EPTSame-sex Couple Banned from Formal - Page 9
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iPlaY.NettleS
Australia4309 Posts
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vizniz
United States120 Posts
As much as I disagree with the school, they were well within their rights. It's a private school, it's their rules. My question is, was the other girl a student of the school also? If so, they could have both just taken a guy, then ditched them and gotten together at the venue. I know they shouldn't have to do that, but if attending the dance was the true issue, then that seems more reasonable than raising hell and making it a press event. That's what couples at my high school did. Gay couples and lesbian couples would pair up so they could get the couples discount on tickets. It was their way of sticking it to the school without making a huge issue that ends up going nowhere. | ||
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holynorth
United States590 Posts
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Krigwin
1130 Posts
On November 12 2010 07:52 blitzkrieger wrote: Go ahead and ban me too since I disagree with homosexuality and am a bigot obviously. Too bad people are too close minded to realize homosexuality is an error. Thank God I live in America where we have freedom of speech. User was temp banned for this post. It is so unfortunate that this guy was banned, between this thread and the other one about the pedophile book it looked like he was going to be a nonstop barrel of laughs. I don't know how people in their minds have managed to combine homosexuality and pedophilia into a single concept. | ||
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JunC
Canada80 Posts
Teachers should keep an open mind. It makes me think that they're making excuses to not let them go to an important event due to their sexual orientation. It seems really unfair to them. | ||
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RonNation
United States385 Posts
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FALAPARK
United States224 Posts
On November 12 2010 03:24 JamesJohansen wrote: In today's day and age, you are forced to accept this. I suppose I shouldn't voice my opinion, I'd rather not get banned User was temp banned for this post. Was the ban necesary?anyways as some people said they should just gone to the party and dance but they wanted to challenge the school so they decided to make it public they were lesbians. They got what they deserved...... | ||
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Beneather
Canada451 Posts
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Half
United States2554 Posts
On November 12 2010 07:52 blitzkrieger wrote: Go ahead and ban me too since I disagree with homosexuality and am a bigot obviously. Too bad people are too close minded to realize homosexuality is an error. Thank God I live in America where we have freedom of speech. User was temp banned for this post. Although freedom of speech is valuable it also allows evils. I think anyone involved with this book knowing what it contained, in publishing, printing, writing, distributing should be killed in a painful sadistic fashion by their governments. <3 Blitzkrieger, glad you haven't changed. | ||
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overt
United States9006 Posts
On November 12 2010 08:58 FALAPARK wrote: Was the ban necesary?anyways as some people said they should just gone to the party and dance but they wanted to challenge the school so they decided to make it public they were lesbians. They got what they deserved...... Pretty sure calling homosexuality an error and saying it should be eradicated is worthy of a temporary ban. The girl's girlfriend didn't attend the school so she would have to bring her as a guest. Also, yeah, they made it public they were lesbians what's the problem with that? And again, just because it's a private school doesn't mean they can start discriminating against people. Notice that the school tried to explain it away in an attempt to make it seem like they weren't discriminating against the girl's sexuality. edit: lols, I misread and thought this was Blitz's post. But yeah, that guy deserved to get banned too. | ||
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Beneather
Canada451 Posts
On November 12 2010 08:58 FALAPARK wrote: Was the ban necesary?anyways as some people said they should just gone to the party and dance but they wanted to challenge the school so they decided to make it public they were lesbians. They got what they deserved...... What is wrong with being a lesbian ( im not gay) But they should have the same rights as a normal person shouldn't they? What happens if you have a kid and they turn out to be gay or lesbian and they want to go to their highschool formal but they were not allowed because they were gay?! How would you feel as a parent ? Or what happens if you were gay and weren't allowed how do you feel? That is discrimination because they are different you should be banned for such a ignorant and discrimnating post against gays/lesbians/bisexuals. | ||
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
On November 12 2010 08:58 FALAPARK wrote: Was the ban necesary?anyways as some people said they should just gone to the party and dance but they wanted to challenge the school so they decided to make it public they were lesbians. They got what they deserved...... It's part of TL rules. It is a bannable offense on this website to say "I'd rather not get banned," or "I might get banned for this but..." regardless of the content following. Of course, I'm supposing my post right now is an exception^^. | ||
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adeezy
United States1428 Posts
My friends in the private school (though not just all girls), one pair was lesbian, and they just went about it so they wouldn't get any crap and just were secret about it when it came to dances. When they asked why a girl was asking a girl, she jsut said she didnt really want to have a date and that she just wanted a friend to go with. While this may be lying under persecution(some people may say), I view it as not letting the administration get all up in your business. | ||
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Fa1nT
United States3423 Posts
On November 12 2010 09:04 FabledIntegral wrote: It's part of TL rules. It is a bannable offense on this website to say "I'd rather not get banned," or "I might get banned for this but..." regardless of the content following. Of course, I'm supposing my post right now is an exception^^. No, it's not.. Its posting "I might get banned, but __________________" _________ being some really stupid shit people post sometimes, even though they JUST SAID they know they will be banned for it. | ||
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
On November 12 2010 09:11 Fa1nT wrote: No, it's not.. Its posting "I might get banned, but __________________" _________ being some really stupid shit people post sometimes, even though they JUST SAID they know they will be banned for it. JamesJohansen was just temp banned for 2 days by mahnini. That account was created on 2010-09-28 10:01:52 and had 33 posts. Reason: On November 12 2010 03:24 JamesJohansen wrote: In today's day and age, you are forced to accept this. I suppose I shouldn't voice my opinion, I'd rather not get banned we don't allow people to qualify their posts with "i'm gonna get banned for this but..." or "i would but i'd rather not get banned", etc. if you have a problem with moderation there is a website feedback forum. | ||
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SichuanPanda
Canada1542 Posts
Edit: After reading blitzkreiger's posts I wanted to add a little something. Beliefs such as his stem from the assumption that humans are the only species in the natural world to engage in homosexual activity, without going off on a big tangent or going into unnecessary detail, we quite simply aren't. I'm sure another assumption would be that given the recent scientific proof that homosexuality is caused in part by a genetic defect, that would mean homosexual people were 'made wrong'. I might be inclined to agree depending on whether I'm in a normal, or a prick mood at the time, but if I actually think about rationally I come to the simply conclusion. Are gay people bothering me on a day-to-day basis? Well other than when on a porn site looking for naked ladies and having to see a guy blowing a fat one in a thumbnail, no. And even in that situation it isn't the gay people's fault that I saw that, just the guy who decided to mis-tag his video. Furthermore, homosexuality has existed in humanity for literally thousands of years (Spartan boy love anyone? No? Look it up) and it won't go away any time soon, all the people who act homophobic will only succeed in creating undue stress for themselves. I've known gay people before and other than that I don't agree with their sexual choice, they are (the one's I've known) quite normal people. And the pedophile thing well, pedophiles are attracted to children specifically, because they are very messed up in the head, just because the molest a male child over a female one does not imply homosexuality (nor should a link between the two ever be made). | ||
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FALAPARK
United States224 Posts
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SichuanPanda
Canada1542 Posts
On November 12 2010 09:26 FALAPARK wrote: I dont get Why people should get banned for voicing their openion, specially the guy I quoated before, he wasnt insulting anyone, he just said he thinks youth is forced into accepting lesbians and gays, thats his stance, nothing wrong with that, thats his openion, it is not wrong nor correcot. I do understand why the other guys were banned, they were being aggresive with their posts.....but this guy meant no harm at all. His comment very much was insulting people, every single person who disagreed with him was insulted in one fell swoop, with the line 'too bad people are too close-minded to realize homosexuality is an error'. To bad he's too close minded to realize you can't change people by being a bigot, you only cause the following to happen: 1. One looks like an ass, 2. One looks like an ass, and 3. One gets stressed and enraged at something he or she cannot change. | ||
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Emon_
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Manifesto7
Osaka27097 Posts
On November 12 2010 09:26 FALAPARK wrote: I dont get Why people should get banned for voicing their openion, specially the guy I quoated before, he wasnt insulting anyone, he just said he thinks youth is forced into accepting lesbians and gays, thats his stance, nothing wrong with that, thats his openion, it is not wrong nor correcot. I do understand why the other guys were banned, they were being aggresive with their posts.....but this guy meant no harm at all. People are not banned for posting their opinion. People are banned for saying "I'll probably get banned for this but..." which is a ridiculous cop out. It is forcing the hand of the moderator to either ban them and prove them right, or ignore the post and let the poster say something which the poster themselves thinks is against the rules. So, we just ban everyone who uses that sentence regardless of context and the problem is solved. If people feel like they need to booby-trap their posts with that statement, maybe they should rethink what they are posting. If you have a problem with the moderation, discuss it in the relevant threads, not this one please. | ||
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