Spike: Ladies. Come on in. Plenty of blood in the fridge, don't be shy. Dawn: You mean like, real blood? Spike: What do you think? Dawn: Mostly I think, 'Eew!'

'Potential'


Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter  

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.


tommyrot - Nov 14, 2007 5:27:20 am PST #2174 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.

Yay! I can has massage! At a chiropractor/massage place two blocks away, in 20 minutes....

You know, I often fail to appreciate how nice it is to be able to turn my head without my neck hurting.


SuziQ - Nov 14, 2007 5:29:43 am PST #2175 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Aimee -

You know if the school ignored the pictures and these kids went Columbine on the school, then someone would have pointed to those MySpace pictures and say "someone should have done something".


Gudanov - Nov 14, 2007 5:29:46 am PST #2176 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

Without knowing the background, I'd probably say the school has reason to suspend them if there is evidence they were doing something inappropriate on the school grounds. If was just something the students did outside of school, then I don't think the school would have reason. It's hard to have a real definite opinion on a particular case without knowing all the details though.


tommyrot - Nov 14, 2007 5:30:51 am PST #2177 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.

If was just something the students did outside of school, then I don't think the school would have reason.

OTOH, schools have suspended (and I think expelled) students for stuff done off-campus outside of school hours....


Aims - Nov 14, 2007 5:33:23 am PST #2178 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Where do you go for a good argument?

Sillyhead. I stay here!!


Sue - Nov 14, 2007 5:34:34 am PST #2179 of 10001
hip deep in pie

Which ep, Sue?

By which she means "describe any small detail in the episode and I will start reciting dialogue."

The ghost ship episode. I knew the second brother.

So far, on my second day of work. I still cannot login to the computer (I am logged in as one of my co-workers right now.) and I've already lost my keys. (you need keys to travel to the staff only floors on the elevator, and to get into the vaults.


sumi - Nov 14, 2007 5:35:34 am PST #2180 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Sue - that's so cool!

And woo hoo! We got out direct deposit slips today and it includes our increase AND the retro pay. . . oooh, I can SHOP.


Gudanov - Nov 14, 2007 5:38:37 am PST #2181 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

OTOH, schools have suspended (and I think expelled) students for stuff done off-campus outside of school hours....

Yeah, I mean I can see that for certain things especially if there is a legal issue, but in this case, if this is just a website put up with no connection to the school, I don't see the school having a reason to suspend the students. OTOH, if a student puts up a website where he/she blogs about wanting to kill other students or something like that, then you'd want the school to take some action. The details are pretty important, but I'd defer to free speech unless there is some threat involved. Threat is pretty subjective though.


Aims - Nov 14, 2007 5:43:36 am PST #2182 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

I'd defer to free speech

And I admit, there's a part of me that thinks, "You're under 18. You have no free speech yet."

Which, not entirely rational, I know, but it seems that if the kids are practicing their "free speech" by having pictures of themselves taken with things that are illegal, they give that up. In Michigan, it is illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to possess a firearm in public unless they are under the direct supervision of an adult. If it is true that those pictures were taken on school grounds, with no adult supervision, then the school should be considered public and the kids should not only be expelled, but arrested also. And if the gun laws can't hold em, get them for the drugs.


Dana - Nov 14, 2007 5:49:53 am PST #2183 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Huh. It's not just that I'm sleepy. I actually feel kind of sick. It took me quite a while to figure that out.

Stupid allergies. Stupid weather. 85 degrees in the middle of November is a bit much, even for winter-hating me.