM PDT by
linn37
To: pabianice;ALL
Key words here, I believe, are this principal can dictate what her students can or cannot think!
Shrewsbury Middle School Principal Maryjo Moon said: They can't stand by and laugh at those kinds of things, think those kinds of things are funny... They shouldn't be bystanders... because that is not what we are about.
17 posted on
06/01/2002 8:27:09 AM PDT by
Boxsford
To: pabianice
In this particular case, a racial joke really cuts at our value system. And children must learn not to mess with our system
To: pabianice
Hate-speech = thought crime.
What is the e-maill address to this school so I can send them some nice jokes?
To: pabianice
They can't stand by and laugh at those kinds of things, think those kinds of things..." There it is. Political correctness has now reached its goal of approving thought. If you think an inappropriate thought, you will be punished.
That's been the goal of the left. Now they'll be working harder on defining what is and isn't appropriate. EG talk radio is innappropriate, defending the 2nd amendment is innappropriate, etc...
The pendulum must swing back!!!
To: pabianice
I suggest we now make all our non PC conforming jokes into ones about the education bureaucracy. I personally prefer they all be turned on Texas Aggies, but educrats will do almost as well.
To: pabianice
These kids get to learn early that "Everyone's a Critic!" Think of how outrageous this truly is. On so many levels this is so counter to everything America stands for, but yet, we just let it happen. Day after day.
31 posted on
06/01/2002 8:50:14 AM PDT by
Hildy
To: pabianice
What's the difference between a white man and a trampoline? You have to take off your shoes to jump on a trampoline!
No that wasn't it.
33 posted on
06/01/2002 8:54:07 AM PDT by
Salman
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Superintendent of Schools Anthony J. Bent said that the incident was an example of how adolescents sometimes show bad judgement.LOL Like it doesn't show bad judgment on the part of the school administration. First Amendment be damned!
34 posted on
06/01/2002 8:54:12 AM PDT by
StACase
To: pabianice
According to Aristotle, in his "Poetics," the essence of comedy is in the ugly.
Slipping on a banana peel, pie in the face, Polish jokes -- hilarious, but ugly.
To: pabianice
Whatever happened to taking a kid aside and saying "That was an unkind joke. Don't do it again." Or something along those lines? I hate PC crap.
To: pabianice
"Respect is our cornerstone." Wonder if the recipient of the supposed respect is not worthy of respect?
To: pabianice
Of course, bear in mind that it is the People's Republic of Taxachusetts that also has classes in "fisting" for teenage inmates of the government indoctrination system there.
"Two government indoctrination administrators were walking down the street together with their bullwhips holstered when....."
42 posted on
06/01/2002 9:39:38 AM PDT by
BlackElk
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