On Apr 9 2013 10:40 AM, O-PGManager wrote:
> On Apr 9 2013 2:25 AM, risky biz wrote:
>
> > On Apr 8 2013 8:57 PM, O-PGManager wrote:
> >
> > > On Apr 8 2013 7:51 PM, risky biz wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Apr 8 2013 1:32 PM, O-PGManager wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Apr 8 2013 3:56 PM, risky biz wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > The article you cited says, "Wilcox County High School does not
have
> an
> > > > > > official, school-sponsored prom, or even a stance on the issue."
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, it said that BS copout. It also talked about yearbook coverage
> and
> > > > > elections and signs on the walls at the school.
> > > >
> > > > No. It didn't say anything about anyone (public or private) promoting
the
> > > > supposedly whites only prom inside the school or in the yearbook.
> > >
> > > It talked about the coverage of prom kings/queens in the yearbook. You
> > > really think all mention of prom is scrubbed in the yearbooks? Are you
> > > just making up facts for yourself as you go?
> >
> > As a matter of fact I read the article. A black girl was selected as the
> > prom queen and her picture was in the yearbook. Do you think the so-called
> > whites-only prom selected her? How does that promote a whites-only prom?
> > Make some sense.
>
> Coverage and acknowledgement is tacit approval. This isn't complicated.
Your stupid article doesn't explain how a white boy was selected king and
a black girl was selected queen. Were they both elected by student voting
by all the students? Was one election held for black queen and another for
white king? Start answering some simple questions yourself if you claim to
know everything about it. The pictures in the yearbook are meaningless
without that BASIC information.
> > On the other hand you expect the school to somehow shut down this other
> > prom. Why do you think the school has standing to shut down a private
> > party?
>
> They don't. They can sponsor (organize, promote, execute) an alternative.
That's what they want to do. But you insist they "take steps to sponsor it
and make it happen". Maybe you should offer to help pay for it. Do you
feel you have standing to refuse to help pay for it if it's such a big
concern of yours? If you do have standing to decline why doesn't the
school? Can't they decide what they can afford and what they can't?
And the bottom line is still that the article says absolutely nothing
about whether they took additional steps or not. All it says is that the
school didn't stop the private event which is a stupid statement. You the
leapt to the following conclusion: "Probably because they all think it's
fine and dandy, like most of the people on this sad newsgroup." What is
this other than pure invention? Maybe they can't afford a school sponsored
prom. Did you ever consider that?