MOTHER'S DAY BANNED - what's next?

[Dowding]

I notice none of you pro-'enterprise over government' people have taken issue with Karnak's (very valid point).  

[paintmaw]

Yes ,, our little town had a cross for probably 30 years , it came down 2 years ago . I'm not a religious man but I still thought it sucked

[Ripsnort]

Hehe, just read that Oregon school district will pay (with your tax money) to bus children to see the visiting Dali Laama at a speech he will be giving...just curious if this is a double standard, do you think that the left would have an outcry if, say, the Pope, or, Jerry Farwell was the speaker, and public monies were used to bus children to their speeches?  

[AG Sachsenberg]

See I use holidays for a differnt theme.  See I got married corny as it may be on Valentines day.  

What purpose did this serve?  
For one I would never forget it because it is on every calendar.  
Second people at work would remind you " hey what did you get your wife for valentines day?"
Third I knocked out 2 gifts for the price of one.
Last but not least, if you get divorced you no longer have to celebrate the holiday with your next girlfriend.  Claim the well it reminds me of her theme.

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Verkaaft's mei Gwand `I foahr in himmel!
Sell my clothes I am going to Heaven!

[This message has been edited by AG Sachsenberg (edited 05-09-2001).]

[StSanta]

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

Dude. You don't even know where I stand politically - I'm incredibly "blue" as opposed to red and strongly advocate keeping a government to an absolute minimum. It's gone so far that I'm confident that I'll leave the country when I'm done with my studies just because I'm fed up with this parential "we know what's good for you" society I live in where the government wastes money on projects of futility and lack any controlling mechanisms to keep their spendings under scrutiny. And people just lap it up, being conservative as always (Danes are a conservative people in many ways).

So don't put labels on me. Or do, but at least make sure they fediddleing fit.

It's capitalism. I love it, you do too, probably.

It's a PRIVATE school. They can do as they want, and parents can vote with their money. Supply and demand, quite simple. They deliver a package, you either buy or you don't. There may be aspects of it that you don't like, but if the overall impression still is a large enough plus, then you will buy, especially if  there aren't many alternatives.

They're not forcing ANYONE to attend.

what, you ok with the Boyscouts Of America keeping atheists and homosexuals out? You know, that's just TYPICAL of the leftist pinko socialist style of thinking - divide and conquer.

Eagler, I fail to see what this has to do with youth - if anything it has something to do with the loss of innocence and a cynicism derived from living and experiencing. I'm old enough to see the hypocricy and see the real motives behind things - usually money of things that enhances a person's sense of well being. All wrapped up in cute little words making up a lie that those who WANT to believe can believe in. I ain't buying it though, and I do my best to see my own little lies and real reasons. Sometimes I find 'um and do nothing about 'em, but at least I know 'um for what they are, and will gladly agree if someone points 'um out.  .

Christmas? Not my holiday, but gimme the days off, and I'm fine with it. Only 2/7th of our adult life is spent doing what we really want during the day, the rest is spent with work. So I advocate calling them "offdays", because that's what they are at least to some of us. And, we should be given the right to distribute them as we see fit. You want to distribute them on religious days, that is perfectly fine with me. I just think I should be shown the same courtesy  .

In my humble opinion, the vast majority of "traditions" aren't especially good, and represent a stagnant society unwilling to move forward. That they cause resentment and conflict or stress or whatnot (like XMAS) doesn't make it any better.

Ugh, this came out a bit too angry. I might be a bit overworked at the time, but if you remove the hyperbole from this stuff, there is at the very least an ounce of truth.

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Von Santa
Staffelkapitän 9./JG 54 "Grünherz"
"If you return from a mission with a victory, but without your Rottenflieger, you have lost your battle."
- D. Hrabak, JG 54 "Grünherz"

[AG Sachsenberg]

 

Originally posted by StSanta:
Ugh, this came out a bit too angry. I might be a bit overworked at the time, but if you remove the hyperbole from this stuff, there is at the very least an ounce of truth.

LOL you said hyperbole.

Or for you pot smokers take on this word.

Its pot laced with coke.

[Dowding]

You see Santa, if you disagree with Cabby you have to be a socialist/communist/liberal. It really is that simple.

BTW, I've been reading about Britain's siege of Copenhagen. Are you taught about it at school?

[buhdman]

I hate to point this out, but nowhere is is stated that the kids in this school cannot honor their mothers (or mother-substitues) on Mother's Day, in any way they like.  They have just, in their narrow little way, decided that in their school they are not going to address the diverse nature of "parenthood" and family structure in modern society.  Cowards.  But hey, since when is it written that Mother's Day has to be a school function?

I plan on celebrating Mother's Day with my mom no matter what "they" say.  And even though my kids are both done with school, they better do it with their mom or I'll kick their asses!  

As to how to treat people who are "different" than me?  I said it above (although rather brusquely) -- for me, the Golden Rule has to be the final check.  But then, I'm just a blathering liberal, what else would you expect.  

Buhdman, out

[Mr. T]

The future is bleak... As a young American, the people that are at the end of their lives and screwing this country every which way have no idea what they are doing to the generations that are going to have to live through this roadkill.

I personally want to thank every amazinhunk who thinks that we need to remove a holiday that serves to cherish the people who brought each and every diddlying one of you life.

Lets make the world nice and pretty for the limp wristed.

Hell no... logs get eaten by the beavers, when's the last time you saw a log eat a log?
-SW

[AG Sachsenberg]

 

Originally posted by Mr. T:


Hell no... logs get eaten by the beavers, when's the last time you saw a log eat a log?
-SW

Dude leave the beavers out of this one.  Ah yes the beaver aren't we all a little hard on the beaver sometime?

[buhdman]

 

Originally posted by Ripsnort:
Hehe, just read that Oregon school district will pay (with your tax money) to bus children to see the visiting Dali Laama at a speech he will be giving...just curious if this is a double standard, do you think that the left would have an outcry if, say, the Pope, or, Jerry Farwell was the speaker, and public monies were used to bus children to their speeches?  

Ripsnort, you might be surprised to learn that not all of us on the "left" would support this kind of abuse of public funds.  Don't get me wrong, I think every kid and adult in this nation, nay even this world, should hear what the Dahli Llama has to say, but it is not the function of the public school system to make that happen.

Having read a lot of his books, I have yet to find anything actually "religious" about what he has to say.  He's a Buddhist, yes, but he reaches out to people of all religious  faiths with his teachings.  In fact, if a Christian or Jewish or whatever person were to actually hear and comprehend what the Dahli Llama has to say, that person would wind up being a better Christian, Jew, or whatever person. All the Dahli Llama asks of us is that we learn to treat each other with compassion and love.  Gee, here we go back to the Golden Rule, again.  Damn, can't get away from that thing.  

Buhdman, out