Friday, January 20, 2006

Happy Birthday, ACLU!

The ACLU was founded 86 years ago today. Proud to be a card-carrying member.

posted by Diane at 6:03 PM 9 comments

9 Comments:

Happy Birthday and many more to come is what I say.

By Blogger zelda1, at 7:05 AM  

Oddly enough, I called them yesterday. My daughter is being drug tested. I'm not happy.

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 1:10 PM  

Why is she being drug-tested, Kathy?

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 1:52 PM  

Happy Birthday ACLU!

By Blogger Beth, at 8:14 PM  

Because they're going to The Hague for Model UN, where "all the other kids will be using drugs and drinking." It's a DOD school, so that's why I called the ACLU. Turns out going to the conference is required for class, so it's not an extracurricular activity.

My big objection is that they're sending the message to these kids that they are expecting them to drink/use drugs, and my first thought would be, "why am I not doing that if everyone else is?!"

And then there's the irony that these kids are there debating human rights issues while being drug tested and losing their own dignity.

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 1:18 AM  

That's ridiculous.

What is DOD?

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 11:14 AM  

Diane, I think she's referring to Department of Defense.

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 11:32 AM  

Oh...I didn't think it was that DOD. They have schools?

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 11:58 AM  

Yes, and US govt employees here pretty much have to send their kids there unless they can pay 30k to go to a private American school (British high schools are just too different from the American system). It's a small school, and she's done well in that environment, but I'm pretty disappointed with this latest.

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3:23 PM  

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