In another tale of the bizarre Christian right, the principal of a local “Christian” school had himself whipped as punishment for two students who were accused of Unauthorized Girl Kissing.
I can’t tell if the principal was upset because he couldn’t watch, or if he equates flagellation with masturbation. At any rate (and to the credit of the school board), he was fired along with his dungeon master.
For those who don’t wish to free-subscribe to the paper to read the article, I quote in part:
This is apparently part of GWB’s “leave no child’s behind intact” program.
I’m reminded of the Mel Gibson episode of South Park.
Actually, if this had been the policy at my school, the principal would have ended up in ICU. I would have smoked dope right in front of the guy and and pointed it out to his dom.
"Hey, teach, look at me, I’m smoking a big fat doob. Are you going to let me get away with this? Beat his ass, man. Beat it good. Teach me a lesson.
Y’know, I have to wonder - exactly which “actions of Jesus” inspired this loon’s behaviour? Because I’ve read the Bible, and I’m blowed if I can think of anything even vaguely appropriate … do these people get a different edition from me, or something?
You must have the expurgated version. I believe the full passage of the “get thee behind me Satan” passage adds “take your bull whip out and have at it” to the end.
Also, the “turn the other cheek” bit has something chopped off in the pussy footing KJV.
So…he believes he can heal people by touching them? God complex anyone?
And this:
It would seem that at this point, Brost should have (if he was any sort of parent, let alone a “Christian”), dropped the belt and verbally rebuked the principal. Perhaps social services should check into these peoples’ home situations if beating someone with a belt is ‘normal’.
Jeez, if British public schools seem engineered to turn out masochists, it seems like this American private school is working on creating as many sadists as possible.
Leaving aside the confusion over the “public” and “private” referrents applying to the same thing depending on which side of the Atlantic you’re on, I’m sure we can find some tortured metaphor about the special relationship between the Bush and Blair governments in here somewhere.
Come on Chefguy tell 'em the WHOLE story, you know, about those Wassillites.
But seriously, he’s got the right of it. My daughter went to a christian school in Anchorage for her kindergarten year, and those people just SEARCH for things to find dirty and unnatural.
Anchorage Baptist Temple is even weirder. My sister and cousin both spent a semester or two there before our parents wisely pulled them out of there. I don’t know if they still do this or not, but back then, one of the rules was that a boy had to wait ten minutes before sitting in a chair recently vacated by a girl.
Because the warmth left behind by the girl’s having sat there might inflame his young desires. :rolleyes:
My daughter’s school had a kid’s book on their banned list because of all the “hidden” sexual messages about pedophiles and gay people.
OH, and the fact that they didn’t want her using her left hand (she’s naturally left handed) because… I about took the principle’s head off when I found out about that one. She was in public school about three days after that.
Not all christians are like this, they just happen to be more verbal and visible with their weirdness than those of us who are normal are with our, uhhh normalness.
Question:
Why is there a problem with having a married student attend a school?
Presumably if it’s legal to marry at 18, you could be legally married in your senior year. Why the fuss?
But yes, that guy was WAY off base if he thinks he knows how to discipline kids.
What’s wrong with detention?
OK, so that one is not so bizarre – “Laying on of Hands” faith-healing IS relatively orthodox, as far as Evangelical Fundies go. BUT normally that would be called upon only after icepacks and physical therapy failed.
OTOH, if the minister before “laying hands” breaks out “holy oils” that are scented of patchouli, or cherry-flavored, and asks you to put on a “hair shirt” that is see-thru mesh… run away.
With biblical quotes, denunciations of woe and lakes of fire, and maybe handing out of Jack Chick tracts. And dire threats that next time your hide will be tanned. I mean, to keep it fundamentalist.
Wonder how bad this principal would’ve had himself beaten if those two boys had been kissing…each other (horrors)???
There is something just flamingly homoerotic about the whole scene as described. Hopefully, someone has pointed that out to the good principal by now.
How does this guy get left in charge of kids???
or :eek: or perhaps :o as approriate.