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Teacher who called boy 'monkey' appeals dismissal
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| Oct. 16, 2003,
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Posted on 10/16/2003 2:21:11 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: elfman2
Speech fascists
They want this teacher jailed, and then they want to fine me $5000 if I call to sell you something without first checking the Do Not Call List.
(Im not trespassing, Im not on your phone, Im on mine, you knew anyone could call when you signed up with bell just like you knew any commercial might appear when you turned on FOX new, buy an answering machine, its your problem, or prepare for this to be a precedent for more Federal regulation of communications.) I'll support your Freedom of Speech endlessly, but your Speech Rights do not include the Right to an audience. I don't want to hear what you have to sell. Pls don't call me.
To: dennisw
If a student used the term "monkey" in describing another student, he would be expelled and brought up on hate legislation charges so fast his head would spin.
If a kid can be brought up on charges, so can a teacher. Nail her. She has no excuse.
It's unfortunate that it's come to this, but it has.
Screw PC anything and everything. I'm tired of it.
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posted on
10/16/2003 4:37:11 PM PDT
by
ladylib
To: Mustang
School yards don't have monkey bars anymore. The kiddies can fall off and get hurt.
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posted on
10/16/2003 4:40:05 PM PDT
by
ladylib
To: hunyb
I've heard the term applied to children in general, by me as well, and it is about behavior not race. In fact, the term "yard apes" referring to kids running amok outside is very common around here.
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posted on
10/16/2003 4:54:10 PM PDT
by
visualops
(If there must be trouble let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. -Thomas Paine)
To: thegreatbeast
tow-haired
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posted on
10/16/2003 5:00:56 PM PDT
by
dennisw
(G_d is at war with Amalek for all generations)
To: ladylib
There was a PE teacher/whatever on Bill O'Reilly the other day, and he kept referring to the "recreational structures" or something to that effect, and O'Reilly kept saying "monkey bars? you mean monkey bars?" and the guy just didn't want to admit that's what he was talking about although he eventually did.
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posted on
10/16/2003 5:02:07 PM PDT
by
visualops
(If there must be trouble let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. -Thomas Paine)
To: Mears
I've come to the conclusion that we should all just keep our mouths shut and never talk at all so we won't offend someone. Yeah, until someone says "You're silence on the matter of __________ offends me."
-PJ
To: thegreatbeast
"Truth be told, I have considered it as being off the table for usage with blacks even in innocence."
As have I....isn't that sad though? I believe this teacher meant no harm and probably regretted her monkey comment once it came out. She was probably thinking that this kid wouldn't take it the wrong way but hey, we do live in "everyone's a victim" society.
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posted on
10/16/2003 5:08:22 PM PDT
by
Arpege92
To: visualops
Good grief!
Do you know that many swimming pool manufacturers don't include diving boards anymore? Look at shelter magazines, such as HOUSE AND GARDEN. Pools don't have diving boards.
Many motels that have swimming pools don't have diving boards anymore. The insurance premiums are prohibitive.
I talked to the manager of a motel on Cape Cod. He said that if he had a diving board, he would be required to hire a life guard.
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posted on
10/16/2003 5:11:14 PM PDT
by
ladylib
To: dennisw
It's all Aesop's fault!
**If Aesop wasn't white, then it's Bush's fault.
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posted on
10/16/2003 7:12:31 PM PDT
by
Stultis
To: All
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posted on
10/16/2003 7:12:57 PM PDT
by
Bob J
To: Bubba_Leroy
Whoa, I didn't recognize the name. Thanks for the heads up. She leaves one school scandal and is now leading two bogus ones at her current school; kinda makes ya go, hmmm.
To: TexasCajun
"Rights do not include the Right to an audience. I don't want to hear what you have to sell. Pls don't call me." No problem, I wont. See a brief conversation, it worked.
Just dont enlist the fed wheedling crippling penalties if I dont check your name against their list before I introduce myself.
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posted on
10/16/2003 7:46:17 PM PDT
by
elfman2
To: MistrX
If she was a Democrat Senator she could have called him a n!gger with impunity.Jackson-Lee called someone lilly white the other day and no one batted an eye.
To: dennisw
Mei culpa. Thanks.
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posted on
10/16/2003 8:50:09 PM PDT
by
thegreatbeast
(Quid lucrum istic mihi est?)
To: Mears
Sometimes by just opening your mouth, you can offend someone by being intelligent.
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posted on
10/16/2003 8:54:12 PM PDT
by
cyborg
(Kyk nou, die ding wat jy soek issie hierie sienj)
To: TexasCajun
You have that right.
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posted on
10/16/2003 9:15:13 PM PDT
by
Spirited
To: thegreatbeast
I had to look it up to be sure. Means blond haired, especially in a child it seems
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posted on
10/17/2003 2:27:49 AM PDT
by
dennisw
(G_d is at war with Amalek for all generations)
To: Mears
There are rug monkeys, porch apes, yard apes, and so on. Nothing much to do with race. What a niggling bunch of idiots to make such a big deal out of a useful descriptive phrase.
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posted on
10/17/2003 5:11:09 AM PDT
by
Rifleman
To: Rifleman
There are rug monkeys, porch apes, yard apes, and so on. Nothing much to do with race.Porch apes? Never heard that one, but in most large urban areas the term "porch monkey" has definite racial meaning.
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posted on
10/17/2003 5:27:04 AM PDT
by
metesky
(Belligerence is a state of mind - mine.)
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