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Hi.
I'm new! I wanted to introduce myself but I also wanted some advice.
I am thinking of planning/joining a protest.
See, there are these two girls at my school in a relationship and they've been told by some teachers that they're not allowed to show any signs of affection towards each other even though straight couples are allowed to kiss and hug and hold hands etc.
Basically loads of kids are unhappy with this but what should we do to show our support and stand up against the school? Preferably not violent 
I might not be the same, but that's not important. No freedom till we're equal, damn right I support it.
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Heil_Kaiba8921
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RE: Hi.
We're up all night to get lucky 
Favorite actor?
Favorite movie?
For the protest you could organize a sit-in (the easiest form of non-violent protest i know about honestly...and the cheapest) and just not go into school, just sit on the sidewalk at the front door
The less you try to control things, the less you need to.
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"free speech under the constitution only guarantees the government won't stop him saying it and does not guarantee his right to say things and have no consequences at all as a result. also i completely doubt that he is motivated solely by "i'm saying it because i can" and is probably motivated by a more shitheady motive like "i think it's funny to annoy people and Rustle Le Jimmies™ and is just hiding behind the first amendment to try to deflect any consequences or make you realize that being allowed to annoy people is a superior moral right. you can still disdain someone for doing things for dumbarse wankery purposes and you have evne more right to ban and insult them for it" ~Trar's friend about Potato.
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RE: Hi.
(05-01-2013 11:43 PM)Heil_Kaiba8921 Wrote: We're up all night to get lucky
Favorite actor?
Favorite movie?
For the protest you could organize a sit-in (the easiest form of non-violent protest i know about honestly...and the cheapest) and just not go into school, just sit on the sidewalk at the front door
Probably the King's Speech. That or mean girls.
Will Poulter!
We were thinking of getting a group of the same sex to hold hands in a chain across the play ground.
Thanks for the advice! 
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SoulRiser
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Hi.
Welcome!
As for protesting... that hand holding thing is a good idea. Or a huge group hug as well. Or both. If you have enough people and a big enough open area, you could spell out a word with all the humans, and have someone take a photo and post it online, with an explanation of what's going on.
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Hi.
POSTERS!
Yes. Posters. Fool-proof and have guaranteed a level of success since Martin Luther's 95 theses in 1517.
Oh and Welcome to SS!
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Hi.
Hello. Good choice on the King's Speech, by the way. I was personally touched by it simply because I'm a severe stutterer as well. But back on topic.
I love the mass holding hands idea, though it may be a bit more effective if you have both sexes hold hand opposite from each other. (All guys on one side holding hands, all girls on the other holding hands) And everyone of the same sex having the same color shirt on, symbolizing unity.
But welcome to SS.
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Hi.
Guys holding hands would be considered a normal thing by the Saudis though 
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RE: Hi.
In the show Kids in America, the students at a high school face the same thing...so one kid got them all to kiss a person of the same sex...you could try that too
The less you try to control things, the less you need to.
Boredom is the #1 enemy of learning. Therefore, school is the #1 enemy of learning.
"Bodies fucking fuck."~Night.Artist
"free speech under the constitution only guarantees the government won't stop him saying it and does not guarantee his right to say things and have no consequences at all as a result. also i completely doubt that he is motivated solely by "i'm saying it because i can" and is probably motivated by a more shitheady motive like "i think it's funny to annoy people and Rustle Le Jimmies™ and is just hiding behind the first amendment to try to deflect any consequences or make you realize that being allowed to annoy people is a superior moral right. you can still disdain someone for doing things for dumbarse wankery purposes and you have evne more right to ban and insult them for it" ~Trar's friend about Potato.
Thanks for the diploma… can I have my childhood back?
I’d love to have a battle of wits with you… but I hate to fight the unarmed.
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RE: Hi.
(05-02-2013 04:08 AM)SoulRiser Wrote: Welcome!
As for protesting... that hand holding thing is a good idea. Or a huge group hug as well. Or both. If you have enough people and a big enough open area, you could spell out a word with all the humans, and have someone take a photo and post it online, with an explanation of what's going on.
Taking it online sounds like a good idea actually! Thanks
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(05-02-2013 06:12 AM)brainiac3397 Wrote: POSTERS!
Yes. Posters. Fool-proof and have guaranteed a level of success since Martin Luther's 95 theses in 1517.
Oh and Welcome to SS!
Could be tricky getting them up unnoticed and paying for the printing, but worth a try 
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(05-03-2013 07:33 PM)Heil_Kaiba8921 Wrote: In the show Kids in America, the students at a high school face the same thing...so one kid got them all to kiss a person of the same sex...you could try that too
Sounds good. Might have a bit of trouble getting volunteers as our community is very homophobic, but if it worked it would definitely make a mark! 
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(05-02-2013 03:22 PM)Trapacity Wrote: Hello. Good choice on the King's Speech, by the way. I was personally touched by it simply because I'm a severe stutterer as well. But back on topic.
I love the mass holding hands idea, though it may be a bit more effective if you have both sexes hold hand opposite from each other. (All guys on one side holding hands, all girls on the other holding hands) And everyone of the same sex having the same color shirt on, symbolizing unity.
But welcome to SS.
Well we have school uniform so that would be easy to arrange. I'm glad I found a fellow King's Speech lover! Did the film inspire or help you in anyway? It inspired me and I don't even have a stutter
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(05-03-2013 04:38 AM)brainiac3397 Wrote: Guys holding hands would be considered a normal thing by the Saudis though
Haha yes What is the symbol on your profile? 
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Hi.
Your pic reminds me of Dax Joven for some reason.
Hello, traveler.
This is an ancient account I have not used in a long time. My views have changed much in the intervening months and years.
Nonetheless, I refuse to clean it up. Pretending that I've held my current views since the beginning of time is what we in the industry call a lie. Asking people to do so contributes to moralistic self-loathing. "See, those people have nothing damning! I do! I'm truly vile!"
Because you can never be a good person with a single blemish on the moral record, I thought that simply entertaining some thoughts made me irredeemable. Though I don't care for his writing style, William Faulkner presents a good counterexample. He went from being a typical Southern racist to supporting the civil rights movement. These days we'd yell at him for that, probably.
People are allowed to change their views.
Nevertheless, this period of my life has informed some of how I am today. In good ways and bad ways. To purge it would be to do a disservice to history. Perhaps it will not make anyone sympathetic, but it may help someone understand.
If, after reading all this, you still decide to use the post above as evidence that I am evil today, ask yourself if you have never disagreed with the moral code you now follow. In all likelihood you did, at some point. If some questions are verboten, and the answer is "how dare you ask that," don't expect your ideological opponents to ever change their minds.
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(05-24-2013 04:11 AM)up all night got demons to fight Wrote: (05-03-2013 04:38 AM)brainiac3397 Wrote: Guys holding hands would be considered a normal thing by the Saudis though
Haha yes What is the symbol on your profile?
The Anarcho-Communist symbol?
I usually use that as a visual shock tool. Sure, I've got an Anarcho-Communist hat I put on every once in a while(along with my fascist, libertarian, radical anarchist revolutionary and troll hats as major examples). I'm a complicated being, seeing that I share my mind with 3 other entities.
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RE: Hi.
Everyone should wear pink triangles. Btw, you're awesome!
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RE: Hi.
(05-24-2013 08:18 PM)TheCancer Wrote: Everyone should wear pink triangles. Btw, you're awesome!
I second this notion.
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