Order to remove piercings sparks student outrage

The Standard ^ | 1/27/03 | Grant LaFleche

[truenospinzone]

Who knows, could be an interesting discussion...

[ClearCase_guy]

McKay is suggesting the school "grandfather" facial piercings

Lovely use of the language.

[AppyPappy]

Suddenly, they learn the government that bans the Stars and Bars can also ban piercings.

[wideawake]

Grade 12 student Michelle Brain

Never a child less aptly named.

[Dante3]

They might start claiming that piercings are part of their relition (there already is a church of body modification which preaches that mutilations promote salvation or something like that) or an alternative life style. I wonder how long before ACLU will take up their case -- unless it is too busyd defending pedophiles and hunting for displays of the Ten Commandments.

[Lysander]

The only solution is an end to the state indoctrination centers.

[sinclair]

Uh, Dude that's Canada. They never flew the Stars and Bars. Too bad for them. Maybe they would have gotten it right.

[HELLRAISER II]

As much as I don't like facial piercings, I don't believe that it's any of the school's business about nose rings and the such. I would however be happy if they would force the little punks to keep their pants wrapped around their waist instead of at their crotch with their underwear showing.

[ladylib]

Canada.

[FormerLib]

Odds are these rules are being pushed by gutless parents who are too spineless to enforce these guideless upon their own children. They must turn to someone else to aid them.

[NYDave]

What a bunch of twits these students are. Whatever happened to discipline? The holes created by this body mutilation can close over time. I wonder, however, how some of these morons will feel 20 or 30 years down the road when all of their hard-metal tattoos are still on their bodies. We all rebelled, to some degree, as kids but it appears to have gotten out of hand.

[VMI70]

"Well, what does the word excessive mean?" said McKay.

Correct response: "It's whatever I say it means you little brat; now get to class."

[Centurion2000]

"It's unfair and I think very, very hypocritical," said McKay, who like all students at Denis Morris High School in St. Catharines, has been told to remove eyebrow or lip piercings by Feb. 4.

Life is not fair .... get used to it.

[AppyPappy]

I'm almost sure you cannot wear the Stars and Bars in Canadian schools either. I believe someone posted an article about it a year ago.

[garyhope]

If I ever get pierced or tattooed, Freepers have my permission to shoot me.

If I ever start listening to C-rap music, the same dictum applies.

[That Subliminal Kid]

Bah, the public screwls are way too lax. There should be a uniform dress code, no piercings of any kind for anyone, no make up, hair no longer than a certain length for men, etc. School is not a democracy. It's a totalitarian dictatorship. Period.

[R2]

My kids know that if I can grab it with pliers they probably don't want to sport it. Of course the earrings in female ears are not attacted to my my pliers.

[verity]

Done deal! :~)

[Xenalyte]

"My first period teacher has at least seven piercings in one ear. Why isn't that excessive?"

Seven in one ear is indeed excessive.

[Paradox]

We all rebelled, to some degree, as kids but it appears to have gotten out of hand.

Actually, it was already "out of hand" back then, at least to those whom "we" rebelled against. (I personally didn't, but I just didn't see a reason too). Next generation will wonder why they have to cover up their brightly tatooed genitalia.. Its just a slippery slope we've been sliding down now for about 3 generations or so...