Parents outraged over teachers' prank school shooting

joepole · 05-14-2007, 07:52 PM

>Gee, one has to wonder if you would feel the same way about someone showing a movie to your daughter glorifying statuatory rape

Do schools not study Romeo and Juliet anymore? Juliet's 13, how old is Paris, 20?

Antigone? That one's got it all: incest, rape, murder, suicide

>or if we can add hypocrite to the list of adjectives used to describe what a piece of **** you are.

You truly have a talent for taking the straw man/false dichotomy to heights previously unheard of my mere mortals.

The truth is I wouldn't consider a teacher showing my 12 year old daughter any mainstream commercial movie to be a serious enough offense to warrant any sort of serious punishment. Can it be inappropriate? Definitely. Was it in this case? Almost certainly. Is it a serious problem that warrants serious consequences for those involved? Of course not. A movie that depicts gay people isn't going to "make your kid gay" any more than reading about Leopold and Loeb is going to make him a serial killer.

rhertz · 05-14-2007, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by joepole

Do schools not study Romeo and Juliet anymore? Juliet's 13, how old is Paris, 20?

Hey I'm no literary giant. But isn't Paris in the Iliad and not Romeo and Juliet? And isn't that spelled Parris? Anyway, please continue the amusing volley of banter. hehehe, yeah I try...

Isaac-Saxxon · 05-14-2007, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by rhertz

Hey I'm no literary giant. But isn't Paris in the Iliad and not Romeo and Juliet? And isn't that spelled Parris? Anyway, please continue the amusing volley of banter. hehehe, yeah I try...

Rhetz is feeling good tonight

joepole · 05-14-2007, 09:45 PM

There is a character named "Paris" in both. The Paris in R+J is the prince (or some other royal) that 13-year old Juliet's mom tries to pimp her daughter to.

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05-14-2007, 07:52 PM	#1
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 281	>Gee, one has to wonder if you would feel the same way about someone showing a movie to your daughter glorifying statuatory rape Do schools not study Romeo and Juliet anymore? Juliet's 13, how old is Paris, 20? Antigone? That one's got it all: incest, rape, murder, suicide >or if we can add hypocrite to the list of adjectives used to describe what a piece of **** you are. You truly have a talent for taking the straw man/false dichotomy to heights previously unheard of my mere mortals. The truth is I wouldn't consider a teacher showing my 12 year old daughter any mainstream commercial movie to be a serious enough offense to warrant any sort of serious punishment. Can it be inappropriate? Definitely. Was it in this case? Almost certainly. Is it a serious problem that warrants serious consequences for those involved? Of course not. A movie that depicts gay people isn't going to "make your kid gay" any more than reading about Leopold and Loeb is going to make him a serial killer.

05-14-2007, 09:45 PM	#4
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 281	There is a character named "Paris" in both. The Paris in R+J is the prince (or some other royal) that 13-year old Juliet's mom tries to pimp her daughter to.

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