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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 11:59 PM Original message |
Long Island principal cancels prom (Over Flaunting of Financial Decadence) |
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Scooter24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
1. dupe |
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Scooter24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
2. dupe |
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Scooter24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
3. I disagree. |
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Old Vet (618 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I actually respect the stand he taking,Must bother him............ |
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Scooter24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. But really, what did he accomplish? |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. a "poorer" student at Kellenberg |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
34. Well boo hoo... |
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AgadorSparticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 03:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
99. and how would these poorer students feel going to a prom with |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
158. Wretched Excess |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
31. I totally agree with you. |
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LonelyLRLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Well, Scooter, obviously these parents aren't going to control their kids. |
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Scooter24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. But |
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LonelyLRLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 01:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. You are right, I don't know what the parents have contributed |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
36. I never understood the concept of the prom to begin with... |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
46. it's a catholic school |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
45. What happens AFTER the prom is not the school's business |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 01:09 PM Response to Reply #45 |
65. Nor did the school make it thier business. |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 07:07 PM Response to Reply #65 |
123. well put. n/t |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 07:06 PM Response to Reply #45 |
122. Um... wasn't this a catholic school? |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 01:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
64. The school should not involve itself in a dance it sponsors? Huh? |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 07:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
120. catholic school? |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 08:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
133. It is a religious school - he is supposed to provide moral |
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LetsGoMurphys (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:28 AM Response to Reply #133 |
183. Amen n/t |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 07:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
177. The prom is a school event |
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Porcupine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
6. It's about damn time somebody did this. Huzzah!! |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Sounds just like Lost Angeles............... |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 09:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
27. I grew up in a spoiled rich-kid area and it is disgusting. |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:45 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. I grew up in the same kind of an area |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
10. I support this decision |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Private schools can be valuable parts of the community. |
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flygal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 06:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
175. Oh I agree completely with your post |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
11. it's treating a symptom at best and symbolically at that. |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
13. Theoretically vanity is some kind of sin, isn't it? |
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MarsThe Cat (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 08:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. one of the "7 Deadlies"... |
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NeoConsSuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
14. Kudos to Hoagland |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:09 AM Response to Reply #14 |
38. Me too, left long island 16 years ago, never looked back. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
15. $6,000 tuition |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 08:27 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. RIght wing fundies do NOT get along with Catholics. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 01:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
63. They do these days, where ya been? |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 01:16 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. Read the "September Prom Letter" first.... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 01:33 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. lol |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 01:39 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. As an atheist, I stopped participating about 30 years ago. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 02:33 PM Response to Reply #73 |
83. Many ways |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 02:55 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. OK. Catholics are getting more Right Wing.... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 03:45 PM Response to Reply #86 |
101. Are you serious??? |
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moc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 08:40 PM Response to Reply #83 |
140. The Catholic Church is extremely diverse |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 04:11 AM Response to Reply #140 |
172. And check out the Quixote Center |
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adigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:19 AM Response to Reply #70 |
181. I agree that the Church has moved to the right |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 01:18 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. About the sex? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 01:34 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Did you click and read? |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 01:36 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Yes, I read it |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 02:22 PM Response to Reply #72 |
80. Here |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:55 AM Response to Reply #15 |
35. It's also Long Island |
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NNguyenMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 08:41 PM Response to Reply #35 |
192. $600 I spent on my highschool prom, biggest waste of money ever |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
49. $6000? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:59 PM Response to Reply #49 |
62. Then what's the guy complaining about |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 05:08 PM Response to Reply #62 |
113. did you notice the 'brother' in his title? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
53. A $6k tuition isn't really expensive. |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
81. Six grand is peanuts to the affluent |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 04:08 PM Response to Reply #81 |
105. $6,000, $15,000, $50,000 |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 04:43 PM Response to Reply #105 |
107. Geez, the man is a Catholic religious brother, a member of the Society of |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 04:44 PM Response to Reply #107 |
109. You bought into the anti-rich rhetoric |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 07:12 PM Response to Reply #107 |
124. Right On!! |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 05:54 PM Response to Reply #105 |
114. I disagree entirely. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:24 PM Response to Reply #114 |
116. The principal does |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:46 PM Response to Reply #116 |
117. Here in Chicago |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 07:04 PM Response to Reply #117 |
121. Really? |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 08:32 PM Response to Reply #121 |
137. Take a little drive down 26th or up Milwaukee Ave. some fine day |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 08:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
141. i can bitch about my 11 years in catholic schools.... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 09:01 PM Response to Reply #141 |
144. "some" students |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 09:16 PM Response to Reply #144 |
147. don't i know it, my parents somehow paid for 6 of us, at points |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:19 PM Response to Reply #147 |
149. This is not MY problem |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:37 PM Response to Reply #149 |
151. well, i think he's trying to make a point that they ain't above |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:47 PM Response to Reply #151 |
152. cafeteria catholics, there you go |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:59 PM Response to Reply #152 |
154. i see all the issues as tied in $$$$ boozin and sex are all lifestyle |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:29 PM Response to Reply #154 |
157. I'm sure these parents know what goes on |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 03:22 AM Response to Original message |
16. I'm a former public school teacher. |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 09:28 AM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Good post |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:11 AM Response to Reply #16 |
39. Amen n/t |
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FrankX (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 03:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
96. I agree. Great post. |
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Theres-a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 04:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
104. Yes,yes,yes and YES! |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
115. Good post. I approve. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 08:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
135. GREAT post |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 04:34 AM Response to Original message |
17. Spoiled rich kids learning that not everyone admires conspicuous |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 07:16 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I don't know how that would feel ... |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
18. This is a very courageous act, even if it is symbolic. |
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RamblingRose (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
22. Will they still have the trip to Aruba? n/t |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
25. Their CEO fathers are cutting people's pensions but renting pleasure boats |
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William Bloode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
28. Damn that will crimp the activities of kids like i was. |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
29. Avarice, gluttony, and envy are deadly sins |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:29 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. "Laine said just before hopping into his jet-black Infiniti... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:35 PM Response to Reply #30 |
56. More Than You Might Think |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 03:12 PM Response to Reply #56 |
89. Probably because he has a job with daddies firm... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
32. There was a time... |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:46 PM Response to Reply #32 |
58. My high school had its prom in March (in Iowa) |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
37. I also applaud him |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:24 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. I can see it now... |
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fhqwhgads (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
40. good for him... |
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Julius Civitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
42. Agree with the reasons. Maybe canceling was too much |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
43. I support the decision. Shame on the parents and kids that forced this. |
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dapper (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
44. Some of you are off base |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:17 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. It is a right of passage. NO, it's a rite of passage (maybe). |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. We need to cancel ALL proms, then - |
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dapper (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 02:18 PM Response to Reply #50 |
78. Re: "It is a right of passage. NO, it's a rite of passage (maybe)." |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 07:29 PM Response to Reply #78 |
127. A few bad apples? |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:20 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. true, if people with the disposable income |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
47. wow - "a 2,000-word letter". It sounds like Brother Hoagland had quite |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #47 |
59. The Prom Letters are at the bottom of the School's web page......... |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 02:03 PM Response to Reply #59 |
76. Thanks much! I'll go check it out. n/t |
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itcfish (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
48. This is Just Too Much. LOL |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 01:11 PM Response to Reply #48 |
66. Are you dictating your posts? |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 07:31 PM Response to Reply #66 |
128. What!!! The senior trip for your neice who went to a private Baptist |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 08:54 PM Response to Reply #128 |
143. Yes |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 09:14 PM Response to Reply #143 |
146. Well first of all, I am blown away that any baptist institution would |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:09 PM Response to Reply #146 |
148. No, none of that stuff |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 12:58 AM Response to Reply #148 |
163. Just my opinion here, but I see NOTHING cool about a school taking |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:47 AM Response to Reply #163 |
166. or, "oh, how nice" |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
52. This is only the beginning of this story - |
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athenap (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
54. A Bold Statement |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
55. Good for him, and shame on those parents. n/t |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
57. Good for him. |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
61. This is one area where privatization is the way to go! |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
67. Good for him. This is liberal Catholocism at its best |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
74. It's none of his business |
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alphadog (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 02:08 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. I don't even know where to start... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 03:14 PM Response to Reply #77 |
92. Having spent ages 3 - 17 in catholic schools |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 07:51 PM Response to Reply #92 |
132. But he didn't make it his buissness |
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madmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 02:59 PM Response to Reply #74 |
88. I agree with the sentiment; He can think or say that he doesn't |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 03:15 PM Response to Reply #74 |
93. Prom is commonly before Graduation..... |
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hickman1937 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
75. Wouldn't this be a litigation nightmare? |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 02:18 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. I didn't read where drunk kids were let into the prom. - |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 03:16 PM Response to Reply #75 |
94. Read the letter - points 8 and 9 deal with liability issues. |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
82. I second that applause |
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neuvocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 02:33 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. Third. |
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madmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
85. The guy is a dick and is angry that the kids are spending a lot of their |
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FrankX (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 03:35 PM Response to Reply #85 |
100. No school participation, or liablity. |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 07:47 PM Response to Reply #100 |
131. If they let drunk kids in there could be. |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 07:45 PM Response to Reply #85 |
130. How is that an abuse? |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 08:03 PM Response to Reply #85 |
134. He's Not Using His Position |
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ernstbass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
87. How refreshing |
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dapper (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 03:13 PM Response to Reply #87 |
91. Y'all need to watch FOOTLOOSE |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 03:53 PM Response to Reply #91 |
102. The principal watched "American Pie" |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 04:56 PM Response to Reply #102 |
111. He said the overspending and everything else was getting worse year after |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 07:38 PM Response to Reply #102 |
129. Sandnsea - Why does it matter to you if its about sex? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:37 AM Response to Reply #129 |
165. Because he's LYING |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 02:54 PM Response to Reply #165 |
185. So what if its puritanical and backwards? |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
90. READ THE LETTER, people. It clearly lays out his position, which |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 03:18 PM Response to Reply #90 |
95. Tell him to send this letter to |
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FrankX (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 03:23 PM Response to Reply #90 |
97. The letter is great! Love it. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 03:26 PM Response to Reply #97 |
98. It is a great letter |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 03:58 PM Response to Reply #90 |
103. Post the FIRST letter |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 04:23 PM Response to Reply #103 |
106. The first letter pointed out *several* objections to the "prom culture" on |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 04:43 PM Response to Reply #106 |
108. With a focus on sex |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 04:53 PM Response to Reply #108 |
110. So I guess you can read the minds of the principal and administrators, |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 05:03 PM Response to Reply #110 |
112. NO, I read the letters |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 07:22 PM Response to Reply #112 |
126. Um... last time I checked drinking at that age was illigal. |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 07:18 PM Response to Reply #108 |
125. Who cares? (edit - sorry was meant as a response to sandnsea ) |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 08:33 PM Response to Reply #125 |
138. This is all too funny |
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hickman1937 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:32 PM Response to Reply #138 |
150. I don't understand. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:59 PM Response to Reply #150 |
153. I guess I woke up in 1995 |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:02 PM Response to Reply #153 |
155. if you think civil rights ever existed in catholic schools. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:24 PM Response to Reply #155 |
156. I didn't say anything about civil rights |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:59 PM Response to Reply #156 |
161. well, me too.... |
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hickman1937 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:39 PM Response to Reply #153 |
159. This is a private school. They get to make their own rules. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:46 PM Response to Reply #159 |
160. Who said anything about the ACLU? |
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hickman1937 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 12:35 AM Response to Reply #160 |
162. I think , with your permission, we will have to agree to disagree. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:25 AM Response to Reply #162 |
164. What are you talking about? |
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hickman1937 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:53 AM Response to Reply #164 |
167. Ok, you win. n/t |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:59 AM Response to Reply #167 |
168. There's nothing to win |
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hickman1937 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 02:54 AM Response to Reply #168 |
170. My point is that you seem to feel that the principle of this school |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 03:40 AM Response to Reply #170 |
171. He doesn't have the moral right to lie |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 04:13 AM Response to Reply #171 |
173. Projection much? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 04:30 AM Response to Reply #173 |
174. Must be his thrill |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 06:52 PM Response to Reply #174 |
190. So were the hocky players having sex on the ice? |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 03:42 PM Response to Reply #173 |
187. sandnsea is clairvoyant, don'cha know? S/he KNOWS the |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 06:53 PM Response to Reply #187 |
191. Yep... because he hid the fact that it was about sex... um wait... |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 03:35 PM Response to Reply #153 |
186. Funny how the sex is #4 on the list |
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morgan2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
118. I went to a private school on Long Island |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
119. Proms on Long Island |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
136. Good for him |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
139. Thank you father Hoagland. |
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shayes51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
142. He did the right thing. |
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dretceterini (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 09:12 PM Response to Reply #142 |
145. If you think |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
169. Good for Hoagland. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
176. Fine. Let's call the principal a hypocrite and maybe even a liar, |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
178. Good for him. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
179. Does any church teach that greed is a sin? |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 08:57 PM Response to Reply #179 |
194. Main-line churches still denounce greed as they have for a long time. |
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adigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
180. All those rich Catholic republicans |
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LetsGoMurphys (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
182. Jesuit I am guessing as well by the Brother before his name n/t |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 03:45 PM Response to Reply #182 |
188. Actually, he is a Marianist. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 03:52 PM Response to Reply #188 |
189. The Marianists DO take a vow of poverty. When I googled "Society of Mary" |
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Verve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
184. Good for him! We live in a modest house in a semi-wealthy |
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really annoyed (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
193. I skipped my prom |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
195. Cry me a fucking river, you spoiled brats |
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