Making Young Students' Lives Better
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Making Young Students' Lives Better
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/05/20/bullying/
Having solved all the nation's pressing problems, in an interview with Minnesota Public Raidio, Sen. Al Franken (D)umbass, clearly articulates his proposed legislation to improve the lives of students (in the link above MN NPR actually misspells it's own reporter's name):
So when local law enforcement comes to arrest six year olds who parrot older siblings and call classmates "gay", their lives will be improved?
Having solved all the nation's pressing problems, in an interview with Minnesota Public Raidio, Sen. Al Franken (D)umbass, clearly articulates his proposed legislation to improve the lives of students (in the link above MN NPR actually misspells it's own reporter's name):
Wurzer: As other parents listen to our conversation here, and maybe their child's been the target of a bully--maybe the child's not gay or lesbian. Could you, in the statute, say--why not just bullying is for any reason?
Franken: Well, uh, we, you know, it--it is illegal for so many reasons that--you know, race, religion, uh, national origin, disability, uh--I guess, I guess you can say that bullying--then it kind of depends on what you're talking about. If, you know, I guess kids have a right not to bully, but to basically, you know, tease each other about the stupidest things, but certainly not about those things.
Wurzer: Um, would a court--
Franken: You know, "I don't like your taste in TV shows," or something like that--
Wurzer: Right. Or how you're dressed.
Franken: To get to a point where we got to define these things.
Wurzer: Right. And in this case, you're talking about being bullied--a student being bullied for either being gay or being perceived as gay, which--
Franken: Yeah.
Wurzer: --you could say is quite hurtful.
Franken: Mm-hmm.
Wurzer: What constitutes harassment under your bill, specifically?
Franken: Uh, I think that harassment and bullying is really, uh, it's one of these things that you know it when you see it.
Wurzer: Does--but does the bill outline anything specific?
Franken: I don't, uh, believe we have the language in it to define bullying, but maybe I do. I'm not--I'm not sure about that aspect of, of the bill. I know that it's, it's, it's defined the same way as it is for, um, race or for religion, or, um, the, uh, disability--the other reasons that are outlawed in, in--nationally. In other words, all these other things, uh, are, are national, uh, but not, uh, gay and lesbian.
Wurzer: Public schools, under this bill evidently, that violate the statute could lose federal money or be sued by victims?
Franken: Yeah.
Wurzer: How would a court determine that a school ignored harassment? Have you figured that out yet?
Franken: Uh, I think that they would just, uh, the facts of the case--I mean, that would be up to the court, and if the, um--you know, what I'm hoping is, is this'll start disappearing. Unfortunately, it's all too--it's almost sanctioned, as you can tell by the story in Anoka, by the schools, and I think that once we raise awareness about this, and have a law, that it'll, it'll, uh, bring down the incidence of this and make life a lot better for these kids (italics mine).
So when local law enforcement comes to arrest six year olds who parrot older siblings and call classmates "gay", their lives will be improved?
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Re: Making Young Students' Lives Better
I never did like Franken.
He is not funny. He is not intelligent.
On the other hand, bullying goes hand in hand with growing up.
Just like the mandatory sex offender laws that can get teens in trouble and branded for life for stupid minor things, like a girl sending a picture of her breasts to her boyfriend, so too will the anti-bullying laws.
In trying to child-proof this country, we may turn most of our kids into criminals.
>golf clap<
He is not funny. He is not intelligent.
On the other hand, bullying goes hand in hand with growing up.
Just like the mandatory sex offender laws that can get teens in trouble and branded for life for stupid minor things, like a girl sending a picture of her breasts to her boyfriend, so too will the anti-bullying laws.
In trying to child-proof this country, we may turn most of our kids into criminals.
>golf clap<
TerryRC- Number of posts : 2762
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Re: Making Young Students' Lives Better
Golf clap, I loved that.
Or we'll turn them into Harrison Bergeron...
Or we'll turn them into Harrison Bergeron...
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