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Originally posted by lurkette
It's this kind of "offend no-one" thinking that has led to the ridiculous PC culture we live in and that hardly anybody thinks is a good thing.
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Actually, the PC culture is the <b>majority</b> bending over backwards to <i>not offend</i> the <b>minority</b>; not the other way around.
The Politically Correct response to this would be, "Oh - let's not punish little Johnny for being pigmentally follicle-challenged - it might hurt his self esteem later in life. Let's just all inconvenience ourselves for his sake."
Besides - this whole argument is pointless - this isn't about a group of six-year olds. They're just the pawns in this power play. It's about a group of 30-something parents; two of whom decided they want to feed at the public trough. It's about a father demanding the right to send his son to school "However the hell I want to and nobody's gonna tell me otherwise."
I'm sure the kids have already forgotten all about it.
Edited at the last minute:
After re-reading the article for about the 4th time - I just noticed that the kid had the haircut for over a month before the whole hair-washing incident took place. In that case, I would say the time for rightful action had long passed. I was under the initial impression that he showed up on picture day with the new 'do.
Under these circumstances, I would say that he had, for thirty days, established "who he was," and washing the dye out of his hair at this late date was an injustice, and shows inconsistencies in shool policy.
But that doesn't change what I already wrote, either. Just puts me a little closer to the fence.