Birthday Party Snub Sparks Debate in Sweden

citytillidie

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7479758.stm


An eight-year-old boy has sparked an unlikely outcry in Sweden after failing to invite two of his classmates to his birthday party.
The boy's school says he has violated the children's rights and has complained to the Swedish Parliament.

aidan_walsh

Yep.

smellslikeshoes

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055324195
too slow

Steve_o

citytillidie wrote: »

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7479758.stm


An eight-year-old boy has sparked an unlikely outcry in Sweden after failing to invite two of his classmates to his birthday party.
The boy's school says he has violated the children's rights and has complained to the Swedish Parliament.

Sweden have nothing to do evidently!!!

Blisterman

Well, to be fair, it hasn't reached a verdict. It's not like it's the new law in Sweden.

It is stupid though. Kids have to learn to accept dissapointment and rejection without taking it personally. God knows, you experience it enough as an adult.

Wazdakka

WAYYYY over the top reaction IMO.

Blisterman wrote: »

It is stupid though. Kids have to learn to accept dissapointment and rejection without taking it personally. God knows, you experience it enough as an adult.

completely agree,

I Wonder if anybody asked the two kids if they actually cared that much about going....

Overheal

Wow. I know someone that needs to be attacked by terrorists; just so they can get their hats on straight.

Sherifu

Alright, who didn't give the OP an invite to the first thread? O.o

citytillidie

Takes thread and huffs since i did not have in invite to the 1st thread lol

Overheal

Sherifu wrote: »

Alright, who didn't give the OP an invite to the first thread? O.o

we'll have our OWN thread! With Blackjack! and Hookers!

What are you going to do? Take it to Boards.ie Parliament? Pfft. :pac:

Kintarō Hattori

citytillidie wrote: »

Takes thread and huffs since i did not have in invite to the 1st thread lol

I'm sorry but I just didn't think you were great enough to invite to the first thread. :pac:

gurramok

From Sweden
http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0701/sweden.html

Will the PC brigade ever stop in their ruthlessness?

rte wrote:

A heated debate is raging in Sweden after an eight-year-old boy's failure to invite two classmates to his birthday party resulted in a complaint filed with parliament.

Nearly 200 outraged comments have been posted on the website of the local southern Swedish daily Sydsvenskan, just days after the paper reported about the unlikely string of events that followed a young boy's decision to invite all of his classmates to his birthday party except two.

The policy at the boy's school in the southern town of Lund was that all children (or all the boys or all the girls) had to be invited to parties when their invitations were handed out in class.
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When a teacher noticed that two children had been left out of a party list, she promptly confiscated all the invitations, according to Sydsvenskan.

The school principal said that the ones who were not invited felt sad and left out.

The boy's father meanwhile decided to file a complaint with the Swedish parliamentary ombudsman, insisting his son's rights had been trampled on.

He told the paper that the two boys in question should not have been surprised that they had not made the guest list.

He claimed that one of them did not invite his son to his birthday and the other has bullied his son for six months.

He said: 'You don't invite your antagonists to a birthday party,' adding that he had not been aware of the school policy.

He said that his son feels terrible about the situation as no one has the right to confiscate anyone's property in this way.

He added that it is just like stealing mail.

The parliamentary ombudsman is scheduled to rule in the case on 8 September.

Sherifu

3rd time lucky.

Steve_o

/Yawn

boogle

Couple of people beat you to it I'm afraid. Time for the hostility, put-downs and acerbic wit of the "regulars". ROLLEYESROLLEYES

RobertFoster

boogle wrote: »

Couple of people beat you to it I'm afraid. Time for the hostility, put-downs and acerbic wit of the "regulars". ROLLEYESROLLEYES

/facepalm YORE MA in before the lock etc. etc.


After Hours, making you feel warm and fuzzy inside since, well, never.

FunkZ

It'd be fairly **** being either of those two TBH, but ya can't know the real situation. The boy throwing the party is probably just a tit though.

I remember when I was around that age there was a kid that'd bring 4 or 5 people to his house to play Playstation and then he'd always make sure one person there would the the one too many to come in. By the time we were ten we bet the snot outta him, made him eat snow in his own front garden and never talked to him again.

Ah childhood =P

Sherifu

boogle wrote: »

Couple of people beat you to it I'm afraid. Time for the hostility, put-downs and acerbic wit of the "regulars". ROLLEYESROLLEYES

A lock & link to original will do.

boogle

Sherifu wrote: »

A lock & link to original will do.

Yeah, just like what you did in your first post in this thread?

Morlar

This is the RTE stock photo to illustrate this story ;

http://dynimg.rte.ie/0001907510dr.jpg

says it all really.

unreggd

again, I thought this was about a bleedin computer!!!!!

Ross_Mahon

Poor bully, he should beat the kid up worse after he wasn't invited to the party.

WoollyRedHat

The best way to solve this is to have an exclusive party for all those involved when the case comes to court.

So instead of going up to th witness stand or whatever to give evidence, a nice game os sharades is in order The jury will be dressed as a bunch of clowns and the Judge shall be a magican, along with a few other mad things thrown into it.
And it shall be the best court case ever.

Sherifu

boogle wrote: »

Yeah, just like what you did in your first post in this thread?

Lol. Someone thinks I have more power than I do.

boogle

Sherifu wrote: »

Lol. Someone thinks I have more power than I do.

Lol. Don't worry I'm not under any illusions. Your original post suggested to me that you expected the lock and link from me...

nyarlothothep

Political correctness is progress towards our perfect star trek future, when everyone listens to classical music

MCMLXXXIII

There is a simple solution to all of this: have a super-sweet mtv party for everyone :rolleyes:

Seriously though, what bothers me the most is that (according to the article) it wasn't the parents or even the two uninvited kids that were making the complaint - it was the school! :eek:
I have to wonder if this much commotion would have come up if the teacher wasn't the one that confiscated the invitations.

This party better be worth it.

DublinWriter

Issit because I is Swedish?

AlmightyCushion

Threads merged.