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Riding in a Limo can be dangerous too...
Man Rushes Pope-Mobile
VATICAN CITY - A 27 year old German man wearing sunglasses, a pink T-shirt, dark shorts and a beige baseball cap jumped over the barricade and attempted to commandeer the Pope mobile. He held onto it for only a few seconds before Holy Water was tossed on him and he released his grip."It burns...it burns..." he screamed as he thrashed about on the ground. The Pope was not hurt but appeared pretty pissed off. "Damn, right it burns. Don't ever touch my ride again," he berated the man over his shoulder as the procession continued the rest of the way without incident.The man reportedly told authorities that he was simply trying to give the Pope his business card. "I just wanted to pimp his ride, that's all. I mean, look at it. It's screaming for a make-over. Now, I figure some spinning red rims and maybe a couple of cobalt blue lightening bolts across the door to begin with..."
After listening to what the man intended to do with the Pope mobile, Rev. Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, appeared briefly before the media, still ashen-faced...he declared the man to be "mentally imbalanced." "What he wants to do with the Pope mobile is just plain wacked," he said. "I mean, a spinning, gold-trimmed Prophecies of Fatima license plate with neon outline? Neon? This is the Pope we're talking about here, not some TV evangelist." Vatican police took the unidentified man to an undisclosed hospital for psychiatric treatment. Remarking about his attire, Vatican security noted, "He needs some serious help with that fashion statement. Dressed like that, there was no way in Hell that the Pope was going to let him anywhere near his ride."
Deborah:
--- Quote from: ""Ursus"" ---Personally, I think a great deal of the concern lies more with the "sex" issue than with the "excess expenditure" issue.
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I tend to agree with you.
"Excess Expenditure" is what this country thrives on. It's what most strive for- to earn loads of money and spend it frivolously and wastefully.
It's partly, sometimes primarily, what programs profess to be best at-
"Prepping" kids for college, not to persue what actually interests them. It's certainly what most parents want- their kid to finish school and get accepted to a prestigous university, college at the least.
Programs frequently define their 'success' by how many kids move on to college.
"Prepping" them to persue a degree and earn big bucks so they can become excessly expending consumers.
What they don't want is negative press associated with their program/school which might result from post-prom excesses. This is more a zero tolerance/ protect our image issue than and an excessive expenditure issue.
What? Are they really believing that kids stay virgins and refrain from substances all through high school, saving it for that special night? Hmmm. I seriously doubt that.
And, ultimately, isn't it still a parent's job to know where their kid is and what they're doing post-prom?
Anonymous:
Hadn't even thought about that:
--- Quote from: ""Deborah"" ---What they don't want is negative press associated with their program/school which might result from post-prom excesses. This is more a zero tolerance/ protect our image issue than and an excessive expenditure issue.
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Are you saying that Hyde was more concerned about what students might do in or to the town of Woodstock in the aftermath? Prom was held off campus. I bet the locals would be more than interested in that issue, ha ha ha!
Ursus:
--- Quote from: ""Deborah"" ---And, ultimately, isn't it still a parent's job to know where their kid is and what they're doing post-prom?
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See Joe Gauld's piece on "Isn't Hyde Ever Wrong?" re. just what Hyde thinks of parent's say in their kids upbringing while they are at Hyde:
Since kids--and their parents--have been far more immersed in this counter growth culture than has Hyde, Hyde can be far more objective about how to best address the true growth needs of kids. And given the limited time available, Hyde insists on being the final judge on growth issues. We are in a better position than parents to determine a student's true best and further we consider our commitment to help each student realize that best a sacred trust.
So--Yes, we may be wrong, and thus we appreciate all the input we can get. However in the end, we urge parents that until graduation to defer to Hyde's judgment, not their own. To instead accept their own judgment becomes a clear statement to their children that the Hyde experience is simply an add-on to old family dynamics, and not a new beginning for the entire family.
http://fornits.com/wwf/viewtopic.php?t=17336&start=14
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: ""Deborah"" ---
--- Quote from: ""Ursus"" ---Personally, I think a great deal of the concern lies more with the "sex" issue than with the "excess expenditure" issue.
--- End quote ---
I tend to agree with you.
"Excess Expenditure" is what this country thrives on. It's what most strive for- to earn loads of money and spend it frivolously and wastefully.
It's partly, sometimes primarily, what programs profess to be best at-
"Prepping" kids for college, not to persue what actually interests them. It's certainly what most parents want- their kid to finish school and get accepted to a prestigous university, college at the least.
Programs frequently define their 'success' by how many kids move on to college.
"Prepping" them to persue a degree and earn big bucks so they can become excessly expending consumers.
What they don't want is negative press associated with their program/school which might result from post-prom excesses. This is more a zero tolerance/ protect our image issue than and an excessive expenditure issue.
What? Are they really believing that kids stay virgins and refrain from substances all through high school, saving it for that special night? Hmmm. I seriously doubt that.
And, ultimately, isn't it still a parent's job to know where their kid is and what they're doing post-prom?
--- End quote ---
I wonder whether Maine and Connecticut will follow suit and begin to regulate Hyde.
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