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foolish_yeti

I love how people latch onto their "freedom of speech" when issues like this arise but never stop to question if they had it in the first place. I'd agree that the schooling institutions infringe (to understate it) on freedom of speech and thought- but it's much more covert than this, and hardly ...

foolish_yeti

I love how people latch onto their "freedom of speech" when issues like this arise but never stop to question if they had it in the first place. I'd agree that the schooling institutions infringe (to understate it) on freedom of speech and thought- but it's much more covert than this, and hardly ...

foolish_yeti

This has to be the biggest crock of shit that i have read since Bush's justification for invading Iraq. What astounds me the most is those of you (everyone but Stopper and Mandalorian) who are actually taking the side of the authorities. The guy was given an assignment that he followed for fucks ...

foolish_yeti

Hence why I'm a chirstian; evolution fails to explain the basic human evils of greed, lust, envy, etc. (the Seven Deadly Sins). But, Humans are known to be VERY selfish by nature as opposed to the rest of the animal kingdom. Competition is not limited to the economy, it is also in the social ...

foolish_yeti

I don't think the teacher was at fault here or her actions were uncalled for. The teacher basically showed the writing to their department head- after having been told to keep an eye out after threatening graffiti had appeared at the school. To me it would be a no brainer- pretty standard procedures ...

foolish_yeti

We are by nature competative, darwinian theory supports this and the Bible says it is a fact of life. Hence why the State, the Market and the Church don't have direct control over each other but through the people who support it. We are not cogs in a machine, but the need for the machine.

There ...

foolish_yeti

The sociaty is TRYING to teach everyone to censore themselves. There are those, however, who are more difficult to brainwash. I like to call them: individuals.

You misunderstand what I am saying. You are correct that dominant powers in society try to get people to censor themselves- and for the ...

foolish_yeti

So, your point is that students should be tought to censoring themselves is an their obligation, regardless of any other circumstances? God, no wander that kids crack up.

Everyone censors themselves. I would hope by high school someone would realize that killing people and having sex with them ...

foolish_yeti

Well, sorry, but even though my English classes were quite a long time ago now, the material we were exposed to could be far beyond what little sample of the schoolboy's work we saw - I wasn't lying about the poem about the murderous schoolteacher.

There is a correct and an incorrect way to ...

foolish_yeti

I don't know, because the link given doesn't detail it, but I'm willing to bet the student concerned wasn't aware of your rather long-winded and contrived justification as to why he wasn't supposed to write what he thought, when that was exactly was he was told to do.

Not sure how my seven lines ...

foolish_yeti

What if it turns out that he is right?

??? So what if a student goes on a shooting rampage in the school and names the teacher as their reason? That's a pretty far stretch for justification.

The teacher was wrong to give out an assigment without thinking of the possible results.

When the ...

foolish_yeti

The right to first amendment freedoms do not end at the schoolhouse gate.

But unfortunately it does

Why do people always equate freedom of speech with the right to say or write whatever you want?

Punishing death threats would then be unconstitutional.
Punishing the plotting of terrorist ...

foolish_yeti

Another passage said, "as a teacher, don't be surprised on inspiring the first CG shooting,"

Pushing the envelope? Get real...

He seriously thought this would go over well?

Creative writing is no excuse for being an idiot.

foolish_yeti

well shit with 6 billion people its kinda hard to control meals (i blame the fatasses who weigh 350-500+ and complain how they eat because their depressed )

Not talking about meals in specific- consumption rates as in how many resources each person uses up....and thus the land required to ...

foolish_yeti

ooops- voted before reading....

global warming is real, but it's not caused by man...only made worse.

I'm not clear what substantive difference there is between "global warming is caused by man", and "global warming is made worse by man".

In that the earth goes through natural cycles of ...

foolish_yeti

1- although for sports it's 11 'cause the goalie is often 1.

foolish_yeti

ooops- voted before reading....

global warming is real, but it's not caused by man...only made worse.

foolish_yeti

this notion of intrinsic fallibility and inherent greed seems ridiculous to me- first off, because if it's true then we're screwed. If we're just consuming machines then there's no turning back. Luckily I don't think this is the case. I think what most people see as inherent qualities of man are ...

foolish_yeti

millej11 wrote:
wicked wrote:didn't say it was her birthday TODAY moron, although it is for her. GFY away from my thread.

I was being sarcastic. Hence the sarcastic smiley.

Well to be fair the eye roll smiley is pretty ambiguous...

foolish_yeti

Aaaaaaaah- I was there... heh heh

foolish_yeti

wicked wrote:Posted: 26 Apr 2007 05:04 Post subject: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...

foolish_yeti

Agreed on force being a last but potent resort. I firmly believe that in large, multimillion population countries, some sort of political and buerocratic structure is a necessary evil in order to regulate and administer the affairs of the nation; otherwise, you're dealing with small, independant ...

foolish_yeti

At least we try. And what is the other methods? Denounce the offenders? As I said earlier, it is basically the same as you saying I ticked you off on this thread and now you're gonna ignore me. Big F***ing whop! Now, putting boots on the ground and jets in the skies, that sends the message "Hey ...

foolish_yeti

Yeah but it's no different from the rest of the talk that's been going on in the flame forum forever- ban him for the multiple accounts if you want to, but not for what he's saying.

So in effect you are saying this site should tolerate racism?

Not at all- I am of the opinion that the site ...

foolish_yeti

Yeah but it's no different from the rest of the talk that's been going on in the flame forum forever- ban him for the multiple accounts if you want to, but not for what he's saying.

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