Hell get's girl suspended

[LV426]

Girl Suspended from School for Saying 'Hell'
Thu Feb 5, 7:46 AM ET Add Oddly Enough - Reuters to My Yahoo!



PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A second-grade girl from Pittsburgh was suspended this week from her public elementary school for saying the word "hell" to a boy in her class.



But 7-year-old Brandy McKenith says she was only warning the boy about the eternal comeuppance he could face for saying: "I swear to God."


"I said, 'You're going to go to hell for swearing to God,'" Brandy was quoted as saying in an article that appeared on the Web site of the Pittsburgh Tribune Review on Wednesday.


School officials were unavailable for comment. A Pittsburgh Public Schools spokeswoman told the newspaper that the student code prohibits profanity but does not provide a clear definition of what profanity is.


The girl's parents, who said they believed their daughter's version of the story, were flabbergasted by the suspension and complained to the school principal.


"Kids are bringing guns and knives to school. ... They've got dope. And we're worried about 'hell'?" said her father, Wayne McKenith.


Meanwhile, the incident drew the attention of civil liberties experts as far away as New York.


"There was no threat and the word was being used in its intended way, not in a vulgar manner," civil liberties attorney Christopher Murray said in a statement distributed by his New York law firm.
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I rather think she should be suspended for preaching myself but hey I guess "hell" worked rather effectively. Maybe she will think twice before condemning a classmate to hell again.

[Hellcat]

I rather think she should be suspended for preaching myself but hey I guess "hell" worked rather effectively. Maybe she will think twice before condemning a classmate to hell again.

I think she should have been stoned to death for preaching, but that's just my opinion :droolbloo

[ArcaneWolf]

LOL! :D

[Darth Cluich]

LOL! :D

She should've told the kid he was gonna go to Gehenna. Teacher wouldn't have had the foggiest what that is.

[J.L.R.]

A kid got suspended for saying Hell....?

Shoot, all the schools I went to, the kids used words far worse than that, and the teachers didn't mind, at least until someone said it about them.

[Wraywolf]

I was cussing like Cartmen in the 4th grade. This is stupid. So hella stupid.

It's now that we must all gather round and watch the South Park movie, quit possably the best movie ever made.

[GoldShadowHunt]

I rather think she should be suspended for preaching myself but hey I guess "hell" worked rather effectively. Maybe she will think twice before condemning a classmate to hell again.

Have some tolerance for other beliefs, eh? Besides, the kid was in second grade. That makes her what? eight? Beyond that, her parents have a point: guns and knives come in every day, but saying anything with any sort of religious background is UNACCEPTABLE!
Mind you, I don't care to be flamed for sticking up for the 'good little christian girl' but she was eight! Her parents have probably been shoving it down her throat since the day she was born, so it's not her fault that she doesn't know any better as of yet.

[Frostbeard]

Have some tolerance for other beliefs, eh?

The irony of this would be funny if you weren't serious.

Besides, the kid was in second grade. That makes her what? eight? Beyond that, her parents have a point: guns and knives come in every day, but saying anything with any sort of religious background is UNACCEPTABLE!

Guns and knives come in contrary to the rules. If you're implying that the schools should be concentrating only on these more serious infractions, that's pretty lame. Should we not prosecute thieves just because there are murderers out there?

Mind you, I don't care to be flamed for sticking up for the 'good little christian girl' but she was eight! Her parents have probably been shoving it down her throat since the day she was born, so it's not her fault that she doesn't know any better as of yet.

It's because she's eight that it's important she be punished. You don't go around casually condemning people to hell in this society, and doing so is bound to get a person into trouble. It's good that she's learning this lesson now.

[Darth Cluich]

BLAME CANADA!

[Hellcat]

Mind you, I don't care to be flamed for sticking up for the 'good little christian girl' but she was eight! Her parents have probably been shoving it down her throat since the day she was born, so it's not her fault that she doesn't know any better as of yet.


Stone her parents too :D

[GoldShadowHunt]

For a little clarification: I'm not saying that punishment was a bad thing. She's eight. Writing out an apology a page long and not letting her go to recess for a few days would probably have been a sufficient punishment.
I simply think that suspension was an overreaction.

[Hellcat]

For a little clarification: I'm not saying that punishment was a bad thing. She's eight. Writing out an apology a page long and not letting her go to recess for a few days would probably have been a sufficient punishment.
I simply think that suspension was an overreaction.

A written apology? written in her own blood of course :D

...and stone her parents :D

[GoldShadowHunt]

A written apology? written in her own blood of course :D

...and stone her parents :D

Shakes head sadly. :rolleyes:

[Thought]

BLAME CANADA!

BLAME AMERICA!!

Seriously though. Hell isn't really profanity under any circumstance. It is a theoretical location. Might as well tell someone to go to Avalon, or Planet X. There is no justification for suspending the kid over that.

[Aquilan]

But... but... h-e-double hockey stick is a... bad bad word! If you are a good Christian, umm... you won't say it, because it makes God sad and he sends you... *whispers* downstairs!

Seriosly though, I have no idea how people from MY religion could possibly do this.

I laughed for like, five minutes after reading this! ^_^
:cool:

[BluStorm]

I kinda feel sorry for the kid. She didn't know what she was doing. :D

[DarkHunter]

BLAME CANADA!

Here here.

I like that Blame America idea too.

Blame Christianity. Without it, the whole thing would of never happened.

[Tigatron]

Havn't the people at that school heard the saying "Sticks and stones will brake my bones but words will never harm me" (I think it goes like that?). So saying hell is bad? get over it! Heaps of people say "HELL!" and they don't get punish, well maybe some of them. Look guns,knifes & drugs are DANGEROUS! They can kill!! But the word Hell? That doesn't kill! Does it? I don't think so!!!!

All this just because of a stupid word. Pathetic. :mad:

So because of this.............

hell hell hell hell :D :D (That a joke OK, Don't be ofended)

[Aquilan]

Havn't the people at that school heard the saying "Sticks and stones will brake my bones but words will never harm me" (I think it goes like that?). So saying hell is bad? get over it! Heaps of people say "HELL!" and they don't get punish, well maybe some of them. Look guns,knifes & drugs are DANGEROUS! They can kill!! But the word Hell? That doesn't kill! Does it? I don't think so!!!!

All this just because of a stupid word. Pathetic. :mad:

So because of this.............

hell hell hell hell :D :D (That a joke OK, Don't be ofended)

*Gasp!* You naughty person!! You are going to go to H-E-L-hockystick for that! You know GOD DOESN"T WANT YOU SAYING THAT! I think that you should write everyone here a sincere apology, and then give us money.

[Kuji]

*Gasp!* You naughty person!! You are going to go to H-E-L-hockystick for that! You know GOD DOESN"T WANT YOU SAYING THAT! I think that you should write everyone here a sincere apology, and then give us money.

If God was so nice and so mighty why would he care if you say such a patheitc word like hell.

[DarkWolf]

If God was so nice and so mighty why would he care if you say such a patheitc word like hell.
He was joking.