Do you think that your politicians have your best interests at heart?
Then move to Sweden. Sheesh, talk about a top-down nanny-statist, micro-managed bureaucratic Fuster-Cluck!@#$&
Hat tip to
Neatorama for this link to the
Beeb:
Birthday party snub sparks debate
An eight-year-old boy has sparked an unlikely outcry in Sweden after failing to invite two of his classmates to his birthday party.
The boy's school says he has violated the children's rights and has complained to the Swedish Parliament.
The school, in Lund, southern Sweden, argues that if invitations are handed out on school premises then it must ensure there is no discrimination.
The boy's father has lodged a complaint with the parliamentary ombudsman.
He says the two children were left out because one did not invite his son to his own party and he had fallen out with the other one.
The boy handed out his birthday invitations during class-time and when the teacher spotted that two children had not received one the invitations were confiscated.
"My son has taken it pretty hard," the boy's father told the newspaper Sydsvenskan.
"No one has the right to confiscate someone's property in this way, it's like taking someone's post," he added.
So may pull-quotes, so little time...
has complained to the Swedish Parliament -- you are such a navel-gazing solipsist that you wasted your parliaments time with this drivel? Your parliament is so navel-gazing that they actually spent time processing this?
must ensure there is no discrimination -- so you have to invite the little turd who steals your lunch money. Your Birthday Party cannot be an enjoyable celebration with your close friends, it has to be done by a committee of all.
The boy's father has lodged a complaint -- why doesn't the boy's father grow a pair and personally hand out the invites at school, making sure that the two kiddies are still not invited. The, blow some discretionary funds and throw a really awesome party for his son. We are not talking 'Giggles the Clown with his Balloon Magic' here, we are talking live music, inflatable play structures, pony rides, whatever...
No one has the right to confiscate someone's property in this way, it's like taking someone's post," he added. -- No Shit Sherlock. The good news is that this kid will probably grow up to be a conservative and either emigrate or seek to work within for change...
Posted by DaveH at June 29, 2008 10:33 PM