Koyaanisqatsi
01-14-2007, 02:20 PM
Hold on to your hat, Teech. :(
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School Board Restricts "Controversial" Film An Inconvenient Truth: "Condoms Don't Belong In School, And Neither Does Al Gore"...
Federal Way schools restrict Gore film
'Inconvenient Truth' called too controversial
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P-I REPORTERS
NOTE: This story has been altered since it was originally published. The computer program Al Gore uses to present scientists’ findings in the movie “An Inconvenient Truth” is Keynote. A competing software program’s name was mentioned in the earlier version of the story.
This week in Federal Way schools, it got a lot more inconvenient to show one of the top-grossing documentaries in U.S. history, the global-warming alert "An Inconvenient Truth."
After a parent who supports the teaching of creationism and opposes sex education complained about the film, the Federal Way School Board on Tuesday placed what it labeled a moratorium on showing the film. The movie consists largely of a computer presentation by former Vice President Al Gore recounting scientists' findings.
[Only registered and activated users can see links] [Only registered and activated users can see links] ([Only registered and activated users can see links])Paramount Classics Al Gore's documentary about global warming may not be shown unless the teacher also presents an "opposing view.""Condoms don't belong in school, and neither does Al Gore. He's not a schoolteacher," said Frosty Hardison, a parent of seven who also said that he believes the Earth is 14,000 years old. "The information that's being presented is a very cockeyed view of what the truth is. ... The Bible says that in the end times everything will burn up, but that perspective isn't in the DVD."
Hardison's e-mail to the School Board prompted board member David Larson to propose the moratorium Tuesday night.
"Somebody could say you're killing free speech, and my retort to them would be we're encouraging free speech," said Larson, a lawyer. "The beauty of our society is we allow debate."
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School Board Restricts "Controversial" Film An Inconvenient Truth: "Condoms Don't Belong In School, And Neither Does Al Gore"...
Federal Way schools restrict Gore film
'Inconvenient Truth' called too controversial
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P-I REPORTERS
NOTE: This story has been altered since it was originally published. The computer program Al Gore uses to present scientists’ findings in the movie “An Inconvenient Truth” is Keynote. A competing software program’s name was mentioned in the earlier version of the story.
This week in Federal Way schools, it got a lot more inconvenient to show one of the top-grossing documentaries in U.S. history, the global-warming alert "An Inconvenient Truth."
After a parent who supports the teaching of creationism and opposes sex education complained about the film, the Federal Way School Board on Tuesday placed what it labeled a moratorium on showing the film. The movie consists largely of a computer presentation by former Vice President Al Gore recounting scientists' findings.
[Only registered and activated users can see links] [Only registered and activated users can see links] ([Only registered and activated users can see links])Paramount Classics Al Gore's documentary about global warming may not be shown unless the teacher also presents an "opposing view.""Condoms don't belong in school, and neither does Al Gore. He's not a schoolteacher," said Frosty Hardison, a parent of seven who also said that he believes the Earth is 14,000 years old. "The information that's being presented is a very cockeyed view of what the truth is. ... The Bible says that in the end times everything will burn up, but that perspective isn't in the DVD."
Hardison's e-mail to the School Board prompted board member David Larson to propose the moratorium Tuesday night.
"Somebody could say you're killing free speech, and my retort to them would be we're encouraging free speech," said Larson, a lawyer. "The beauty of our society is we allow debate."
(more at link)