[Artemisia] Well here we are in the news again.

[Sue Clemenger]

More power to the whole family, as far as I'm concerned....
Last time I checked, my passport said I lived in a country founded by
rebels....Some authority needs rebelling against.
--Maire

----- Original Message -----
From: <IssacHutzel at aol.com>
To: <tangl at myway.com>; <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Well here we are in the news again.


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> I agree , Being a Proud  Scadian, I would still never let my kids get away
> with crap like that. Playing  the game is fine, but NOT when it's used to
make a
> statement against Authority.  I see it as "another form of rebellion."
>   Do you think a respectable Law Firm would put up a  picture of a Partner
> dressed like that? The REAL problem, (As I see it) is that  his Parents
are
> helping him to be rebellious.
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> "Without honor, life  is wasted"
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> Heir Issac
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> In a message dated 12/13/2006 7:41:49 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> tangl at myway.com writes:
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> Ah,  but you don't live on this side of high school administration. The
point
>  behind enforcing this particular rule in the face of something that seems
so
>  ridiculous is because it's breaking a rule of the school. School is about
> learning to stay within boundaries until you can learn how to change
them.
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> Plus, you need to think about this not like an adult would, but  as a
> teenager would.
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> Adults, especially adults who have ever actually  swung a real sword,
lopping
> the heads off dandelions, know the things are  unwieldy and definitely not
> the danger a handgun is. But kids are looking for  any excuse to do what
they
> want, and kids nowadays are smart and savvy about  using laws and rules
against
> authority. Kids can threaten lawsuits and get  away with bad behavior.
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> >From the POV of an administrator, Theiron's  dad, the principal at Nampa
> Middle School, has had to ban any and all do-rags  because they are gang
> representation. You may think, common sense-wise, that  that sort of thing
is foolish,
> espeically in IDAHO, but there is a pretty  impressive gang presence here,
> more than you think a place like this could  have.
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> Gangs in Idaho are as common as porn in Utah, and just as
> unappealing/appealing to conservatives and high school students  in the
same ways. Meth is the
> drug of choice in Idaho and it is everywhere and easy  to score. All
things
> common sense would dictate doesn't thrive in an  agriculture-based
economy. yet
> it does.
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> Zero-tolerance means  zero-tolerance, and they put it in effect because
> common sense is precisely  what most of these people in the schools lack.
You make
> an exception and some  shining star from the debate team is fighting for
the
> right to wear a skirt  the width of a belt because it is part of her right
to
> bear arms, or legs.
>
> What's worse, she just might win.
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> Maitresse Tanglwyst de  Holloway
> Barony of Arn Hold
> Kingdom of Artemisia
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> -Chuck Norris  can blow bubbles with beef jerky.
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