[Ansteorra] just read the link
Chris Zakes
dontivar at gmail.com
Tue Dec 19 15:06:31 PST 2006
At 02:31 PM 12/18/2006, you wrote:
>Please take the idea of this picture to its extreme. Do not stop
>with the picture of just this student with two swords and chainmaille.
>
> let anyone can wear anything...what can you imagine.
> let anyone have weapons in their picture
>
> How stupid could someone get? Where could it go? What could the
> reprecutions in the school be?
>
> If this were allowed then before the end of the school year
> several students would be dead. Having known of students being
> killed for the color of their shirt, I know where this could go.
You're right, it could. We should all immediately do our utmost to
never offend *anyone* under any circumstances, ever again. In fact,
the safest thing to do is to all spend the rest of our lives hiding
under the bed.
>Often those who do not live their lives at schools do not realize
>what life can/is like in school and what can set off truely stupid behavior.
>
> Teachers/Administrators are servants. Please think about this. We
> serve our students and their parents. We must protect our students
> from not only the outside world, but often from themselves...and
> for this care we are treated poorly and seen as the villian.
>
> As far as the mascot having a gun...that most likely is part of
> their past that they have not changed yet...but even that is slowly
> changing across the country.
The school mascot is "the Patriot", a picture of a Revolutionary War
soldier. Are you saying that patriotism and American history are no
longer acceptable in today's schools?
>As far as advertisement space...they have the right to refuse to
>allow anything in their advertisement section.
I think you missed the point here. The school principal said the
yearbok picture *was* acceptable as a paid advertisement.
>A gun in a play...does not even fall into this discussion.
Why not? That's far closer to "a weapon on campus" than having a
photograph of a couple of broadswords in the yearbook.
>We must treat all students equal, and thus all students must follow
>the exact same rules.
>
> Again, one student's stupid behavior reduces the freedoms of all
> the rest. One person's stupid behavior reduces any citizens
> freedom. Sadly we can not stop people from doing stupid things.
Only if you're afraid of confrontation. Consider the following
scenario: Joe Fighter is being a rhino and not calling his blows. Do
we solve the problem by...
1. Pulling that fighter from the field, giving him a good talking-to
and possibly pulling his authorization card?
2. Cancelling the entire tournament?
Both options would stop the problem, but only one would reduce others' freedom.
-Tivar Moondragon
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