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School Says Game of Tag Is Out
Fox News ^ | Thursday, June 20, 2002 | Anita Vogel

Posted on 06/21/2002 8:54:34 AM PDT by Jzen

Edited on 04/22/2004 12:34:00 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

SANTA MONICA

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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: tag
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To: RonF
I don't disagree but the main problem here is the administrators, like Principal Samarge, who are pushing this PC crap for ideological reasons. A lot of these folks are childless, products of Education Programs, which is hyper PC (and less rigorous) when compared to other academic disciplines.
21 posted on 06/21/2002 9:51:06 AM PDT by Austin Willard Wright
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To: mrsppmrxky
"I wonder if our new "victim status" qualifies us for some $$ to make us feel better about ourselves?"

BINGO! We have a winner.
Let's call the law firm of: "Dewey, Cheatem, and How", and thier new addition Mo Money...

22 posted on 06/21/2002 9:56:11 AM PDT by Psalm 73
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To: Austin Willard Wright
I wonder about that. There are certainly enough parents that would complain to a school administration if they kid came home with a skinned knee or complaining that they never win a tag game.
23 posted on 06/21/2002 9:59:02 AM PDT by RonF
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To: Jzen
Her web page

Her picture:

Freep away.

24 posted on 06/21/2002 10:02:24 AM PDT by moyden
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To: Jzen
When tag is outlawed, only outlaws will play tag.

25 posted on 06/21/2002 10:12:15 AM PDT by Slainte
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To: RonF
AMEN!
26 posted on 06/21/2002 10:29:37 AM PDT by Constitution Scholar
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To: Puppage
And what happens to their fragile self esteem when they don't get the job they applied for later in life?

Simple. They go to the EEOC, which forces some company to hire them, then they take up space somewhere, and being incompetent, create more work for those around them. Sure, that's not fair to the compentent workers, but fairness is not really part of the liberal game plan. Who cares if you burden the productive members of society and destroy innocent lives and an entire economy with social engineering as long as you can feel good about yourself?

27 posted on 06/21/2002 10:40:22 AM PDT by Dakmar
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To: RonF
Parents have always been like that, at least to some extent. The big change in the last few decades is that the overprotective parent (once dismissed by society as the creator of "mama's boys") is now being reinforced and legitimized by PC administrators. In any case, the principal in this case apparently did not enact the ban because of parental complaints but for her own ideological reasons and because some children allegedly complained.
28 posted on 06/21/2002 10:48:57 AM PDT by Austin Willard Wright
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To: Dakmar
I figured it out. Just take a look at her, she was probably one of those people who was always tagged!! Btw, I never knew there were winners and losers in the game of tag. Just because you are tagged doesn't mean you are a loser. Strange.
29 posted on 06/21/2002 10:49:26 AM PDT by Jzen
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To: moyden
Freeping info: 310-828-2814 and webfran@smmusd.org
30 posted on 06/21/2002 10:55:07 AM PDT by Austin Willard Wright
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To: moyden
Freeping info: 310-828-2814 and webfran@smmusd.org
31 posted on 06/21/2002 10:55:26 AM PDT by Austin Willard Wright
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To: Jzen
She's also going to ban marbles. It lowers the self-esteem of the students who, like her, have lost theirs.
32 posted on 06/21/2002 11:00:05 AM PDT by Dakmar
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To: Dakmar
If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times: ANYONE WHO SENDS THEIR KIDS TO PUBLIC SCHOOL SHOULD BE ARRESTED FOR CHILD ABUSE.
33 posted on 06/21/2002 11:03:55 AM PDT by huckfillary
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To: huckfillary
Ain't that the truth. Great screen name, BTW.
34 posted on 06/21/2002 11:11:48 AM PDT by Dakmar
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To: Dakmar
Great screen name, BTW.

Personally, it made me lose my appetite.

35 posted on 06/21/2002 11:52:42 AM PDT by inquest
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To: inquest
Freep them!
36 posted on 06/21/2002 12:22:13 PM PDT by Austin Willard Wright
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To: Jzen
"The principal said children playing tag suffered both physical and emotional injuries".

LOL, I'm not surprised about this,after all this is Liberal Santa Monica Calif.,which is nearly as Left as West Hollywood is,which is only a few miles away. It's a Liberal Haven (insert Throw-up sounds here).When they say the Left Coast, this is often the place of which people refer.

37 posted on 06/21/2002 3:43:32 PM PDT by Pagey
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To: Jzen
Shucks, I guess that means no more games of "Smear the Queer" either.
38 posted on 06/21/2002 3:54:54 PM PDT by PrivateIdaho
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