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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65071989
Principal resigns after Florida students shown Michelangelo statue

A principal of a Florida school has been forced to resign after a parent complained that sixth-grade students were exposed to pornography.


The complaint arose from a Renaissance art lesson where students were shown Michelangelo's statue of David.

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Which Tyler wrote: Sat Mar 25, 2023 3:56 pm https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65071989
Principal resigns after Florida students shown Michelangelo statue

A principal of a Florida school has been forced to resign after a parent complained that sixth-grade students were exposed to pornography.


The complaint arose from a Renaissance art lesson where students were shown Michelangelo's statue of David.

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The USA proudly maintains its position as the least open minded, least cultured western democracy.
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Son of Mathonwy wrote: Sun Mar 26, 2023 3:49 pm The USA proudly maintains its position as the least open minded, least cultured western democracy.
And to show just how bad that is, "western democracy" includes Australia; modern-day Britain, and (just about) Brazil
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Shouldn't you savages be ushering in another PM soon? It's been months.
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morepork wrote: Sun Mar 26, 2023 5:46 pm Shouldn't you savages be ushering in another PM soon? It's been months.
Our next PM (ie the one we had this time last year) received a setback this week.
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Son of Mathonwy wrote: Sun Mar 26, 2023 6:42 pm
morepork wrote: Sun Mar 26, 2023 5:46 pm Shouldn't you savages be ushering in another PM soon? It's been months.
Our next PM (ie the one we had this time last year) received a setback this week.
Indeed. The king over the water has just found out his boat is a bit leaky. Hopefully, he gets a full punishment for his shenanigans and the thing sinks entirely.
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Yet again, grim data documenting the inability of current legislation to account for firearms leads to another mass shooting at a school. Is this lord the fucking flies or what? Fuck this shit.
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Political cartoons can often hit the mark, but this one is incredibly powerful and sums up the nonsense totally.

How someone who was allegedly receiving help for mental health issues can legally buy 7 firearms and hide them away in their parent's home without anyone knowing is beyond me.
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Some of the utter nonsense spewing forth from elected culture warriors following the Fat Man being called up in NYC is just beyond satire. There are calls to neuter the DOJ and FBI....basically defund the police for crackers.


Irony not so string in 'Murrica.
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Yeah, more guns will absolutely be an appropriate tool to reign in irrational anxiety and the consequences thereof. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65299127

Emmett Till x 100. You'd need a Time Machine to be more regressive. I couldn't give two fucks for any calls for "let's assess the facts" - type justification. This shouldn't happen in any civilised discourse. I was out on a bike ride last week and came across a young autistic man that had wandered off piste and had no juice on his phone to call his mum to pick him up from his swimming club. I had no phone either and went to 5 houses before I found someone willing to easily sort the situation out with a call to his mum. The fifth house occupants were fucking fantastic, but should I expect to be shot on sight at the other four? Fuck you and your stand your ground cartoon community.
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morepork wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2023 6:03 pm Yeah, more guns will absolutely be an appropriate tool to reign in irrational anxiety and the consequences thereof. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65299127

Emmett Till x 100. You'd need a Time Machine to be more regressive. I couldn't give two fucks for any calls for "let's assess the facts" - type justification. This shouldn't happen in any civilised discourse. I was out on a bike ride last week and came across a young autistic man that had wandered off piste and had no juice on his phone to call his mum to pick him up from his swimming club. I had no phone either and went to 5 houses before I found someone willing to easily sort the situation out with a call to his mum. The fifth house occupants were fucking fantastic, but should I expect to be shot on sight at the other four? Fuck you and your stand your ground cartoon community.
Jesus fuck that is appalling. Some idiot who has no doubt been wound up by Tucker Carlson et al to be "in fear of his life" at the sight of an unexpected black person, combined with the fact that guns are so normalised that he had one to hand when answering the door. Just incredible.

Glad to hear that the kid is stable. Hope he manages to recover, at least physically.

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Car load of people pull into wrong driveway, woman shot and killed.

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You couldn't make this shit up.
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I can't stand listening to that whining imbecile. None of them give a shit about the situation over and above cynical exploitation for political capital and gouging money from fuckheads.
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Just saw this. It’s incredibly dumb but I know you guys still love torturing yourselves following the idiocy of this debate.

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You really do not require a military knock off, semi automatic weapon for hanging squirrels, hogs or other animals. I'm mean, squirrels, seriously? If thats what turns you on use an air rifle.

Most of these pricks just want to look a bit alley.
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Sandydragon wrote: Thu Apr 20, 2023 10:22 am You really do not require a military knock off, semi automatic weapon for hanging squirrels, hogs or other animals. I'm mean, squirrels, seriously? If thats what turns you on use an air rifle.

Most of these pricks just want to look a bit alley.
Hunting feral hogs I can maybe give them, as their skin is made of teak and they are bloody dangerous when just wounded, so a shit hunter might need a spray and pray weapon. But a squirrel is ridiculous. Surely it would just be entirely vaporised?

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To a large extent the never-ending string of gun killings is driven by an industry bribing politicians. They just don't call it bribery.
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Sandydragon wrote: Thu Apr 20, 2023 10:22 am You really do not require a military knock off, semi automatic weapon for hanging squirrels, hogs or other animals. I'm mean, squirrels, seriously? If thats what turns you on use an air rifle.

Most of these pricks just want to look a bit alley.
I would stay the fuck away from any area that some fat fuck felt compelled to discharge an automatic assault rifle willy nilly in. It's unethical and unsafe, and if you can't handle a humane shot from a single round using a centre fire then you should probably get your pork from the supermarket.
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I can see a place for a semi-auto for shooting feral pigs, i.e. for a pest control scenario rather than true hunting. In Western Aus the mobs got pretty large and did significant damage.
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Why stop there? Mortar? Bazooka?

Meanwhile, an average of 50 people a day die from guns. Thank god the well-regulated militia entrusted by the second amendment allows patriots to defend us from the horrors of basketballs from the neighbours, cheerleaders getting in cars, strange women pulling into our driveways and suspicious looking teenagers ringing our doorbells. Feral pigs too, but not the good kind in uniform.
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morepork wrote: Thu Apr 20, 2023 5:14 pm
Sandydragon wrote: Thu Apr 20, 2023 10:22 am You really do not require a military knock off, semi automatic weapon for hanging squirrels, hogs or other animals. I'm mean, squirrels, seriously? If thats what turns you on use an air rifle.

Most of these pricks just want to look a bit alley.
I would stay the fuck away from any area that some fat fuck felt compelled to discharge an automatic assault rifle willy nilly in. It's unethical and unsafe, and if you can't handle a humane shot from a single round using a centre fire then you should probably get your pork from the supermarket.
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Edit: Sorry, dup.
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