Destroyers of Freedom
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Maybe I'm confused with all the PC mumbo-jumbo, ACLU, left-wing pinko, right-wing nut job, liberal panty-waste, conservative bible beaters, ad naseum. Who exactly is destroying freedoms here... in your opinion. :confused: "If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done." - Peter Ustinov
Mike Mullikin wrote:
Who exactly is destroying freedoms here... in your opinion.
The student overreacted in my opinion. They started a crusade even though the teacher apologized and the question was removed. Whatever happened to "sorry, I screwed up" as an acceptable response to a mistake?
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A question on a practice test for a math final read, "Condoleezza holds a watermelon just over the edge of the roof of the 300-foot Federal Building, and tosses it up with a velocity of 20 feet per second." The question went on to ask when the watermelon will hit the ground, based on a formula provided. Students, saying the question propagates a racial stereotype and denigrates US Secretary of State Rice, met with the chairman of the math department who agreed to remove the question from the department's files. But the women left feeling the school needed to take a deeper look at how a racist stereotype could be inserted into the curriculum.[^]
Although I don't see the purpose of putting Condi in this math problem, I don't see the connection with racism. Anyone want to explain? -------- "I say no to drugs, but they don't listen." - Marilyn Manson
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Although I don't see the purpose of putting Condi in this math problem, I don't see the connection with racism. Anyone want to explain? -------- "I say no to drugs, but they don't listen." - Marilyn Manson
Michel Prévost wrote:
Although I don't see the purpose of putting Condi in this math problem, I don't see the connection with racism. Anyone want to explain?
Same here. Is there some connection between African Americans and watermelons that I don't know about? Or is it just that throwing watermelons off a building seems like a dumb thing to do? --- in which case I can see the question as anti-Rice but can't see how it is racist. John Carson "To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason is like administering medicine to the dead." Thomas Paine
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Michel Prévost wrote:
Although I don't see the purpose of putting Condi in this math problem, I don't see the connection with racism. Anyone want to explain?
Same here. Is there some connection between African Americans and watermelons that I don't know about? Or is it just that throwing watermelons off a building seems like a dumb thing to do? --- in which case I can see the question as anti-Rice but can't see how it is racist. John Carson "To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason is like administering medicine to the dead." Thomas Paine
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Yes, a lot of the old racist caricatures of blacks in the US depicted them with watermelons. At any given instant there are considerably more assholes than mouths in the universe.
Tim Craig wrote:
Yes, a lot of the old racist caricatures of blacks in the US depicted them with watermelons.
Interesting. I didn't know about that, but a little Googling provides ample corroboration. From the time of my birth until I was about 14, my family holidayed by the sea for 2 weeks each year. We always consumed watermelon on those holdidays and considered it a treat. It has no racial or class associations in Australia. John Carson "To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason is like administering medicine to the dead." Thomas Paine
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Michel Prévost wrote:
Although I don't see the purpose of putting Condi in this math problem, I don't see the connection with racism. Anyone want to explain?
Same here. Is there some connection between African Americans and watermelons that I don't know about? Or is it just that throwing watermelons off a building seems like a dumb thing to do? --- in which case I can see the question as anti-Rice but can't see how it is racist. John Carson "To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason is like administering medicine to the dead." Thomas Paine
Fried chicken is in the same class as watermelon as far as ethinic association is concerned. Personally, I love both. ------- sig starts "I've heard some drivers saying, 'We're going too fast here...'. If you're not here to race, go the hell home - don't come here and grumble about going too fast. Why don't you tie a kerosene rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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Fried chicken is in the same class as watermelon as far as ethinic association is concerned. Personally, I love both. ------- sig starts "I've heard some drivers saying, 'We're going too fast here...'. If you're not here to race, go the hell home - don't come here and grumble about going too fast. Why don't you tie a kerosene rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
Fried chicken is in the same class as watermelon as far as ethinic association is concerned. Personally, I love both.
Me too. :) John Carson "To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason is like administering medicine to the dead." Thomas Paine
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A question on a practice test for a math final read, "Condoleezza holds a watermelon just over the edge of the roof of the 300-foot Federal Building, and tosses it up with a velocity of 20 feet per second." The question went on to ask when the watermelon will hit the ground, based on a formula provided. Students, saying the question propagates a racial stereotype and denigrates US Secretary of State Rice, met with the chairman of the math department who agreed to remove the question from the department's files. But the women left feeling the school needed to take a deeper look at how a racist stereotype could be inserted into the curriculum.[^]
Oh for fuck's sake. regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry!
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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Mike Mullikin wrote:
Who exactly is destroying freedoms here... in your opinion.
The student overreacted in my opinion. They started a crusade even though the teacher apologized and the question was removed. Whatever happened to "sorry, I screwed up" as an acceptable response to a mistake?
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How is that destroying freedom???? My mom told me once that "while we all don't speak the same language, everyone in the world undestands an asskicking"
kgaddy wrote:
How is that destroying freedom????
Did you read the article?
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kgaddy wrote:
How is that destroying freedom????
Did you read the article?
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Tim Craig wrote:
Yes, a lot of the old racist caricatures of blacks in the US depicted them with watermelons.
Interesting. I didn't know about that, but a little Googling provides ample corroboration. From the time of my birth until I was about 14, my family holidayed by the sea for 2 weeks each year. We always consumed watermelon on those holdidays and considered it a treat. It has no racial or class associations in Australia. John Carson "To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason is like administering medicine to the dead." Thomas Paine
Where the fuck in Oz are you? I think a get together and a beer would be well worth the effort. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
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Tim Craig wrote:
Yes, a lot of the old racist caricatures of blacks in the US depicted them with watermelons.
Interesting. I didn't know about that, but a little Googling provides ample corroboration. From the time of my birth until I was about 14, my family holidayed by the sea for 2 weeks each year. We always consumed watermelon on those holdidays and considered it a treat. It has no racial or class associations in Australia. John Carson "To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason is like administering medicine to the dead." Thomas Paine
John Carson wrote:
From the time of my birth until I was about 14, my family holidayed by the sea for 2 weeks each year. We always consumed watermelon on those holdidays and considered it a treat. It has no racial or class associations in Australia.
Watermelon is a common picknik item in the US also. I love them - and grew up eating them by the ton. But there is still an unfortunant racist connotation to them. "You get that which you tolerate"
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Where the fuck in Oz are you? I think a get together and a beer would be well worth the effort. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
Michael Martin wrote:
Where the f*** in Oz are you? I think a get together and a beer would be well worth the effort.
In a beachside suburb of Gosford, not coincidentally about 10 minutes drive from where I holidayed as a child. John Carson "To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason is like administering medicine to the dead." Thomas Paine
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A question on a practice test for a math final read, "Condoleezza holds a watermelon just over the edge of the roof of the 300-foot Federal Building, and tosses it up with a velocity of 20 feet per second." The question went on to ask when the watermelon will hit the ground, based on a formula provided. Students, saying the question propagates a racial stereotype and denigrates US Secretary of State Rice, met with the chairman of the math department who agreed to remove the question from the department's files. But the women left feeling the school needed to take a deeper look at how a racist stereotype could be inserted into the curriculum.[^]
Floten said the teacher has apologized and requested cultural-sensitivity training. If I ever request cultural-sensitivity training, I hope someone puts me out of my misery. Jeff Martin My Blog
