Limerick school apologises for Charlie Hebdo

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Sittingpretty wrote: »

This. Agree completely.

I'm from Limerick and I know this school very well.

Am surprised they veered from their ethos.

They didn't? Their ethos is multi-denominational, not non-denominational? They respect all faiths and none.

bjork wrote: »

I find it interesting the woman chose to stay anonymous


Not enough belief and conviction in your religion to stand public misses?

The family haven't chosen to remain anonymous? Check the front of the morning papers. The child's father is an Algerian muslim living in Ireland 15 years.

It's the way certain media outlets have chosen to spin the story to create a bit of hysteria that leaves you lacking in the facts.

Ironic, isn't it?

Vomit wrote: »

From 2009:




You think they were wrong to fire him and for him to face trial? All bigotry is disgusting.

I am genuinely a bit confused.. he made a suggestion that a Jew liked money?? A poor stereotype and a bit of an insult but hardly a firing offence..
They regularly cast Allah as a bomber and other typical stereotypes and that is seen as free speech..
Why the double standards?

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

You would be ok with a child bringing a porno mag to school to show your kids? Would you not be offended?

I would be surprised if that didn't happen anyway. Happened numerous times when I was in school. If a school contacted me to say my child was being suspended for bringing in a pornographic magazine, I'd warn him/her not to be so stupid, we have the internet now, there's no need to be wasting his/her money. Then I'd probably realise that he/she needs some proper sex ed. sooner rather than later, which has never been done properly in this country anyway.

If anyone thinks porn isn't shown and shared regularly in our schools, then they're fooling themselves.

The Backwards Man wrote: »

What would you think of someone who dressed their primary school child in a t shirt like that for going to class?

Exercising their right to free speech or exercising their right to insult, abuse, and provoke?

IMO the teacher handled the situation correctly, the school was however wrong to issue an apology to the parents for handling the situation correctly. The undue defference to it displays is the kind of over sensitivity towards offending minorities that lays the seeds for a Rotherham on these shores.

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I think Charlie Hebdo are scum, to be perfectly frank. They didn't produce the magazine the week after their colleagues were murdered as some sort of tribute to their colleagues, they did it to cash in. Normally they'd sell 60,000 copies, that week they ordered 3 million to be printed and ended up selling 5 million, nice little cash cow there. Then came the global aftermath of slaughter and rioting by Muslim fanatics in other parts of the world as a result.

Charlie Hebdo is a hateful, low brow rag that caters for bigots and racists, nothing more, so it'll be great when the love fest for them ends. With freedom of speech comes responsibility and people shouldn't support the sh*te that magazine spouts.

It was a total false flag situation, they arranged the whole thing just to improve their circulation

#jesuistruther

Kev_2012 wrote: »

Be careful there that you don't fall off your high horse!

I left the horse outside, horse.

I grew up in Limerick, I know the place inside out and the manner in which we joke about is something that I found very unique to the place. You can slag about anything and it's taken as a joke. I don't want that to change to the point where everybody is offended about everything. Those people can f*ck off.

What makes you think Limerick is any different from anywhere else in Ireland? I didn't grow up in Limerick, but I know the place inside out, they don't joke any different to anywhere else in Ireland, you might think you can slag about anything, but that's just among you and your friends. The fact is that you and your friends don't have the place to yourselves any more, and you certainly don't by your own standards get to dictate what goes on in a school environment be it in Limerick, Dublin, Galway or anywhere else. This seems to offend you greatly, which by your own standards means you will have to be packing your suitcases.

Ok, I've an example :

I was threatened to be kicked out of school because I didn't want to attend religion class as it's full of crap that I didn't believe in. Where is my apology? I got over it. Christ above like.

Nowadays you wouldn't be kicked out of school, and your absence of belief would be respected. Times change maaaan.

It's offensive to his religion? Well then tough sh1t! F*ck off somewhere else! You integrate into our culture, not the other way around.

You understand that the parents sent their child to a multi-denominational school because they were under the impression that their religion would be respected, that all religions and none are respected? That's why they didn't send their child to a Catholic ethos school.

You think I went around Canada when I moved there telling everyone they have to go on the lash every weekend all weekend and slagging everyone? No! I learned my limits there and made an effort to integrate. If I wanted to get citizenship there, I have swear allegiance to the queen, I need to do English tests, crap that I think is stupid, but that's their country, not mine.

The Canadian First Indians have never sworn allegiance to the Queen of England, and I'll bet you won't find too many English speakers in the French Quarter either! You'll find the Irish "diaspora" and British ex-pats in every country though, and they make no attempt to integrate into the countries in which they're located. In fact, the British have quite a reputation for their attempts to invade other countries and turn them into Little Britain. It's one of the reasons why Canada is still a British Commonwealth country.

(someone wasn't paying attention in history class either!)

Unless you are socially retarded, you should know the limits and learn to bite your tongue even if something annoys you.

Seems you've yet to master that social skill, but I assume you're not intellectually disabled, just ignorant.

Last time I checked, Ireland wasn't a Muslim state. If you come here to live, then live as we do and don't be expecting special treatment.

Ohh the irony. If we were still expected to "live as we do", you'd have been taken out in the hallway and given a few belts of a hurley to keep you in line for your refusal to participate in religion classes. Thankfully we don't do that any more either.

Remember the film American History X? He was told to write about a struggle for civil rights and he did it about Mein Kampf? It will offend people but under instruction, these are the topics that may be legitimately discussed!

I was more of a Monty Python man myself, y'know, clever satire as opposed to just flinging horse shìt in people's eyes while languishing under the arrogant veil of ignorance that there would be no retaliation.

Pah, Freedom of speech my hole. Next thing you know you'll be bleeped out for every single non PC thing that is said

I have no time for political correctness. I also have no time for people who think they have a right to behave like ignorant douchebags. This isn't about political correctness or freedom of speech or any of the rest of that nonsense, it's about a teacher in a multi-denominational school, lacking even the slightest bit of cop-on to realise that the cartoons were going to be offensive to some of the children, in a multi-denominational school which claims to respect all faiths and none.

Just to add, if you moved to an Islamic country, would you try to change all their things? No, you would learn to integrate. You would know not to do certain things like draw pictures of Mohammed and show the soles of your feet etc. Get a grip.

You could apply that same logic to Ireland when you were in school and we were a majority Roman Catholic society, you didn't try to integrate then, did you? Aren't you lucky you don't live in a country where apostasy is punishable by death? If anyone needs to get a grip here, I'd suggest you hold tight on that forelock and hang on for dear life, because Limerick isn't just your city any more.