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Mon Dec-13-10 08:34 AM
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| 23. Hopefully, we have not yet reached the point |
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that parents can get educators fired for allowing books they don't like in classrooms.
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| -Parents want school officials fired for assigning NICKEL AND DIMED |
proud2BlibKansan |
Dec-13-10 06:39 AM |
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So Capitalism is equal to Christianity in there eyes? I can give them ley-way on the |
redirish28 |
Dec-13-10 06:46 AM |
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Let's see now what Jesus did. |
hobbit709 |
Dec-13-10 06:52 AM |
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How do these fundies who are so afraid of Socalism justify the Jesus in the bible and Capitalism |
redirish28 |
Dec-13-10 06:54 AM |
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Fundies dwell on certain passages in the Old Testament |
Wednesdays |
Dec-13-10 08:59 AM |
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They don't use the Jesus from the Bible. They use the Jeebus from Wall Street. |
MedicalAdmin |
Dec-13-10 10:40 AM |
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Wine guzzling is OK |
demwing |
Dec-13-10 07:49 AM |
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true |
redirish28 |
Dec-13-10 07:56 AM |
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I've read it and don't remember any cuss words |
proud2BlibKansan |
Dec-13-10 07:33 AM |
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I remember some from the waiting tables chapter |
Recursion |
Dec-13-10 07:36 AM |
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If they believe their little teenage darling hasn't heard or used any of those words. |
hobbit709 |
Dec-13-10 07:38 AM |
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Well we already knew they had no clue |
proud2BlibKansan |
Dec-13-10 07:57 AM |
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If they believe their little darling is "doing" any of those words ... |
MedicalAdmin |
Dec-13-10 10:43 AM |
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Well, people want to keep religion out of schools, and this mentions religion |
The Straight Story |
Dec-13-10 06:46 AM |
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Who wants to keep religion out? |
proud2BlibKansan |
Dec-13-10 07:49 AM |
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A segment of this country suffers from trickle down Puritan religionism |
lunatica |
Dec-13-10 06:49 AM |
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My maternal 8th great grandparents were Puritans. |
dgibby |
Dec-13-10 10:25 AM |
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Ahhhhhh - the Puritans. |
MedicalAdmin |
Dec-13-10 10:44 AM |
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What's even worse is that I share them with George W. Bush. |
dgibby |
Dec-13-10 11:18 AM |
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Then again, the Puritans became the UCC |
Recursion |
Dec-13-10 12:44 PM |
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This looks fascinating. |
timtom |
Dec-13-10 06:52 AM |
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Okay. I saw the offending passages. |
timtom |
Dec-13-10 07:30 AM |
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I was more thrown by "wine-guzzling" than "socialist" |
Recursion |
Dec-13-10 07:35 AM |
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I completely agree. |
timtom |
Dec-13-10 09:50 AM |
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No, he was a "socialist" in that era. He and his disciples, and also the early Christians, lived |
bobbolink |
Dec-13-10 10:30 AM |
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In a system without bourgeois property I'm not even sure what "socialism" would mean |
Recursion |
Dec-13-10 10:58 AM |
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..sigh.... you don't know that, but we KNOW that they shared resources in common. |
bobbolink |
Dec-13-10 12:24 PM |
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And all this time I thought it was workers' control of the means of production |
Recursion |
Dec-13-10 12:43 PM |
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What? He was a wine guzzling socialist. |
MedicalAdmin |
Dec-13-10 10:45 AM |
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I was thinking of Matthew 26 |
Recursion |
Dec-13-10 11:00 AM |
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These fucking morans |
progressoid |
Dec-13-10 06:57 AM |
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Damn |
Solly Mack |
Dec-13-10 07:17 AM |
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"This Land is Their Land" might be better for high schoolers, IMO |
Recursion |
Dec-13-10 07:31 AM |
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And I think it's a perfect book for high schoolers |
proud2BlibKansan |
Dec-13-10 08:30 AM |
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Apparently the parent doesn't want those students to know. |
Jkid |
Dec-13-10 09:19 AM |
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The parents are members of an anti-welfare group |
Brother Buzz |
Dec-13-10 11:29 AM |
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well, wine was probably better than the water and... |
madrchsod |
Dec-13-10 07:49 AM |
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If I ran a school every book on the banned list would be required |
proud2BlibKansan |
Dec-13-10 07:53 AM |
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!! |
bobbolink |
Dec-13-10 10:33 AM |
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Yup, Jesus paid the price for challenging authority |
Wednesdays |
Dec-13-10 10:42 AM |
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This kid is in HIGH SCHOOL? Talk about over protective. They should probably start |
madmom |
Dec-13-10 08:33 AM |
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Hopefully, we have not yet reached the point |
LWolf |
Dec-13-10 08:34 AM |
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Shhh, that's the agenda for next week. |
bobbolink |
Dec-13-10 10:34 AM |
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That point was reached decades ago. |
MedicalAdmin |
Dec-13-10 10:59 AM |
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Objective reality is anti-capitalist unless you are wealthy |
Cal Carpenter |
Dec-13-10 08:38 AM |
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The parents reaction is interesting, they feel threatened by the very |
Jefferson23 |
Dec-13-10 08:46 AM |
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If they don't like it, home school, AFAIC. Teachers choose study materials, not parents. |
closeupready |
Dec-13-10 09:11 AM |
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Apparently that's what they are planning to do |
proud2BlibKansan |
Dec-13-10 04:32 PM |
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So freaking typical! |
1VaDem |
Dec-13-10 09:24 AM |
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How dare our kids be exposed to other ideas! |
NuclearDem |
Dec-13-10 10:36 AM |
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I read the book. It's a very good read. what I think is really at stake here is not religion... |
Javaman |
Dec-13-10 11:11 AM |
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This book is what life unfortunately is for a growing number of people |
ck4829 |
Dec-13-10 11:13 AM |
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I completely agree |
proud2BlibKansan |
Dec-13-10 11:31 AM |
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well the slam at Jesus is uncalled for |
hfojvt |
Dec-13-10 11:25 AM |
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N and D should be required reading for every high schooler, not to mention his/her parents. |
LuckyLib |
Dec-13-10 11:32 AM |
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Yep, might as well let Junior know what he's in for as a wage slave |
BuelahWitch |
Dec-13-10 12:38 PM |
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I think this is an example of too much parental involvement..seriously, trust the schools a bit more |
krabigirl |
Dec-13-10 11:45 AM |
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It's odd--they're angry at the book for "insulting" Jesus, but the author was in fact, in her mind, |
Puregonzo1188 |
Dec-13-10 04:35 PM |
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