I can't find the exact quote you are refering to but here are a few that come close...
Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die. -- Herbert Clark Hoover
I hate those men who would send into war youth to fight and die for them; the pride and cowardice of those old men, making their wars that boys must die. -- Mary Roberts Rinehart
I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in. -- George McGovern
Is this the rec.models.rockets forum or the alt.politics forum.
aeroforce100
Uh, yes.
TK
I don't take a 14 year old students outlandish paper seriously. I do take Dubya and his policies seriously. When I wrote "serious offence", I meant that in the common way as offensive to god and civilized man. There are many laws put in place under the lawmaking procedure of the US constitution that are offensive, unfair, unjust, and even unconstitutional. I suspect the student was being facetious, exercising free speech in a civics assignment, and not making a credible threat. I also believe that the student is stupid and an embarrassment to her teacher, school, and community. Nevertheless, I think society would be better served if her teacher made her less stupid, rather than trying to get rid of her.
To me, it just seems that this whole thread has gotten a bit out of hand and doesn't belong on RMR.
No one knows the full background on this, nor is a lawyer. And I can't see how it applies to model/HP rockets!
What would have happened if the girl had substituted "Jerry Irvine" for George W. Bush in her paper?
Wouldn't have mattered, unless and until Jerry Irvine is elected a president of the US.
David Erbas-White
snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com wrote:
Nuts! It was so peaceful and quite here for a while. Can't you just let sleeping dogs lie? You have to ask "The Economist" if he feels threatened by stupid a 14 year old girl, armed with a civics paper assignment.
I think You already know the answer to that one. :)
I wasn't being "combative", I just think it's an annoyingly stupid quote.
Whatever Ray....whatever.
Ted Novak TRA#5512 IEAS#75
I didn't say a word.. (:-)
Pretty dumb. Even for a 14 year old.
Of course, if the bullies, jocks, populars, normals, etc. threaten an uncool, you can be almost certain that teacher's eye will be conveniently blind.
Of course the other way around, you get your Zero Tolerance.
DGH
We also live in a country where "vigilante justice" is a big pop fantasy.
And taking out unpopular world leaders is up there with that.
DGH
It's hard to imagine not calling her on the carpet and telling her that this isn't how we do things here.
DGH
She may have been an angry creative or an even more undesirable straight up right brainer.
How dare some of these students be so antisocial as to have unacceptable skills that are outside the box of sports, spelling, and brown nosing? And how dare they be such trouble makers if they don't like teachers brow beating those unacceptable skills out of them?
DGH
Bingo!
Yep. Hollywood even turned the Revolutionary War into just another personal revenge movie ("Patriot").
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