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U570 03-29-12 04:48 AM

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Originally Posted by krashkart (Post 1862212)
What a bunch of saps. How am I supposed to take my own country seriously if people in charge keep coming up with hare-brained ideas like this? :nope:

Does the "Pizza is a vegetable" thing count as a reason to move country:hmmm::DL

kiwi_2005 03-30-12 11:26 AM

NYC is now Jehovah Witness City :shifty:

krashkart 03-30-12 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by U570 (Post 1862388)
Does the "Pizza is a vegetable" thing count as a reason to move country:hmmm::DL

:haha:

I'll just stay here until craft/microbrew beer is outlawed for being too tasty. After that I guess it would be onward to Europe... and victory. :D:yeah:

nikimcbee 03-30-12 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by kiwi_2005 (Post 1862910)
NYC is now Jehovah Witness City :shifty:


http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscart...res/rmgn9l.jpg

MH 03-30-12 01:31 PM

What about donkeys...are they legal?
Can you refer to someone as donkey?

Task Force 03-30-12 02:06 PM

Have they banned stupid yet? Because If they have they better start packin they're bags...

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According to the paper, the mandate is meant to curb fear that references to those topics might stir controversy among students. Dinosaurs, officials said, could bring up evolution, Halloween could suggest paganism, and birthdays might create animosity among students who are Jehovah's witnesses, since they don't celebrate them.
So, they banned all that, yea. But why dancing.

krashkart 03-30-12 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Task Force (Post 1863008)
So, they banned all that, yea. But why dancing.

Maybe because some kids can't dance for one reason or another. Wouldn't want to hurt a kid's feelings and thereby disrupt their learning experience. :06:


In a way I'm glad I don't have kids, because they would be learning things more or less the way I was taught. That might make them too rough around the edges for some schools.

Task Force 03-30-12 06:17 PM

If people are that sensitive... yea... then there is something seriously wrong with this generation.

AngusJS 03-30-12 07:34 PM

It's a sad day when dinosaurs, the coolest animals ever, make kids uncomfortable.

Religious indoctrination and PC idiocy strike again.

Torplexed 03-30-12 07:46 PM

I fear for this generation of kids who are being shielded from any unpleasantness through their youth. Your world view and outlook need to be gradually exposed to a complicated world to learn coping skills, the same way your immune system needs to be exposed to germs in order to function properly. When these kids graduate and hit the job market it's gonna be like stripping Bubble Boy of his bubble and tossing him into a typhoid ward. Not pretty.

u crank 03-30-12 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by MH (Post 1862981)
What about donkeys...are they legal?
Can you refer to someone as donkey?

You can if you meet the following conditions:

1. You must ask permission first.
2. You must submit a written apology in advance.
3. You must guarantee that no donkeys were injured while doing this.
4. And finally you must promise never to do it again.

Task Force 03-30-12 08:20 PM

I wonder, what kind of punishment they would dish out for these super "offensive actions" like calling someone a donkey.

Can I ask the School system to also ban the words geometry, algebra, java, and all related terms, as they cause me distress.

Takeda Shingen 03-30-12 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by krashkart (Post 1863120)
Maybe because some kids can't dance for one reason or another. Wouldn't want to hurt a kid's feelings and thereby disrupt their learning experience. :06:


In a way I'm glad I don't have kids, because they would be learning things more or less the way I was taught. That might make them too rough around the edges for some schools.

It would make them too rough around the edges for some parents. The schools are only responding to the deluge of ridiculous complaints from parents and community members at large. Eventually, you get tired of fighting the same battle every day and just ban everything. Can't say I blame them.

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Originally Posted by Task Force
I wonder, what kind of punishment they would dish out for these super "offensive actions" like calling someone a donkey.

None. Parents want the rules enforced, but only for everybody else's kid.

the_tyrant 03-30-12 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Task Force (Post 1863162)
Can I ask the School system to also ban the words geometry, algebra, java, and all related terms, as they cause me distress.

Don't forget french, calculus, and physics

french, calculus, and physics imply failure, and by being surrounded by failure, we are under constant distress

U570 03-30-12 11:51 PM

Why don't we ban the word Monday? It causes everyone distress...


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