Posts by giovanni tiso
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Catholicism, raging against biology for 2000 years.
Then when you do get married, they want you to have sex only for procreation. Just as well nobody listens to Pope Dorothy really.
(Fun fact: the country with the lowest natality rate in the world is - drumroll please - Italy.)
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I just googled “sexy school girl”. It was short skirt world folks.
Your point being?
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Up Front: That's Inappropriate!, in reply to Tess Rooney,
That’s fair. But do you think it’s possible?
Whatever we do, we must be realistic. Short skirts are going to be perceived by some as sexually attractive/aggressive, therefore as a sign of availability. Of course since we’re talking about a school and there are educators involved, it might be considered an opportunity to teach that particular cohort that sexy doesn’t mean available. But is it realistic? I mean could we convince them all? Probably not. Let’s not even try. Let’s in fact preach the very opposite of that.
While we’re on the subject, should we coach effeminate gay male pupils to talk and behave in a more stereotypically manly manner? I’m asking because the way they carry on might be taken by some other males as an excuse to bully them. Of course it is no such thing, and the fault resides entirely with the bullies. But is it possible to dispel this notion? And if it’s not, should we even try? Probably not. Again, we’re at a school after all – best ignore any and all teachable moments and reinforce prejudice instead.
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So we're back to punishing children who have four previous siblings in order to appease the most virulent conservatives? And that's desirable because...?
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Also, defending a policy on the grounds that worse policies are about to be passed that will make its badness pale in comparison is... a curious way of promoting its benefits.
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I don't know, but I bet you dollars to buttons that when the welfare working group reports to us in a couple of weeks the "let's cap the money at four children" suggestion is going to seem lovely and concerned and humane in comparison.
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You're hurting your cause by being so thorough.
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Just when I thought that the New Zealand media couldn't surprise me anymore, here's an editorial actually using the phrase "if she is guilty of anything, it is probably of caring". Unwitting self-parody at its best.
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Word, Joe.
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Hard News: Do you like what we've done…, in reply to Danielle,
A peep by any other name may be a sock puppet.