Friday is the deadline for students at St. Hugo of the Hills Catholic School to follow orders or risk suspension. School Principal Sister Margaret Van Velzen sent letters home to parents this week saying, in part, that if families allow children to continue their MySpace.com sites, they will not be allowed to return to school. The school plans to use its computer-savvy staff members to monitor the site for student activity.The principal declined comment, but St. Hugo office manager Judy Martinek said the principal just wants to keep the students safe.
“We’ve stated our position and we hope all students are in the process of taking down their sites by tomorrow,” said Martinek.
Jerry Herron, Wayne State University professor of American Studies, thinks keeping kids off the site may just offer a false sense of security.
“They may heave a sigh of relief and think maybe this problem will be solved, but a predator who wants to violate children will find a way, electronically or otherwise, sadly,” he said.
Of course, parents should establish access systems for their kids – and explain why to the kids. Turning the responsibility over to the thought police is a bit different.
I bet you can #20…. I bet you can
19 – How many throats do you have? Just curious. I’m sure you’re right and banning mySpace will solve the problem and keep your throats safe from tax increases. Makes perfect sense.
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BTW it wasn’t pedophile priests but predatory homosexual men (all men on boys).
Uuhh, a pedophile is one who sexually preys on children. A twelve yr old alter boy generally qualifies as a child. I’m certain that if given the opportunity, the priests would have also preyed on altergirls, if the Catholic church wasn’t so oppressed against women. Secondly, they were priests then and some are even bishops now.
Some of the music is the most violent hate related music,
Would it be anything like the Catholic Church advocating enslaving women? Or keeping people poor and overburdened with too many mouths to feed? Or suggesting that there is no room for dialog from laypeople? Or insisting that only certain men, chosen from among themselves, are capable of leading the church? Or that if I don’t “confess” my sins to another man behind some screen I am going to HELL? Or that I must partake in a ritual cannibalistic ceremony to demonstrate my love for some guy who father killed him? Or that saying “Hail Mary, full of grace, …” so many times makes your screw-ups become OK now?
FYI, I grew up with Catholics. In fact, they were the majority in our neighborhood. They had a lot more teen pregnancies then did the secular school kids. And that is even after the Catholics expelled the bad apples.
No, Catholics are not the worst people or even religion in the world. It is, however, all the stupid interpretations they put on everything that make them, as a group, so evil.
#23. “No, Catholics are not the worst people or even religion in the world. It is, however, all the stupid interpretations they put on everything that make them, as a group, so evil.”
Wow, Mr. Fusion, if you substituted ‘Muslims’ or ‘Jews’ for ‘Catholics’ in that sentence, many people might think it was a rather bigoted statement.
For the record:
Church Hierarchy /= All Catholics
The Catholic laity, particularly in the United States, routinely ignores those portions of official doctrine (as promulgated by a cadre of out of touch, largely socially-retarded, supposedly-celibate men in clerical collars) that they disagree with. That goes for the bans on birth control, the opposition to capital punishment, remarriage after divorce, and the rest.
Uuhh, a pedophile is one who sexually preys on children. A twelve yr old alter boy generally qualifies as a child. I’m certain that if given the opportunity, the priests would have also preyed on altergirls, if the Catholic church wasn’t so oppressed against women. Secondly, they were priests then and some are even bishops now.
Yep nice excuse but it doesn’t change the facts. These predators had full access to girls but choose boys for a reason AKA they were predatory homosexuals. I know the truth is sometimes hard to swallow. I agree Homosexuals should not have access to young boys and I would sentences each one who committed these crimes to death as would most Catholics.
Would it be anything like the Catholic Church advocating enslaving women?
Really? Interesting since women are of a huge importance in the Catholic church since it is one of the few Christian religions which places such a high importance on Jesus’s mother Mary. Another reason you find such a large number of Catholic women. Please find me a Catholic woman who advocates being enslaved. You are just laughable. Ignorant people like you are why so many are bigoted towards Catholics you don’t even know anything about them.
Or keeping people poor and overburdened with too many mouths to feed?
Do you even know any Catholics? Or this just one of your typical bigoted rants.
Or suggesting that there is no room for dialog from laypeople?
Really? Have you ever heard opinions from the Irish and Italians? I would say they get their dialogs in.
Or insisting that only certain men, chosen from among themselves, are capable of leading the church?
Really? Then how do they get new priests and cardinals? This is like criticizing the democratic party for electing it’s chairmen.
Or that if I don’t “confess” my sins to another man behind some screen I am going to HELL?
Did you hear this were you got your other bullshit ideas? Confession is voluntary and no threats are made about going to hell if you don’t. That is just laughable.
Or that I must partake in a ritual cannibalistic ceremony to demonstrate my love for some guy who father killed him?
HAHAHAHA! Typical ignorance. Look I am not even religious but at least I don’t make shit up:
“catholics believe they eat the entire Body, Blood, Soul, Divinity and Person of Jesus Christ, spiritually”
Or that saying “Hail Mary, full of grace, …” so many times makes your screw-ups become OK now?
Repeating prayers is a form of meditation but you probably wouldn’t call Ghandi a screw-up.
FYI, I grew up with Catholics. In fact, they were the majority in our neighborhood. They had a lot more teen pregnancies then did the secular school kids. And that is even after the Catholics expelled the bad apples.
Please I attended both schools and teen pregnancy, drug use ect… were astronomical in public schools and non-existent in Catholic schools. Don’t get me wrong it happened just not like bigots like you tried to make it out to be. So please don’t make any more shit up and stop spreading you lies.
No, Catholics are not the worst people or even religion in the world. It is, however, all the stupid interpretations they put on everything that make them, as a group, so evil.
Well since you don’t even know what their interpretations are let alone have a clue about them I suggest you go talk to some. Actually you have, you just don’t know it because they don’t preach to you or profess they are Catholic. You are the worst bigot I have ever met and the most ignorant.
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