MOTHER'S DAY BANNED - what's next?

[Sunchaser]

Guess what Mighty1, you never will be and it will always squeak.

Thirty-four years and counting.

It must be a Mom, it gets stuff on Mothers Day.

Well, the generation raised on Sesame Street is starting to run the country now, I expect lots more of the ridiculous roadkill of the type that Simpson idiot is perpetrating.

Expect no serious opposition to the elimination of  holidays until they get to MLK Day, then the wall will be hit.

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When did they put this thing in here and WTF is it for?

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[Karnak]

Any of you "private-idustry-does-it-better slogan-chanting-conservatives" notice that this had nothing to do with government?

BTW, PC sucks. And this is froma Liberal.

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[Kieran]

Just another illustration of how how traditional values are continually under attack by the new "norms". How pathetic.

Clueless too, for as far as I know everyone originated from a mother and a father... are we really wanting to further distance ourselves from any semblence of reverence to our elders?

[AG Sachsenberg]

 

Originally posted by Kieran:
Just another illustration of how how traditional values are continually under attack by the new "norms". How pathetic.

Clueless too, for as far as I know everyone originated from a mother and a father... are we really wanting to further distance ourselves from any semblence of reverence to our elders?

Speak for yourself I came from a test tube was raised by wolves in the forrest.  Where Are my rights?  

[Gunthr]

Totally ridiculas. You'd think they would want to ban Valentine's Day, Secretary's Day, Sweetheart's Day or one of those other stupid, in-your-pocket holidays.

I just hope that they don't ban carpet munching.  

Come to think of it, I don't think we'd want them to completely stamp out peter puffing either.  

Seriously, I blame it all on the parents for putting up with this private school's nonsense. My children would be in a parochial school if I could afford it, but I'd pull them out in a minute if Mother's and Father's days were banned for this politically correct reason. It's only a big deal for the first and second graders anyway. What a crock.

Gays are a minority. Why do these teacher's think the tail should wag the dog???

[john9001]

Anyone stupid enough to spend $20,000 a year for a 8yr old deserves what they get

[miko2d]

 

Originally posted by john9001:
Anyone stupid enough to spend $20,000 a year for a 8yr old deserves what they get

And what would you rather spend it on?

 miko

[mietla]

 

Originally posted by Karnak:
Any of you "private-idustry-does-it-better slogan-chanting-conservatives" notice that this had nothing to do with government?

It is not true that the private industry can't do wrong. It does is often, usually under pressure from the government (like in this case).

The difference though is significant. If the private achool screws up, you can take your kid and your money and go elsewhere. If the public school does it they'll make you eat it, there is no recourse.

It's really frightning how the government is trying to bully the private industries around.

[paintmaw]

in Eugene,Oregon , they tried to ban christmas trees in any city building . That lasted about a week , but still some tried but did not wish to be identified .

[mrfish]

 

Originally posted by paintmaw:
in Eugene,Oregon , they tried to ban christmas trees in any city building . That lasted about a week , but still some tried but did not wish to be identified .

in san francisco there is a huge cross on a hill. you cant really see because it is obscured by trees, it but it is in a predominately jewish part of town. they tried to get it demolished on the grounds that religious symbols should not appear on public lands - even preexisting symbols. in the end a group of christian slovenian refugees bought the land - thereby making it private thereby saving it.

i had a chance to debate one of the guys who started the campaign to demolish it and asked him (he's jewish) - what if it had been a giant star of david? would you have been so quick to denounce it then? it is after all a religious symbol....."no, of course not" he admitted in front of at least 15 people:  
'the star of david does not represent oppression in the way that the cross does - the star of david represents jews who have been oppressed so having it there would be equal time so to speak.'

his explanation to me was that white, hetero, christian, male, eurocentric values are so dominant that anything they can do to introduce other values is fair play.

personally i dont want any faith's religious symbols on public lands but if they are already there - then they are there for good... i would oppose building new ones. the point is, it seems that anything involving traditionally held values is becoming unwelcome - simply because they are traditional values - some of them may admittedly need to go but, what values will replace them ? the motivation to change seems like bitterness and not a true attempt to better society -

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[StSanta]

By your reasoning why celebrate ANY holidays at all?

We shouldn't. Drop them all. But recognize the need of the working man to have an extra day off now and then, and stop hinding it behind excuses such as holidays.

It's a private school. If they don't want kids running around making thingies to their mothers on time that could be spent studying, that's their call.

Holidays are overrated. Except for some time off, I dunno what good they do. I have a holiday on friday, except I ain't gonna have a day off, which makes it even worse. So, discard those silly things. Call a spade a spade, and have "days off" instead, for you to spend in any way you want.

Holidays to me seem to be more about commercial interests than anything else.

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[Cabby]

Santa:

Your approach is the typical Leftist/Socialist/Liberal  "solution" as taken by that idiot school director, i.e.  FORCE everyone to be equally miserable.

Cabby

[rosco-]

 Have a happy nonspecfic gender adult in a supervisory role day.

[Mighty1]

I agree some holidays are for commercial purposes but not all.

Our Memorial Day and 4th of July(Independence Day) are 2 that hold meaning that should never go away.

Now Valentines day is one of the most commercial holidays I've ever seen.

[Eagler]

your youth is showing StSanta (again)

Eagler