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In response to "It's an attempt to doctrinate someone else's child in a belief the parents don't have. -- nm" by CovingtonCat

sure, and it would lead to a long talk with my kid about what it meant to him, etc., and an angry call to the coach, perhaps.

Posted by znufrii Sep 9 '09, 06:17

not a press release and lawsuit against the school

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What makes this any different than hazing? nm -- nm - Jim Sep 9, 06:20 20
- For starters, less than half the team attended in the first place, and less than half those who attended voluntarily came forward to be baptized. - Ender Sep 9, 06:45 19
  - It amazes me that you are okay with subterfuge as a way of promoting religion. Parents were NOT consulted. End of story. - TWuG Sep 9, 06:50 18
    - Exactly. If a coach had taken a kid to church IN the county, no baptism, parents should be livid. And he went so much further. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 07:04
    - It was a Baptism, so it's ok. If it had been a Muslin practice, he'd be all up in arms - BB Sep 9, 06:59 6
      - Fuck you. -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 07:05 5
        
        Clever response. -- nm - BB Sep 9, 07:07 4
        
        What did you expect? You put words in my mouth and intimated that I'm a hypocrite and a bigot. That doesn't call for a well reasoned 3 paragraph response. I stand by it. -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 07:08 3
        
        Good for you. - BB Sep 9, 07:09 2
        
        I repeat, fuck you. You clearly don't know me or what I think and I won't dignify your ill-informed vitriol with an actual response. -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 07:14 1
        
        You know the board rolled, right? -- nm - BB Sep 9, 07:16
    - I don't think the subterfuge was on the coach's part. - Ender Sep 9, 06:57 9
      - However, the coach clearly didn't verify with parents it was ok. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 07:06
      - Which does nothing to change the fact that the service was out of line in the first place and the coach and superintendent had NO business organizing - TWuG Sep 9, 07:05 7
        
        That's why it wasn't an organized, school sanctioned activity. -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 07:09 6
        
        The superintendent was there. The coach used a school bus. - Pope Benedict XVI Sep 9, 07:16 1
        
        SFAN! -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 9, 07:16
        
        it was done as a team, organized by the coach. School organization, school authority. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 07:14 3
        
        It wasn't done "as a team", over half the team decided not to go. -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 07:18 2
        
        20 players went. That's pretty much a team to me. -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 9, 07:19 1
        
        Then your team's gonna get it's ass handed to them by a real team. -- nm - Ender Sep 9, 07:26
The coach took the kids to a non-school function without the parents permission. - CovingtonCat Sep 9, 06:19

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sure, and it would lead to a long talk with my kid about what it meant to him, etc., and an angry call to the coach, perhaps.

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