Ok, this has to be the most stupid thing i've read all year. kids in US schools can't hug each other [edit]

Sara/Lina...y'all at school, can girls hug at your school?


http://www.washingtonpost...79_pf.html
[Edited 6/23/07 7:34am]

There is a really good debate thread going on about something like this in P&R

FFS...this thread will be moved or canned now, thanks Mach

liberation said:

Why - It's a perfect GD topic ( too )

I mentioned the one ALREADY in P&R so that this one could stay here

Anyway I think it's foolish to have a ZERO touching rule in schools

Where's Janfriend?

Cloudbuster said:

you


over in the OTHER htread - debating

now hush and comment on the GREAT GD THREAD

Unreal!
How the fuck will this help raise balanced children? I mean if that is enforced then they leave middle school at what 12/13? Then suddenly they can..... all hell could break loose...

Crazy PC bullshit

If Jan approaches it'll be lip gloss at dawn

mdiver said:

I would NOT want my children attending a school that they could not hug teammates or highfive or run down the feild after a game arm in arm celebrating

I just can not imagine getting a loving hug from a friend when you bomb a test ot loose a compitition ...or get an A+ or win a state playoff game...

Mach said:

I agree....except about the losing thing...i dont let that happen

I'm assuming it's about protecting the SCHOOL, not the students...as in lawsuits.

It has to be.

Schools can limit students expression if there is a good reason. Like they can have dress codes or rules about hair styles as to avoid disrupting the educational process. But a Hug in the hallway between classes has zero to do with the process. So the school is going to have a hard time defending this rule. Hugs, holding hands, and other similar forms of contact are expressions and thus fall under 1st Amendment protection. And students have the rights, as long as there is not disruption. Hugs are not disruptive.

liberation said:

Good point. Yet, they can not use that as a reason to violate the rights of the students. I wonder if they did not make this rule knowing it would be over turned in court so they could say "well we tried" as a defence. Which will not work either.

Hi-5's will ruin America!

actionthisday said:

Toya R Us will run America.

So they have to resort top and ???

liberation said:

And Taco Bell will give America the runs.