Friday, October 22, 2004

What's wrong with public schools?

The answer comes from my brother-in-law who shot me School Says Halloween Disrespectful to Witches. This is the over the top politically correct don't hurt the feeling of a tree, insect or a, give me a f'ing break, witch kind of people who are teaching our kids. God help us all!

4 comments:

Tiny said...

Ock....have you lost your mind? So I suppose you also think anything to do with Xmas should be erased from the school? Is it ok to have Xmas off from work? Why? How many people must a group have, in your mind, to be protected from possible insult? One? Two? A hundred? Your attitude is exactly what's wrong with public education...you think our kids or so stupid that they can't distinguish respect for a person, group or belief and holiday and historic celebrations involing various symbols, dress, food and song? You probably also think that a child somehow thinks less of an American Indian because the Atlanta MLB team is called the Braves and uses a symbol of a tomahawk! Or you think this is somehow degrading and hurtfull to the decendents of American Indians. Everything you do, say or wear COULD BE hurtful or disrespectful of someone...so what? This is what a free society and our freedoms are all about. This attitude in our schools and in society in general will result in mindless sanitized sheep unable to deal with a world that isn't sanitized.

Tiny said...

If public schools talked about or this being a celebration of the birth of jesus I would agree. But for the most part they don't...its a tree, presents and santa. What's your problem with "redskin"? Are you personaly offended? If you're and your not an american indian why should it matter or I care? Do you know for a fact that those who are american indians are offended by Washington's team name? What if I told you I was offended by your eblogger user name? I think, in your utopia just my offence regardless of the reason should be enough and you should change it.

gblagg said...

Well, I have a different problem with Halloween altogether...being an ogre I continually see false representations of me and my kind on costumes worn by what I normally would eat for food. It is insulting to me to be insulted by my meals. Seriously, we need to get over ourselves. Freedom of speech hits both ways. If people want to make fun of witches, then so be it. It seems some people would only allow freedom of speech when it agrees with them. Stop by my blog @ stickandstone.blogspot.com if you need a laugh.

Tiny said...

For Ock...Do you think Washington picked that name as an assault on american indians? Unlike the cartoonist who was being critical of C. Rice! Funny how people got upset with cowboy movies portraying indians as savage scalp hunters but nobody cares about the ruthless gun slingers or saloon drunks. Who cares, it's a waste of energy.

For G....too funny!