Conundrum
now they got us coming and going… and going and coming… and always too soon...
Cute kid - right. So ok—he’s a little SCA-geeky. C’mon—who among us blablabla. At least he ain’t blue, yanno?
This is what he wanted to use as his Senior Picture in the yearbook. But, uh oh—apparently it runs “afoul of [the school’s] zero-tolerance weapons policy.”
*cough*it’s a picture—a piece of paper, yanno, not an actual weapon, fellas*cough*
“Students wielding weapons is just not consistent with our existing policies or the mission of the school," said Robert Littlefield, the principal. “I think the picture speaks for itself."
The policy of pussifying feminizing students into passive little geldings? Yeah—that one.
But wait! The school mascot is a Revolutionary War soldier carrying a *gahsp* rifle.
"That’s an entirely different issue,” Mr. Littlefield said. “I don’t think anybody could reasonably construe a cartoon depiction of a soldier from 250 years ago as a threat to our educational environment."
Conversely, a photo depicting a soldier from 1,250 years ago is incredible danger beyond belief.
For years now, the Marxist Acculturation Squad has been screeching like gibbons under a flame broiler to herd us into an “educational enviiironment” where any actual child-like, creative, or exploratory behavior is met with punishment swift and cruel. Particularly aided and abetted by outfits like the ACLU.
But Hark! What do my wondering ears hear? Riding to the rescue of this poor stifled Senior: the ACLU.
The school has offered to let [the student] buy a yearbook ad showing the photo. . By itself, that takes the whole situation into the surreal, the [ACLU] said.
No kiddin’. I mean - ya try to have an adult conversation with some folks and they just go and get silly. {aww cheeze!! I just **agreed** with the ACLf’nU! aaarrgh!! What next?!? carp in Santa hats??!!}
Hokay, Sure. On one hand, the school has the right to choose any dam thing they do or do not want to publish. Less so than a private school; but still.
On the other hand, “zero tolerance” policies, created to fend off ACLU lawsuits and avoid any necessity whatsoever for anyone, anywhere to be forced at any time to make any type of actual decision in any way, are just plain dumb.
On the Gripping Hand, if I am forced to share position with the ACLU *ptui* I’m afraid my tethers to reality might come loose—along with my fillings.
So what is this: Backswing? Blowback? Pendulum swing? Diversion? Confusion? Confounder?
great post…
Merry Merry Claire!
best wishes to you and yours.
Posted by hnav on 12/22/06 at 11:38 PMThank you, HNAV! And a Happy, Hillary-free New Year to you and yours!
Posted by Claire on 12/28/06 at 06:07 PM
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