Furor After North Dakota Principal Rejects Student's Gun Yearbook Photo
Yep, this is a thing:
It really does speak for itself, but I suppose a few words should be added. So here goes: Just...why? The kid also looks absolutely ridiculous. The principal is doing him a favor.
People are upset the principal doesn't want a picture of a kid toting a rifle in the year book.
I just can't get over how ridiculous the kid looks though.
^^^its in bad taste, but you HAVE to know that. Why you want/need it spelled out is a different question entirely.
Anyway...
Charlie Renville wrote that he felt the picture was "no different then (sic) the pictures in the school library of soldiers during anyone of our nations (sic) wars,"...
LOL at this. Sorry, Charlie, your son is not a soldier. 😛
Originally posted by Henry_Pym
Why is this controversial?
Is he breaking the law? No
Is he doing something amoral? No
Is it inappropriate? No, sounds like a good kid.Stop censoring people
Nobody said he was breaking the law. But this is a damn year book, does he need a gun toting picture for that? Especially with recent school shootings in the past few years? Let's not pretend doing this took a lack of common sense.
Also I'm sure you've been to high school. The underlying message this kid is trying to get off is "look at me I'm a badass with a gun".
Originally posted by Surturis a picture going to shoot kids?
Nobody said he was breaking the law. But this is a damn year book, does he need a gun toting picture for that? Especially with recent school shootings in the past few years? Let's not pretend doing this took a lack of common sense.Also I'm sure you've been to high school. The underlying message this kid is trying to get off is "look at me I'm a badass with a gun".
Serious question
Originally posted by riv6672I don't see the difference? Because we wore a uniform with our service weapon?
^^^its in bad taste, but you HAVE to know that. Why you want/need it spelled out is a different question entirely.Anyway...
Charlie Renville wrote that he felt the picture was "no different then (sic) the pictures in the school library of soldiers during anyone of our nations (sic) wars,"...
LOL at this. Sorry, Charlie, your son is not a soldier. 😛
No a picture isn't going to shoot kids. Nobody ever said it would. The implication was that with recent events in mind this was stupid to even try. The fact is he isn't a soldier, he hasn't served his country or signed up to do so. It's some douche holding a gun.
I'm just shocked he isn't wearing a confederate flag t-shirt or something.
I guess this comes down to whether or not you believe the school has the right to refuse to add pictures of students into the yearbook.
Honestly I think they do. I mean if they kid had submitted a nude photo of himself I think we would all agree the school could tell him no. Or one where he is holding a Jack Daniels bottle.
Exactly, HS year book pics generally have to follow a set of guidelines set by the school. Fail-flexing in a U.S.A. beater while holding a gun probably isn't in the rules.
The parents should really thank the principal and send him/her a nice basket or edible arrangement. That person just saved their son epic levels of ridicule.
Originally posted by Newjakso owning a gun is equal to child pornography and underage drinking?
I guess this comes down to whether or not you believe the school has the right to refuse to add pictures of students into the yearbook.Honestly I think they do. I mean if they kid had submitted a nude photo of himself I think we would all agree the school could tell him no. Or one where he is holding a Jack Daniels bottle.
@literally everyone else
Do you spend your day mocking people for their high school yearbook photos? I've literally never seen anyone of my friend's; outside of those I actually went to school with...
Originally posted by Henry_Pymfacepalm I think you missed the main point. It could be any number of things. A shirt with a nazi symbol on it or a racist saying.
so owning a gun is equal to child pornography and underage drinking?
The point is that there are things we could all generally agree on that we would be okay with the school not allowing into a yearbook picture. And that it not the end of the world if the school doesn't want a student photo holding a gun.
Originally posted by Henry_Pym
so owning a gun is equal to child pornography and underage drinking?
The issue isn't whether guns are bad or not, it's whether guns are appropriate things to associate with a high school.
Just understand this: it isn't the image itself, it's the context. If this were just a Facebook post, he'd just look like a tool, but it'd be perfectly fine. But it's not a Facebook post, it's a yearbook photo.