Story One: A primary school in Weston-super-Mare has been criticised for banning Valentine cards to save pupils the "emotional trauma" of being rejected. Children at Ashcombe Primary School were stopped from exchanging cards because the head teacher said they were not emotionally mature enough to cope...
Story Two: A Saudi official says policemen are inspecting shops for red roses, heart-shaped products or gifts wrapped in red, and ordering storeowners to get rid of them... Saudi Arabia bans celebration of Western holidays such as Valentine's Day, named after a Christian saint said to have been martyred by the Romans in the 3rd Century.
Maybe I should invite Johann Hari or Yasmin Alibi-Brown to explain how brilliant it is that they are putting up a fight against Western consumerism and over-sexualisation of children, oppression of women etc?
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Weston-super-Mare is like Saudi Arabia
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the beach there is very sandy, too ...
It's probably been said but...Why does she always dictate her alibi is Brown?
And Lo. For Wiki says: 'An alibi is a type of defence found in legal proceedings by demonstrating that the defendant was not in the place where an alleged offence was committed. There may be legal ramifications for not disclosing a true alibi defence, as well as penalties for providing a false alibi.'.
Heh.
STB.
Unbelievable. I've never heard of Valentine cards causing children to feel upset. Who is the teacher to to impose his views on relationships on the children? Children have been exchanging Valentine cards and having childish relationships for years.
the "emotional trauma" of being rejected
Let them get used to it. I have.
Daily Mash tells it like it is, as ever
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