Sunday, 11 July 2010

WRIST ACTION DOWN UNDER
LEADS TO LEGAL ACTION

From THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD:

In March 2007, during a personal development class at Broughton Anglican College, in Menangle Park, a rap song with explicit lyrics and adult themes was played to year 10 students. One of the boys present, Charles Bird, then 15, was thrown out of the class for allegedly making "inappropriate gestures of masturbation." The student insisted he was only impersonating an opera singer, but was expelled from the college.

He is suing the Campbelltown Anglican Schools Council for negligence, arguing that students should not have been allowed to dance, sing and play music containing bad language and sexual innuendo. ''The effect of the teacher permitting the activities … was to make students within the class boisterous, ill behaved and out of teacher control,'' his statement of claim, filed in the District Court, says. Mr Bird claims there was no justification for his expulsion and that he suffered psychological shock, anxiety and depression and disruption to his academic career.

COMMENT: I think they should have sacked Bruce from the Department of Personal Development, not the lad. In my day making a wanker sign in class might have resulted in a "good" caning. But no way would a schoolboy have been expelled for being childish. And when our schoolmasters presented adult themes in lessons it was invariably they that made the crude comments first. In fact, that's about all I can remember from the classes I attended on Shakespeare's plays.

You know, Devo were right about everything. We are going backwards at an alarming speed, and will soon be wearing puritan garb and burning witches again.

Enlightenment.
What Enlightenment?
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15 comments:

  1. We are going backwards at an alarming speed, and will soon be wearing puritan garb and burning witches again.

    I feel that I really must point out that witchcraft was first made a crime in Europe generally by Pope Innocent VIII in 1484 (distinctly not a Puritan), and in this country by King James VI (also distinctly not a Puritan) and that this state of affairs continued here until towards the very end of the reign of Charles II (likewise). Also the Witchfinder General was not employed by the Puritan government to hunt witches - he was a self-employed hired gun. Also most witches were hanged, not burned, but that's by the by.

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  2. PS It's true everyone in Australia is called Bruce though. Even the women.

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  5. Are we not men? We are devo!

    I'm curious which opera singer wanks on stage. Is that available on You Tube?

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  6. " Die Meisterbators von Nürnberg"

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  7. oh very good, Mad Priest - you've outdone yourself with that one :-)

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  8. " Die Meisterbators von Nürnberg"

    I agree with "Bruce"! Truly excellent!

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  9. I knew you wouldn't let me down. Being the straight man is a lot of hard work, and don't even get me started about sexuality. (Bah ding! See - it's best that I'm the "straight" man.)

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  10. So even the Sheilas are named Bruce?

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  11. Yes, Bruce. But not the poofters because there are no poofters!

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  12. "There are no poofters, there is only Oz."

    - Brucebusters

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  13. So even the Sheilas are named Bruce?

    That's right mate, but none of the blokes mind being called "Sheila". It's only fair.

    Re poofters though, don't ever go buying a Bacardi Breezer in the Outback:

    http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/virals/article76312.ece

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  14. (PS Can I point out, on behalf of my compatriots, that that receipt is a hoax. The Royal Mail hotel is not happy about it, either. They are as gay-friendly as the next pub in Western Australia, apparently.)

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  15. They are as gay-friendly as the next pub in Western Australia, apparently.

    No comment.

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