Monday, December 18, 2006
A World Gone Mad
Holy Jumping Catfish.
Have you seen this?:
What's worse, according to the Times -- and confirmed by our own look through Kearny's online forum -- plenty of people in town support the teacher, and are villifying Matthew LaClair. In fact, if it were not for LaClair, no one would even know about it; it turns out that this teacher has been doing this for years.
Let's be clear about this: Matthew LaClair is an American hero. Having the guts and the wits to tape-record this bully of a teacher -- a man who has been using his position as a history teacher to preach his divisive religious views to a captive audience of high school students -- was an outstanding act of patriotism and courage. Outstanding.
201k salutes Matthew LaClair of Kearny, NJ.
Have you seen this?:
Talk in Class Turns to God, Setting Off Public Debate on Rights
By TINA KELLEY
KEARNY, N.J. -- Before David Paszkiewicz got to teach his accelerated 11th-grade history class about the United States Constitution this fall, he was accused of violating it.
Shortly after school began in September, the teacher told his sixth-period students at Kearny High School that evolution and the Big Bang were not scientific, that dinosaurs were aboard Noah's ark, and that only Christians had a place in heaven, according to audio recordings made by a student whose family is now considering a lawsuit claiming Mr. Paszkiewicz broke the church-state boundary.
"If you reject his gift of salvation, then you know where you belong," Mr. Paszkiewicz was recorded saying of Jesus. "He did everything in his power to make sure that you could go to heaven, so much so that he took your sins on his own body, suffered your pains for you, and he's saying, 'Please, accept me, believe.' If you reject that, you belong in hell."
The student, Matthew LaClair, said that he felt uncomfortable with Mr. Paszkiewicz's statements in the first week, and taped eight classes starting Sept. 13 out of fear that officials would not believe the teacher had made the comments.
What's worse, according to the Times -- and confirmed by our own look through Kearny's online forum -- plenty of people in town support the teacher, and are villifying Matthew LaClair. In fact, if it were not for LaClair, no one would even know about it; it turns out that this teacher has been doing this for years.
Let's be clear about this: Matthew LaClair is an American hero. Having the guts and the wits to tape-record this bully of a teacher -- a man who has been using his position as a history teacher to preach his divisive religious views to a captive audience of high school students -- was an outstanding act of patriotism and courage. Outstanding.
201k salutes Matthew LaClair of Kearny, NJ.
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Here we go again. Some kid attempts to stick up for his right not to be preached to and all of the nut jobs come out of the woodwork. For some reason, they think that the constitution was created for those other guys who wear the funny hats and stuff. I am sure a number of the posts were third parties trying to stir up the mud. Enough of them were serious that you have to wonder.
When you listen to people who support the teacher (Paszkiewicz), it always seem to take this form: That little punk just doesn't appreciate the sacrifices that these God fearing people made for his freedoms. He has the right to stand up and say all this nasty stuff thanks to the people who gave it all up for Jesus. When you point out that all he is doing is exercising those rights, it is pointed out that only good God fearing people deserve them. Its a pathetic circular argument.
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When you listen to people who support the teacher (Paszkiewicz), it always seem to take this form: That little punk just doesn't appreciate the sacrifices that these God fearing people made for his freedoms. He has the right to stand up and say all this nasty stuff thanks to the people who gave it all up for Jesus. When you point out that all he is doing is exercising those rights, it is pointed out that only good God fearing people deserve them. Its a pathetic circular argument.
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