'Niggardly' Offense

[Zoid]

Isn´t there bible studies in some of the more backwards states? Like the ones that forbid the teaching of the theory of evolution

[devilmunchkin]

yeah..i had to read the bible my junior year of high school..and i go to public school

[chequita guevara]

We had a Bible as Literature class in my Highschool. It was voluntary, and we were supposed to look at different stories based on Biblical stories (such as Jesus Christ Superstar). But the year I was gonna take it, the teacher decided to stop the Jesus Christ Superstar part, because it was sacriligious. Grrrr.

That was the backwards state of Illinois in 1984.

[devilmunchkin]

texas 1997 and 98
we didn't have a choice..we even had a school chaplain that prayed at fb games ...dunno if it's that way anymore....

[Az]

Well, I've learned the bible ( Old Testament ) when I studied in a religious school as a kid . They skipped the 'special' parts. When I studied bible in a secular school All was explain to us, and luckily the approach was not a theological one, but an analitic one , explaining to us the sources of the jewish monotheistic religion, etc.

[CyberGnu]

Another job for the international ***** slap patrol: a desperately needed UN agency that would seek out cases of rampant stupidity and ***** slap the offender until they learn to shut their idiot mouths.

sorry, I just get so frustrated by the world sometimes...

I think the proper way to handle a sitiation like this would be for social services to take that poor kid away from her mom. If growing up in a living environment where stupidity and ignorance is encouraged isn;t child abuse, what is?

[Faeelin]

Originally posted by devilmunchkin
yeah..i had to read the bible my junior year of high school..and i go to public school

I dont' see the problem here so long as it's an analytical class. I wouldn't mind seeing a study on the Qu'ran, either, so long as it was done analytically (and voluntary).

What I would mind is a class where you can't say anything that might upset people who believe in that religion. If that's the case, then they can leave.

[Sonic]

Che, you say Niger and Nigeria can't be used as offense by kids?

How about the following quoute, which could be very easily considered as an insult:

You are a Niger from Nigeria

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
And you think that teaching this word to children isn't going to lead to kids substituting it for n*****, while still meaning n*****? I remember what it's like being a vicious little kid. If you had given me ammo like that I would have been using it all over the place and then being a smart-ass to any adults if they got upset about it. Don't fool yourself.

Oh the horror!! Kids might intentionally misuse the word!! Better not teach it to them.

[MrFun]

Requiring the teacher to apologize and explain her mistake was definitely called for and necessary.

However, the teacher's action seemed to definitely have been an honest, ignorant mistake, and does not call for being fired.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Sonic
Che, you say Niger and Nigeria can't be used as offense by kids?

How about the following quoute, which could be very easily considered as an insult:

You are a Niger from Nigeria

Do you know how the words are pronounced? Niger sounds very little like ******, whereas niggardly sounds almost exactly like ******. Your example would be like trying to insult someone by calling them an azule.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by MrFun
Requiring the teacher to apologize and explain her mistake was definitely called for and necessary.

Bull****. The teacher didn't do anything wrong except expand the kids vocabulary. I don't think we should start censoring non-offensive word in the English language because some ignorant people don't know their meanings.

For pete's sake, the word doesn't mean anything except being stingy. Isn't it absurd to start striking words from the lexicon because they sort of sound like an offensive word?

Don't teach them the word "bunt!"

[Lung]

"Tighter than a fish's arsehole" would have much more appropriate

[Lung]

Originally posted by MrFun
However, the teacher's action seemed to definitely have been an honest, ignorant mistake, and does not call for being fired.

Ignorant? You're kidding, right? The ignorance was displayed by the person who complained. Ignorance is hardly a word to be used to describe someone who knows what they're talking about

You've just shown your own ignorance

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov


Bull****. The teacher didn't do anything wrong except expand the kids vocabulary. I don't think we should start censoring non-offensive word in the English language because some ignorant people don't know their meanings.

For pete's sake, the word doesn't mean anything except being stingy. Isn't it absurd to start striking words from the lexicon because they sort of sound like an offensive word?

Don't teach them the word "bunt!"

She could have chosen from dozens of other words that nowhere near resembles a slur that targets a minority group.