Quote From: oldbatinredhatI'm trying to figure out why some people are blasting the establishment
for using what they can to get what they perceive is the best fit for
their company. Gimme a break people and help me clear up some
confusion in my head. IS there "private" life when you spread it
publicly around the world on the internet? What is private about
that? Where does private life stop and "public" life
begin? As for the substitute teacher. YOU have the right to
post and play whatever music you so choose.... and the school board has
the right to determine what type of individual they want to PAY to work
with their children. What is so hard to understand about
that? Just because you are an "artist" doesn't give you a free
pass in the world which says everyone has to want you employed in their
district. If you had a disability that was no "fault" of your own
or a characteristic that was "not a choice" that was made, then I would
be the first to stand up and say "They can't do that to you!!"
But you have rights and so do they under these particular
circumstances. Guess I'm just getting pretty
tired of seeing self-seeking attention getters whining about their lot
in life.
I was disturbed by the teacher's firing and also by Dr Phil's comment that "if you're slaughtering chickens and worshipping satan, don't I have a right as a parent to know that?"
Assuming that we are talking about public schools: Teachers have a 1st amendment right to freedom of speech (including performing in a rock band) and freedom of religion (even something as outlandish as satanism.) (Private schools can set narrower limits on students and faculty.)
Ian's "art" is not to my taste, but if we can fire him for it, then we can also fire a teacher who appears as Shakespeare's Richard III and seduces a grieving widow. If you have a right to disapprove the hiring of a satanist teacher, then you also have the right to disapprove the hiring of ANYONE with whose beliefs you disagree. Look at the rhetoric about Mitt Romney's religion -- shall we also not hire Mormons because some people think it's a non-Christian cult? Muslims because we're afraid of terrorism? Where does it end???
I would urge Ian to contact the ACLU.
