I miss the High Priest of the Church of the Painful Truth as much as anyone.

She's right. She's not safe around those people.

Mindless response from the cop in reaction to the work "arrest". Sorta like the Pavlov thing. Can't help but think the board was aware that Baer was gonna push the issue and requested the cop be there.
The whole incident is chikenpoop on the part of the board. They need to be recalled, or whatever gets them removed from their positions. Cowards, one and all.

Good ol' Boortz. Government schools is a more descriptive term than public schools. He came up with all kinds of good stuff over the years. Sure miss listening to his program.

I generally am against arresting anyone, but I struggle to see how freedom of speech allows you to carry on in a meeting where the people running it don't want you. You can go right outside or to any public space and hold signs and say whatever you want. I don't see it as a free speech issue.

If the gov't wants to provide some "free" service and I want to speak about how crappy it is, I don't have a right to do that at a gov't meeting. I can do it right outside so everyone going in and out sees me, but I can't come in unwanted and carry on. I agree it's absurd to arrest someone for speaking out of turn one time, although I wonder what the limit should be. I don't see it as a free speech issue.

I've held signs outside a military base many times. The police were very helpful in keeping pro-war and pro-peace people apart. I didn't have the right to enter the military base and speak my message, but I could do it right at the gate so everyone going in/out could see me.

Perhaps I have been present at different wedding ceremonies than you have been at. There is a lot of variation. One could assume that Reardon's marriage was conventional and contained that clause, but it is still a fact that such a provision is generally ignored...by something like 80% as I recall. Some ceremonies still require the wife to swear to obey the husband, but you do not get much flack from not abiding by that particular item.

Hank Reardon is not portrayed as a paragon but as a fallible human of great worth. (He even succumbs to blackmail, you note.) It does not matter to me that in a portrayal of his personality he engages in an affair. It is more interesting that the affair that he chooses is discriminate and with a woman much more akin to him than his wife is.

Jan

Who broke the promise first? Pretty sure Lillian wasn't doing much cherishing.

Why get married if you are going to change your mind about that promise? There is a promise in there as I recall.

Why are your comments hidden?

The Father should be proud. He has shown more concern than most parents and instilled in his daughter a strength and willingness to stand up for what is right. Two minutes hardly seems reasonable unless it is their intention to stifle. Just more reason for school choice or home schooling.

oh for goodness sake. maph

Sex education, in what ever form you want to call it, is not the job of the schools. It's the parents job.

I do. My kids are grown and know what predators are. They know the difference in abuse as I was taught. That is the problem. The public school system has no idea of what sex education is. They look at a book and consider it gospel. A book printed and followed by what the government considers right and true. Hitler followed Mein Kauf was that gospel. Only in his eyes. Then he shot himself. Suicide because of fear.

Haha..you blame him? That's funny...

And, the book really isn't "about" him cheating on his wife, unless I remember it wrong. If it were it would probably sell even MORE copies...

OK Maphesdus, I'll give you that one. LOL

Do you have any children of your own?

I know, that was my point...and you're right. I'm done.

I, too, saw this happen. They showed up at the school and did interviews with the entire class! then they separated the child away and asked them questions all afternoon. They did not have to notify the parents until AFTER. can you believe it? luckily in that case, they realized they were way off base. But just to give the teacher's perspective...you are held personally responsible if you did not notice a child in your class was being abused. You are encouraged to report things in anticipation rather than clear and rational evidence.

Let me tell you what I know. If you are right and have the law on your side the school district may retaliate by having CPS take your kids away. I know - it happened to a good friend of mine. All a district has to to is say, "unfit parent" and the judge acts, even before a parent has chance to build their own case for being a good parent.

School dictricts don't f*ck around. They'll take your kids in a blink.

No, I don't think Maph has kids.

You're wasting your time...