Friendly Samhain to ye.

[silveradept]

I just got back from watching the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Like a good audience member, I shouted out some lines and retorts. I sat next to someone who had an alternate script memorized, so I heard that instead of the real one, but even then, I could catch on pretty quickly, so on repeat occasions I got the timing down. Definitely an interesting experience. I'll probably go back some other time.

Hopefully the kiddies had a good haul, and those who worked between the worlds were productive in their efforts.

Challenges tomorrow. Hoping all goes well. Would like to return to block for my final senior year home game. Exam Friday, Thesis in perpetuity, and I'm still not getting a break, really. But it's okay. We're more than halfway through the semester, and I've only had one major bout of insanity.

And since it's a religious holiday, I'll leave you with a religious debate. Check this out and tell me what you think about it.

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[greyweirdo.livejournal.com]

On the debate, I understand why the school got cold feet. Religious stuff at school always makes school people a little nervous because if some one distributes any religion-based stuff some one else is going to complain mightily. On the other hand of that, as she was only going to distribute the stuff during recess and at the bus I don’t see much of a problem with it. Just because she hands it out doesn’t mean anyone actually has to read it.

On a personal note though, any child handing out religious literature makes me sick. I’ve never met any one under the age of twelve who actually understands the actual philosophy of any religion. Which means the parents are trying to use their child for their own purposes, which always makes me sick. I get the same feeling seeing kids passing out political flyers, saying “Don’t let the terrorist rape and murder me. I’m only six.”

I’d rather see kids be kids and make adults quit using them as pawns in their petty power struggles.

[silveradept]

I'll agree with that last point and set it as a trump card against other arguments that might allow the passing out of fliers. University students are generally of sufficient mental age to be able to make their own decisions and can accept or refuse such handouts.

As for even if it were just in free time, I'd wonder about the parental eraction when a child came home with the flier and asked their parents, "Are we going to hell? Because this girl in my class gave me this and said we were."

You can imagine it too, I'm sure. The caution of the school is admirable.

[greyweirdo.livejournal.com]

You can imagine it too, I'm sure. The caution of the school is admirable.

Oh yeah, deffinatly, but telling them they can't causes the parents of the child to raise a fuss, as they did. The biggest problem is that it causes a no win situation for the school. If they say yes, they get angry parents who want science at school and God at Church and if they say no then a group of religuous folks who imagine their being discriminated against to scream "That proves it."

I wouldn't want to be in the school boards shoes frankly. Thought I'd rather see the flyers banned than to open up the kind of flood gates that would start. Today the kid comes home with a "Jesus is great flyer", tomorrow a "Everyone including your dog is going to hell" flyer. Either that or the kids are going to have Hari-Krishna's handing them flowers like you always see in the Airplane movies.

[silveradept]

Caught between rocks for brains and rocks braining them. It's not a great position for the board, and I think the move is a right one, because I'd be the smartass parent who would send his child in with a Discordianism flier, or perhaps one espousing Satanism. And that would be fun, yes? Almost as good as the Hare-Krishnas in Airplane.