tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931659273640631523.post8889223099622926845..comments2023-09-27T01:13:21.893-07:00Comments on The FLOGG BLOG: BRIGHT BOY KICKED OUT OF CLASS FOR NOT COVERING HAIRThe Flogg Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12499634430708566341noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931659273640631523.post-71892798829363895182013-10-11T18:14:41.175-07:002013-10-11T18:14:41.175-07:00True, but in England it seems that black people ar...True, but in England it seems that black people are given a lot more leeway than white people, the exact reverse of what you said. Seems to me social context- for lack of a better phrase- needs to be considered here. Maybe it's all about what a particular society considers to be "presentable." Your next question will be 'why is the white man's hair more presentable?' ...but for that, we need a deep lesson in sociology and social evolution I suspect, rather than a deluded rant about The Man always trying to **** us black people up.Perritohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05566392525339852725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931659273640631523.post-60983686656683968912013-10-11T18:02:56.941-07:002013-10-11T18:02:56.941-07:00Well I thought I did but you never rebutted my acc...Well I thought I did but you never rebutted my accusations that your reasoning was not reasoning at all, but just fanatical bullshit exposing your own deluded concerns. How do you refute the points I proposed that show that your reasoning is false and that what you saying makes less sense than Joey who used to preach in Constitution Park?Perritohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05566392525339852725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931659273640631523.post-21078119171482126092013-10-11T17:43:52.927-07:002013-10-11T17:43:52.927-07:00Makes sense when you put it like that. I suppose e...Makes sense when you put it like that. I suppose everyone sees you as a responsible journalist so this Blog is taken out of context. People naturally expect more of you, in other words. Nonetheless, if what you're saying is that this is just a free-for-all, then I take your point.Perritohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05566392525339852725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931659273640631523.post-91173342456107321032013-09-30T08:49:56.134-07:002013-09-30T08:49:56.134-07:00In the nurturing of society we must understand tha...In the nurturing of society we must understand that rules are to be adopted so as to groom our youth into law abiding citizens. I have no qualms with the school rule of covering or cutting your hair as part of the code of conduct, but as a past student of St Mary's College I must highlight that this rule is very discriminatory as the negro students were always the ones being pressured to cut and trim our hairs whilst other ethnic groups inclusive of Indian and Caucasian decent usually grew long hair and would simply slick it down using gels etc. In my days at St. Mary's we adopted a habit of dabbing down our hair so that the length would not show and teachers as well as the Vice Principal at the time Mr Seon would pull on our hair and direct us to cut on it afterwards if not to face suspension. These procedures were not used for the students with straight hair so i believe that this rule should either be fully implemented or disbanded. Thank YouAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03703639039842934401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931659273640631523.post-64807796957044476182013-09-29T19:29:50.137-07:002013-09-29T19:29:50.137-07:00Michael, a private golf club and a public school? ...Michael, a private golf club and a public school? Now, thats what I call crooked thinkingAugustin Francoishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16923468045695640225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931659273640631523.post-9739552425147892932013-09-29T19:23:30.311-07:002013-09-29T19:23:30.311-07:00Thank you, Recently I grew an afro and a mustache ...Thank you, Recently I grew an afro and a mustache that put Simon Boliva to shame. I'm, to put it lightly, not a "spring chicken" anymore and my profession as a nurse may have well demanded that I get rid of the mustache and cut the hair short. Despite many pleas by family and coworkers I decided to keep my hair as it was (after all how many men my age can still grow an afro?) until I decided that "I" wanted to cut it off. I am a former SMC student, served as a Prefect, and is a staunch deciplinarian but there are some things that I think belong to the person. One's hair is one of those thingsAugustin Francoishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16923468045695640225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931659273640631523.post-74240230069270118772013-09-28T14:06:25.928-07:002013-09-28T14:06:25.928-07:00I currently attend the school and my view on this ...I currently attend the school and my view on this is that the school has rules! You simply follow the rules. If they request that the young man covers his hair (which is a basic rule for one with hair) you should just follow. Mr. Seon wasn't the one who made the rule... it has been there for years now, so why disobey the ancient rule? The school is not trying to kick the youngster out or anything close to that, but we just want him to cover his hair and look more accurate. There isn't even much work involved here. Many boys are currently at school with me and i see them covering up and this young man can do it as well. <br /><br />I am very glad that he did it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04580059431046755922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931659273640631523.post-39494329810484562013-09-26T12:16:14.399-07:002013-09-26T12:16:14.399-07:00Perrito....lol.Perrito....lol.The Flogg Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12499634430708566341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931659273640631523.post-1355968893796312692013-09-24T13:03:40.149-07:002013-09-24T13:03:40.149-07:00By the way, I appreciate every single comment made...By the way, I appreciate every single comment made on this post.<br /><br />I appreciate the passion, the honesty, the courage and even the bullshit stupidity.<br /><br />I encourage all those who are frustrated with my unrelentingly liberal position on the issue, NOT TO TURN AWAY, but to fashion more accurate and effectual intellectual weapons against the position I and all my liberal, right-thinking, reasonable friend have stake out.<br /><br />Don't just back down. That's even worse than taking up a retarded, antiquated, egotistical position in the first place. Fight for what you think is right.<br /><br />And please, do it here. The FLOGG is the right place to give it all you've got and HOLD NOTHING BACK.The Flogg Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12499634430708566341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931659273640631523.post-39924991816781066742013-09-24T12:59:56.402-07:002013-09-24T12:59:56.402-07:00Black people forgetting how hard the ancestors fou...Black people forgetting how hard the ancestors fought for the little that we have and taking the same redneck positions that racists used to justify the inequalities of the past.The Flogg Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12499634430708566341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931659273640631523.post-59967762876235584152013-09-24T12:58:24.868-07:002013-09-24T12:58:24.868-07:00You're conflating issues that have been dealt ...You're conflating issues that have been dealt with ad naseum.<br /><br />Uniforms are not and NEVER HAVE BEEN about discipline or chaos blahblahblah. Uniforms, in the modern era of St Lucian education are about equalizing the rich and poor.<br /><br />You're conflating the issues on purpose to confuse actual reason and logic and for that, I thank you. There's nothing like evidence to the stupidity of an argument to kill the argument itself.<br />The Flogg Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12499634430708566341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931659273640631523.post-83951813761639224162013-09-24T12:55:59.956-07:002013-09-24T12:55:59.956-07:00I'm having deja vu.
Didn't I reply to thi...I'm having deja vu.<br /><br />Didn't I reply to this earlier?The Flogg Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12499634430708566341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931659273640631523.post-63054736258466763752013-09-24T12:55:18.607-07:002013-09-24T12:55:18.607-07:00Nobody has the power to erase any comment on The F...Nobody has the power to erase any comment on The FLOGG except the person making the comment.<br /><br />I promise you that you could make the most inaccurate, libelous, slanderous comment, I will leave it there and then crucify you to your own stupidity before I EVER curtail your freedom of speech.<br /><br />I may not agree with your opinion, but I will literally take a bullet (or a lawsuit) to defend your right to express it.The Flogg Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12499634430708566341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931659273640631523.post-55022744096152230082013-09-24T12:52:47.033-07:002013-09-24T12:52:47.033-07:00And what's so wrong with a heated conversation...And what's so wrong with a heated conversation in the Lucian vernacular and 21st century slang? Does it make us any less smart because we argue hotly and fearlessly?<br /><br />Maybe it's time for you to get back to the country club for tea, bro.The Flogg Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12499634430708566341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931659273640631523.post-994303338560250912013-09-24T12:51:16.871-07:002013-09-24T12:51:16.871-07:00Oh please. He gets to violate the Universal Rights...Oh please. He gets to violate the Universal Rights of the Child, the Constitution of St Lucia and the Education Act and she gets charged with child abuse?<br /><br />Even the ass of a law works better than that.The Flogg Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12499634430708566341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931659273640631523.post-6462248148991132612013-09-24T12:49:07.288-07:002013-09-24T12:49:07.288-07:00I didn't mean you should shut the fuck up. I w...I didn't mean you should shut the fuck up. I was waiting for a reply.The Flogg Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12499634430708566341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931659273640631523.post-32990205331971692962013-09-24T12:48:20.930-07:002013-09-24T12:48:20.930-07:00Bullshit. Golf clubs and shoes? Nigga, please....Bullshit. Golf clubs and shoes? Nigga, please....The Flogg Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12499634430708566341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931659273640631523.post-11610669823915383172013-09-24T12:45:35.446-07:002013-09-24T12:45:35.446-07:00All I need to say is this:
Every single comment p...All I need to say is this:<br /><br />Every single comment posted by a reader is published WITHOUT editing or waiting for administration. EVERY SINGLE ONE.<br /><br />No other media outlet IN THE CARIBBEAN gives its readers such equals power to its publisher.<br /><br />So what were you saying about opening oneself to scathing criticism?<br /><br />The FLOGG is the most free media outlet in either the traditional or the new social media. Even facebook can ban you or take down your post. At The FLOGG, no such thing is thinkable, much less possible. I hit hard and I can take it like I give it. <br /><br />Everyone who can't handle the heat of freedom, get out of the goddam kitchen.The Flogg Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12499634430708566341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931659273640631523.post-65947237724748466302013-09-24T12:39:09.960-07:002013-09-24T12:39:09.960-07:00Oh great idea. Let's not just put each other&#...Oh great idea. Let's not just put each other's hands in each other's hair, let's also give government power over the media. You're a real genius over there. A real student of history, politics and civil society.The Flogg Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12499634430708566341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931659273640631523.post-49292783770383347212013-09-24T12:37:33.834-07:002013-09-24T12:37:33.834-07:00Anthony, some people are seeing this logically and...Anthony, some people are seeing this logically and all reaching the same logical conclusion. Other people are reacting emotional. Somebody is moving their cheese....poor little mice...The Flogg Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12499634430708566341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931659273640631523.post-89615853211390658532013-09-24T12:36:03.329-07:002013-09-24T12:36:03.329-07:00Apparently, they're taking the Chickenshit rou...Apparently, they're taking the Chickenshit route out of this mess. You would swear it's the Ministry of Dodgeball, the way they're acting....The Flogg Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12499634430708566341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931659273640631523.post-59387352479517450872013-09-24T12:35:10.434-07:002013-09-24T12:35:10.434-07:00I want to say that he is acting like a dumb ass a...I want to say that he is acting like a dumb ass and not forever relegate him to Dumbass-hood, because he has acted intelligently in the past. It's like he just has a virus or something that we need to treat somehow.The Flogg Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12499634430708566341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931659273640631523.post-75490088285838135702013-09-22T20:12:44.947-07:002013-09-22T20:12:44.947-07:00Andrea, I couldn't agree with you more...
Giv...Andrea, I couldn't agree with you more...<br /><br />Given all the information we now know, the actions on the part of this boy's mother can only amount to child abuse under Section 5 of the Children and Young Persons Act. Greenarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17600202943529903570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931659273640631523.post-72432365427842953972013-09-22T19:34:57.000-07:002013-09-22T19:34:57.000-07:00Thank You...Well said!Thank You...Well said!Greenarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17600202943529903570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931659273640631523.post-38516778679364652632013-09-22T19:18:08.825-07:002013-09-22T19:18:08.825-07:00Absolutely...
That's why in concert with his ...Absolutely...<br /><br />That's why in concert with his mother's reckless and defiant posture, your ill-informed article has done a great injustice to this innocent boy by bringing him into disrepute and making a public spectacle of him. <br /><br />Until such time that media in this country remains unregulated, we can expect more persons to use avenues such as this to get away with contravening the Education Act and violating the UN Declaration on the Rights of the Child. <br />Greenarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17600202943529903570noreply@blogger.com