tsk. I submit that there are indeed cases where the sight of a pearl necklace would not stir your obviously overactive imagination :) Is that girl across the street not home today or something? LOL. Seriously, a pearl necklace on the Queen Mother would be just that, right?
Dana On 6/28/05, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unless it's a Pearl necklace. :) > > Dana wrote: > > true... and children are subject to all sort of limitations as to the > > clothes *they* can wear to school. While I think that some > > restrictions are necessary (see-through blouses and gang colors come > > to mind) a number of schools I have dealt with had some really silly > > restrictions. Pink frilly dresses were not ok at age five because red > > is a gang color? Come on :) The boy can't dye his hair green? Why not? > > > > Still, to paraphrase Freud, sometimes a necklace is only a necklace. > > > > Dana > > > > On 6/28/05, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>>One case comes to my mind. A public school teacher wore a > >>>gold cross around her neck. Just a little necklace. > >> > >>>A child complained that it was offensive (we won't discuss > >>>the silliness of this assertion). The ACLU came swooping > >>>in on the side of the CHILD. This really bothered me, as > >>>I see the teacher's right to wear a small, personal > >>>sign of her faith, as an important right. > >> > >>>If she was using the cross to preach her religion to the > >>>class, or was wearing an inappropriate religious message > >>>of some ilk, I might understand....but this just seemed > >>>stupid to me. > >> > >>Unless all religious messages are inappropriate then there's no such > >>thing as an inappropriate religious message. In a private school, I > >>would be in favor of the teacher, since the parents have some choice > >>in determining where their chidren attend... In a public school, just > >>as with cops, I believe they need to take off the religious symbols > >>while they're on the job. Jobs tell people to take out tongue, lip, > >>nose and eyebrow rings all the time, which is trivial, so I don't > >>think it's beyond the pale to ask a public servant to act as though > >>they're serving the public and not just those members of the public > >>who happen to agree with their particular religious inclinations. > >> > >> > >>s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 > >>new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > >> > >>add features without fixtures with > >>the onTap open source framework > >> > >>http://www.fusiontap.com > >>http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:162263 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
