And I bitch about our developers: [link]
Sooner or later, you're gonna want it. And the second — the second — that happens, you know I'll be there. I'll slip in, have myself a real good day.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Aug 18, 2006 7:21:35 am PDT #3390 of 10001
tommyrot - Aug 18, 2006 7:23:36 am PDT #3391 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Download and construct your own coelacanth out of paper: [link]
Vortex - Aug 18, 2006 7:26:39 am PDT #3392 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I agree that "emotional kidnapping and psychological rape" are three exits past rational, but what were the school administrators thinking, showing an R-rated movie (any R-rated movie) to 9th graders, without parental consent? An R-rating stands for something like "Restricted" and I think the age tag associated with it is 17 years old. Ninth graders are typically 13 and 14 years old, and maybe 15, in some cases. I'd be pissed if the school showed my ninth graders an R-rated film without my consent.
I agree with Cindy wholeheartedly. It's an R rated movie, which should not be shown in a freshman classroom. I'm all for sex and violence, but a parent should be allowed to decide what their children see.
JZ - Aug 18, 2006 7:28:01 am PDT #3393 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
From the '70s decorating pictures, I am inexplicably in love with this sentence:
This crawdad sculpture is sure to be the conversational blackhole of your Jenga parties.
Now I need to run off and check what chance its various components stand of being bestselling titles.
bon bon - Aug 18, 2006 7:28:05 am PDT #3394 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Can you sue a school for "showing a really fucking weird movie"?
Let's start with suing someone for "emotional kidnapping."
ETA: one of those posts when you get caught up elsewhere and reply way past the original discussion.
§ ita § - Aug 18, 2006 7:41:56 am PDT #3395 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Let's start with suing someone for "emotional kidnapping."
Sure, just as soon we define the term.
Allyson - Aug 18, 2006 7:42:22 am PDT #3396 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Aw. I love Donnie Darko so, so much.
Agreed that the school should have asked permission from parents before showing an R rated film to kids under 17.
Jessica - Aug 18, 2006 7:43:45 am PDT #3397 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm picturing a ransom note looking something like
GiVE uS tHe mONeY or yOUr sEnSE Of cOMpasSiOn GetS IT.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 18, 2006 7:46:31 am PDT #3398 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
What do you guys feel about showing a non-R-rated portion of an r-rated movie? When I was an assistant teacher in an acting class, someone had a monologue from "The Jury" and the teacher showed just the portion of the show with the monologue. A couple of parents were very upset, and I do have to say it never occured to me to question her (I was 19, though and the teacher was 50) motives in showing the exerpt.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 18, 2006 7:46:47 am PDT #3399 of 10001
What is even happening?
Let's start with suing someone for "emotional kidnapping."
When I read the article, it didn't seem those were his actual grounds for the suit (and if those were listed in the article, I've already forgotten them). I suspect the reporter worded it poorly, took the father's objections (offered in conversation), then presented them as if they were legal concepts.