Um. I have a picture of Vash The Stampede on my school binder (which I drew) and he's got a rather massive laser-gun-thingy in his hand. So... "there are some things you don't draw"?
Dude, my binder was full of a whole bunch of quotes that could indicate I could be 'violent'. none of my teachers ever gave a fuck. One of my ex-classmates used to draw [European] football shirts all the fucking time. I hesitate to thinnk what they'd make of that!
Haha... yeah, sounds familiar. I've got an entire notebook full of poetry, and writing, and quotes, and drawings - all of which would probably indicate to anyone that read it, that I was paranoid, schizophrenic, sociopathic, and probably dangerous too.
"We just need to get it through kids' heads that there are certain things you don't say and there are certain things you don't draw," he said.
Yeah, and so there's probably also some things you don't write or say or do, or maybe even read. Yeah, let's go after the kids that are drawing the guns and not the ones that are actually bringing them into schools. That seems logical to me.
Nonono, you have to see the bigger picture here. The trick is to ban everyone who feels ostracised or might possible feel ostracised, or will probably, in the near future, be ostracised. That way, there's no more school shootings, and it's so much more logical than going after the bullies and everyone doing the ostracising.
Don't blame all of us for the actions of a few petty bureaucrats.
To be fair... I think we're probably not hearing the whole story. I mean, yeah, if the kid just drew guns, then the principal *way* overreacted. BUT, the way he was talking implied that it was more than that, that there had been some sort of threat to someone. If that is the case...well, I have to say better safe than sorry. There've been cases in which threats were ignored or blown off, and the kid ended up coming back to school with a gun. The principal probably felt that he was erring on the side of caution.
NOW, this does NOT excuse the comment about what is appropriate to draw, etc... That is just about frightening. There will definitely be a backlash against that, I think. I have a feeling, knowing the media, that the remark was taken out of context, but all the same, it gives ya the creeps.
According to some of the SA-Talk people who are in the know, that is the whole story, and despite public outcry and protest readings by several semi-famous autors, the principal still can't see the fucking problem.
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Once again, I'm glad not to live in America.
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Yeah, and so there's probably also some things you don't write or say or do, or maybe even read. Yeah, let's go after the kids that are drawing the guns and not the ones that are actually bringing them into schools. That seems logical to me.
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Uh-huh. Americans. I'll never understand them.
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To be fair... I think we're probably not hearing the whole story. I mean, yeah, if the kid just drew guns, then the principal *way* overreacted. BUT, the way he was talking implied that it was more than that, that there had been some sort of threat to someone. If that is the case...well, I have to say better safe than sorry. There've been cases in which threats were ignored or blown off, and the kid ended up coming back to school with a gun. The principal probably felt that he was erring on the side of caution.
NOW, this does NOT excuse the comment about what is appropriate to draw, etc... That is just about frightening. There will definitely be a backlash against that, I think. I have a feeling, knowing the media, that the remark was taken out of context, but all the same, it gives ya the creeps.
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I hate society.
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::grumble, grumble::
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