Date: 7 May 2001 03:44:52 GMT
From: John Rowat <jrowat@prince.carleton.ca>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan
Subject: Re: TAN: Taking "Safe Schools" A Bit Too Far


As roses wither, so does Maggie:


> Said the vice-principal: "There were statements that were serious enough 
> and repercussions serious enough that we felt intent to expel was 
> appropriate. We did not find a list. We did find some references to a 
> list, but there never was a list found. In light of the Columbine 
> incident, anytime kids mention a list you have now gone beyond freedom 
> of speech."


"He's making a list, he's checking it twice - HEY!  Get your hands off me!
It's just a song!  What do you mean, EXPELLED?  It's not even me MAKING
the list!  No, I don't know where the list is.  It's a song.  No, I can't
tell you where the guy with the list is.  Check the North Pole.  No, I'm
not trying to be funny, you should look at the North Pole.  That's where
the song suggests.


What do you mean, you'll charge me with obstruction of justice if I
don't tell you where he really lives?"


> Stupidity reigns supreme in the schools today.


It's been that way for the last 20 years, at least.  Before that, you'd
have to ask somebody whose been in schools longer than I have.


                                        -John
-- 
 [The right to own a gun is...] The right to free expression.  I can
 articulate my disagreement with you by shooting you -- thus, a gun is
 as protected as a pen or printing press.
                                        -Rob Russell