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graegoyle

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5. One of the things I think of...

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2015, 01:34 PM

Apr 2015

...when I see stories like this is the attitudes of, "Just go along to get along," and, "There are reasons for rules." Some people will see this as a moral or religious view being overbearing or boorish; I see it as those concepts--morality and religion--as tools for control.

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The Apparently Immoral Shoulders of My Five-Year-Old Daughter [View all] KamaAina Apr 2015 OP

Our insane "by the rule book" society, especially as relates to children - n/t lapfog_1 Apr 2015 #1

Unimaginative administrators behaving like robots, not human beings. randome Apr 2015 #2

Are these rules sexualizing our daughters? Sienna86 Apr 2015 #3

Yes. No question about it nt riderinthestorm Apr 2015 #9

Wow. That's really fucking stupid. truebrit71 Apr 2015 #4

One of the things I think of... graegoyle Apr 2015 #5

LAUSD is the same abelenkpe Apr 2015 #6

She couldn't wear a sleeveless dress?? God. In the fifties in 2nd grade I wore a sleeveless Nay Apr 2015 #7

Christian burkhas are next. [n/t] Maedhros Apr 2015 #8

Come to South Florida HockeyMom Apr 2015 #10

That's not mine KamaAina Apr 2015 #11

Zero tolerance BS in the school systems. lpbk2713 Apr 2015 #12

What a Trollop! MineralMan Apr 2015 #13