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

[IssacHutzel at aol.com]

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.
 
"Without honor, life  is wasted"

Heir Issac
 
 
In a message dated 12/13/2006 7:41:49 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
tangl at myway.com writes:


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.

Plus, you need to think about this not like an adult would, but  as a 
teenager would.

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.

>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.

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.

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.

Maitresse Tanglwyst de  Holloway
Barony of Arn Hold
Kingdom of Artemisia

-Chuck Norris  can blow bubbles with beef jerky.