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Phennommennonn
(OP) Forum Administrator User ID: 581503 United States 06/07/2009 09:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | i do not see anything wrong with the first version. it was true to form, raw, concise.... even if it was a feeble attempt at wit - censoring this version in lieu of the latter only gives an illusion, not the reality. political correctness is a doctrine.... fostered by a delusional, illogical minority...... and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media; which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end. |
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Phennommennonn
(OP) Forum Administrator User ID: 581503 United States 06/07/2009 09:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Freedom of speech, eh? Quoting: TX PATRIOT 696790. hey TXP where've ya been? havent seen you around much. hope all has been well with you :) political correctness is a doctrine.... fostered by a delusional, illogical minority...... and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media; which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end. |
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User ID: 694615 United States 06/07/2009 09:21 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The kid should have agreed to give the revised speech, then got up there and give the original. That would have taken true grit and original thought. If the story is true, it infuriates me. Czar: 1) An unelected person given substantial authority over a particular policy; 2) sometimes used to refer to monarchs of imperial Russia. ---------- “A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have.” - Thomas Jefferson |
Phennommennonn
(OP) Forum Administrator User ID: 581503 United States 06/07/2009 09:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The kid should have agreed to give the revised speech, then got up there and give the original. Quoting: XLR8That would have taken true grit and original thought. If the story is true, it infuriates me. that would have been something id have done yanno i have a copy somewhere of mine - i wasnt val, but we were allowed to write speeches at our newspaper. one student from a select 'group'. im gonna go dig it out. i think its in my siggie book. political correctness is a doctrine.... fostered by a delusional, illogical minority...... and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media; which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end. |
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(OP) Forum Administrator User ID: 581503 United States 06/07/2009 10:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | i found it. here it is. Here we are 1982. When we first came to West we were nerdy freshmen, we didn't fit in and we didn't think we would see this day come. West combined the four corners of Shittown. We did not like each other. We were thrown together like Paul Mc Cartney's song "Ebony & Ivory" and forced to coexist within these commons. We eventually found our niche, settling in within our own cliques by our sophomore year. Jocks, heads, richies, punks, nerds, acadummies - we mixed as well as oil & vinegar. It took one incident to bring us all together in 1981: When our friend Janice vanished. West cracked down with security, student narcs within our dailies. Setting us up, searching us, invading our privacy,and sending us away. No one cared 'why' she was missing. No one gave a damn. "They" looked at what was on the surface and not beneath. We didn't know who to trust. All we had was each other. Our day of reckoning shocked the town. I am proud of this day. It proved to the establishment that we were have a voice, that we will not be controlled, and that we RULE. "They" didn't see us coming. 1042am that Thursday morning anarchy flooded the 3 towers. Desks, chairs, books, went airborne out the windows. We walked out those doors, and "they" couldn't stop us. Not even the Suffolk County Police. The sign hung between E and G towers above the stairwell sent a shock wave throughout the school, from Billy Joel's "Good night Saigon" - ' And we will all go down together '. Coming together like we did, uniting in solidarity may not have changed much but it changed what was most important to and for all of us. We really aren't much different from one another. We may dress differently, we may listen to different music, we may enjoy different activities but we share one common ground. "Us". The catalyst and the base makes the strength. As we look back we ask 'How did we get here?'. It doesn't matter anymore, because we're here now. I am proud to call each and every one of you my classmate and friend. Class of 82 I salute you. political correctness is a doctrine.... fostered by a delusional, illogical minority...... and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media; which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end. |
XLR8
User ID: 694615 United States 06/07/2009 10:13 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Phe, what's the back story. What happened to Janice? Czar: 1) An unelected person given substantial authority over a particular policy; 2) sometimes used to refer to monarchs of imperial Russia. ---------- “A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have.” - Thomas Jefferson |
Phennommennonn
(OP) Forum Administrator User ID: 581503 United States 06/07/2009 10:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Phe, what's the back story. What happened to Janice? Quoting: XLR8janice disappeared w/o a trace on oct 30 1981. she was busted for weed and the cops wanted her to narc on her friends at school. she didnt. the day before her grand jury hearing she vanished w/o a trace. the police didnt look for her. she did NOT run away. edit: still missing Last Edited by Phennommennonn on 06/07/2009 01:42 PM political correctness is a doctrine.... fostered by a delusional, illogical minority...... and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media; which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end. |
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(OP) Forum Administrator User ID: 581503 United States 06/07/2009 02:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ...and that is how sheep are groomed. Quoting: blackcat66 348276:::soocntst: political correctness is a doctrine.... fostered by a delusional, illogical minority...... and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media; which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end. |
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