Can I say “Christogram!” instead? /s/h
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Sure. Say, “Oh my God,” “Mother Mary”, or any other Bible-based exclamation.
The issue here is the religious “offense” at someone saying the phrase, which has no place in a public school.
Something, something, separation of church & state.
Free will, yo; if you “hate it,” then you can stop at any time.
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Am I misreading the article? The school board said they thought it was appropriate to reprimand the student but not write the kid up. Am I really out-of-bounds for saying that if a kid says something a bit inappropriate that it is inappropriate to tell the kid, “Hey, lighten up on the Jesus Christs. It can offend some religious people and some consider them fighting words.”
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That picture, though… Isn’t that Moses?
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Was Moses a blonde?
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Maybe a Hemsworth?
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Well, the I am choosing to state that the expression “Jesus Christ” has cultural weight among both the religious and non-religious in many parts of the United States as being an aggressive utterance that could lead to fights.
It is perfectly appropriate to say, “your momma,” but it is all in the context of how you say it. One way could get you an angry talkin’ too.
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This I don’t know, but apparently he was a bit clumsy and dropped the third stone tablet with commandments XI to XV.
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I once went to a Lego event in Japan where they had large puts full of Lego blocks you could climb into. The organizers, I suppose, didn’t consider that stepping on Legos is rather unpleasant. It was like an S&M Showbiz Pizza ball pit.
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As long as you own that fact; no one here is “making” you argue pointlessly.
Regardless to how you may personally feel, this was a poor decision on the part of the school admin.
They didn’t just take the kid aside and “gently explain to him” that he shouldn’t use that phrase because it might offend someone.
Instead, they escalated needlessly; and thus attracted the attention of ‘Saint Babs’, putting themselves under a microscope…
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(Damn she looks good there!)
Carry on.
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See, I thought those were loaves of bread with interesting scoring. Shows what I know.
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No. And not even among all Christians.
Jesus consistently teaches the path of nonviolence in the face of insult.
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Bread with interesting scoring? I’m reasonable sure that Moses didn’t have an air fryer.
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Could be sousaphone mutes.
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It does take a special amount of hubris to deign to speak on behalf of all Xtians, considering that there are so many variations of that religion.
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Is he under an amorous beetle?
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I don’t know, but the creature in the lower right sure looks horny.
Ay-oh!
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