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Sep 27th, 2006, 12:22 PM
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travelbear. WHAT???? it's a fricking museum. a work of art, not porno. there's more real skin on t.v. than at any museum in Dallas. at what age do you think it's appropriate for children to view art?
Sep 27th, 2006, 12:24 PM
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matnikstym, it is meant as a joke. I was making a pop culture reference to an episode of the Simpsons in which a parental activist group denounces the David sculpture. One of the characters in that episode just runs around uttering that line.
Sep 27th, 2006, 12:56 PM
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Happily for me my son went to a Catholic high school where his advanced art class required him to take a "human form" drawing class at a local art college.
Yep, at 16 he was drawing a nude every Saturday.
It's about the human form, not "naked pictures" that's where having a dirty mind gets you. (I'm looking at those parents and the school board!)
Shame on you!!! I smell censorship! (and I hope a law suit - I don't doubt she'll win.)
Yep, at 16 he was drawing a nude every Saturday.
It's about the human form, not "naked pictures" that's where having a dirty mind gets you. (I'm looking at those parents and the school board!)
Shame on you!!! I smell censorship! (and I hope a law suit - I don't doubt she'll win.)
Sep 27th, 2006, 02:28 PM
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My daughter had a live drawing (read that "nude models") in her high school. Juniors & Seniors only, and had to have parent permission.
There's a BIG difference between porn and a human body, Texas!
There's a BIG difference between porn and a human body, Texas!
Sep 27th, 2006, 02:37 PM
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What I find interesting is the fact that Frisco is a suburb of a major city, Dallas. These decision makers are not living in a deprived or backwater area. Frisco ISD was the fastest growing school district in TX, at least a few years ago, because of all the explosive growth coming from transplants.
Sep 27th, 2006, 02:46 PM
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Hey lcuy -
I took the same class as your daughter in high school!
It was a good class - certainly nothing salacious or remotely porn-like.
On another note, I used to live in Frisco years ago. Not sure if I should be surprised or not that this happened there.
I took the same class as your daughter in high school!
It was a good class - certainly nothing salacious or remotely porn-like.
On another note, I used to live in Frisco years ago. Not sure if I should be surprised or not that this happened there.
Sep 27th, 2006, 03:06 PM
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Yep. Pogo had it right: "We have met the enemy and he is us."
I'm also surprised that others seem surprised that this kind of right wing censorship could happen in or near a large city as well as a small town. Wake up -- the religious radical right wing are not only scary, they are everywhere!
I'm also surprised that others seem surprised that this kind of right wing censorship could happen in or near a large city as well as a small town. Wake up -- the religious radical right wing are not only scary, they are everywhere!
instead. My parenthesis were swinging the wrong way! Ha!
Sep 27th, 2006, 03:37 PM
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I never say this,,,,,but how is this travel related?
I came here in a great mood looking for inspiration for my next trip, or to help a fellow traveler. Instead, I got this story that has me ticked off and angry. Not how I wanted to feel, visiting this site.
I came here in a great mood looking for inspiration for my next trip, or to help a fellow traveler. Instead, I got this story that has me ticked off and angry. Not how I wanted to feel, visiting this site.
Sep 27th, 2006, 03:38 PM
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Our school board is a rubber stamp for our parent community and the superintendant/administartion. They stopped seeing the educator's side of things a long time ago, so I'm not surprised the school board did nothing.
Small town? Big city? I does not matter and it ain't just happening in Texas! Wake up.
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Small town? Big city? I does not matter and it ain't just happening in Texas! Wake up.
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Sep 27th, 2006, 04:36 PM
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My sister moved to Dallas forty years ago. It took her a while to get used to Texas, but now she doesn't want to live any place else.
Nonetheless, nothing I read about Texas surprises me--from the way they bump off prisoners at an alarming rate, harbor while-colar criminals of all kinds, to firing teachers for exposing children to art.
Nonetheless, nothing I read about Texas surprises me--from the way they bump off prisoners at an alarming rate, harbor while-colar criminals of all kinds, to firing teachers for exposing children to art.
