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March 29, 2005
Saying "NO" to reality!
In the latest outbreak of zero tolerance, a school has forbidden a student from bringing to school a picture of her Marine Corps brother -- because he is holding a gun in the picture: If a student wants to share a photo of her brother's chosen career, the Marine Corps, it stands to reason that a weapon will be part of it.How dare anyone suggest that common sense should be involved in education? A picture is an image is a depiction is a thoughtcrime is a gun! And I'm very concerned.... Because if an "image" of a gun is the same thing as a gun, then what about images in textbooks? Should students be allowed to study such evil images as part of their "history"? I think it's high time that depictions of the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, World War I, World War II, and Vietnam had all "images of guns" airbrushed out. And why stop with gun images? Isn't it also time for a crackdown on words that evoke these images? posted by Eric on 03.29.05 at 11:18 AM
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Nice to see students are being taught to respect the principles of honesty and freedom of expression. Van Helsing · March 29, 2005 05:06 PM A comprimise was reached, a different, but unedited photo will be used in the classroom. TV news story along with both photos at:
ric -- also in Oregon · March 30, 2005 01:25 PM |
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I was outraged, as usual, until I went to the newspaper article and found out that this is Oregon.
Case dismissed on account of stupidity and Terminal Leftness.