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archer2371 · 08-19-2003, 06:18 PM

She hadn't seen all of her work yet, how can she know the "best interest of the child" the only people that know the best interests of children are their parents (and sometimes the child). I have no problem with saying that you don't think the idea will work well, that's no biggie. The problem I have is that the teacher just said straight up that you're not supposed to be talking about God or Christ. That's just flat out wrong. There are other reasons that a teacher can give like "There probably aren't enough sources out there," or "It's hard to take an objective viewpoint on that issue," (which Ms. Ramsey said) but she could have left it at that and not pursued the "No God" position. Granted, the girl probably had no constitutional claim, if she had one, it was a very small one. This is a hard one for me, because I understand where the teacher is coming from, but I also understand where the girl is coming from. And telling someone that they shouldn't talk about Christ just because it might "offend" someone (even though the paper would have only been seen by the teacher, the student, and the student's parents), just doesn't sit well with me. Anything you say can offend someone, but people need to not take things personally so much. White supremesists offend me, yet so do black supremesists. Male supremesists offend me, yet so do female supremesists. There will be something out there that will offend someone, to try to eliminate them all is folly and irresponsible.

Oh, and about that middle of the night thing, the time was 9:30 and the delivery company was expected at 6:00 (all times PM). 9:30 hardly seems like the deep black of night to me, the sun had only set about 30-40 minutes prior.

I was trying to show the absurdities of the courts, letting a guy who beats an old lady to death off because a prosecutor quotes the Bible is irresponsible and dumb. To declare that a cross on a headstone in a cemetery "unconstitutional" is ridiculous. And quite a few other things that are just mindboggling when the courts base a decision on something that isn't even written down in the Constitution.

08-19-2003, 06:18 PM	#95 (permalink)
archer2371 Sarge of Blood Gulch Red Outpost Number One Location: On the front lines against our very enemy	She hadn't seen all of her work yet, how can she know the "best interest of the child" the only people that know the best interests of children are their parents (and sometimes the child). I have no problem with saying that you don't think the idea will work well, that's no biggie. The problem I have is that the teacher just said straight up that you're not supposed to be talking about God or Christ. That's just flat out wrong. There are other reasons that a teacher can give like "There probably aren't enough sources out there," or "It's hard to take an objective viewpoint on that issue," (which Ms. Ramsey said) but she could have left it at that and not pursued the "No God" position. Granted, the girl probably had no constitutional claim, if she had one, it was a very small one. This is a hard one for me, because I understand where the teacher is coming from, but I also understand where the girl is coming from. And telling someone that they shouldn't talk about Christ just because it might "offend" someone (even though the paper would have only been seen by the teacher, the student, and the student's parents), just doesn't sit well with me. Anything you say can offend someone, but people need to not take things personally so much. White supremesists offend me, yet so do black supremesists. Male supremesists offend me, yet so do female supremesists. There will be something out there that will offend someone, to try to eliminate them all is folly and irresponsible. Oh, and about that middle of the night thing, the time was 9:30 and the delivery company was expected at 6:00 (all times PM). 9:30 hardly seems like the deep black of night to me, the sun had only set about 30-40 minutes prior. I was trying to show the absurdities of the courts, letting a guy who beats an old lady to death off because a prosecutor quotes the Bible is irresponsible and dumb. To declare that a cross on a headstone in a cemetery "unconstitutional" is ridiculous. And quite a few other things that are just mindboggling when the courts base a decision on something that isn't even written down in the Constitution. __________________ "This ain't no Ice Cream Social!" "Hey Grif, Chupathingy...how bout that? I like it...got a ring to it." "I have no earthly idea what it is I just saw, or what this place is, or where in the hell O'Malley is! My only choice is to blame Grif for coming up with such a flawed plan. Stupid, stupid Grif."