Comments | thatwasjen: What's wrong with this picture?

thatwasjen

What's wrong with this picture?

Jan 13, 2007 13:11

( Patrick Agin, 17, a senior at Portsmouth High School, poses at his home in Portsmouth, R.I. )

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thatwasjen January 14 2007, 02:18:17 UTC

Yeah, I was out west and offline that week.

acroyear70 January 13 2007, 20:26:28 UTC

Actually, now that I've had time to think about it, the school will win ( ... )

starcat_jewel January 13 2007, 21:49:27 UTC

If the school has insisted that all yearbook pictures, without exception, be standardized, then I agree. However, if they've allowed even one other student picture that wasn't the standard school-photographer variety, that argument won't hold either.

acroyear70 January 13 2007, 22:23:03 UTC

doesn't really matter. they don't HAVE to tell anybody why they refused it. if anything, had they not mentioned the weapon and 0-T, there would have been no legal recourse to try anything ( ... )

cozit January 14 2007, 06:39:48 UTC

Y'know... I have to admit that I keep wondering why he didn't just have an alternative SCA but no weapon picture taken and submit that. Heck, he could probably have an even better pose to show off than that one. Unfortunately, in this day and age, the school does have *some* reasons for that policy.

And in theory, if it was *just* in armor, it ought to be allowed... as that's protective gear, not weaponry.

Then again, if the school has a fencing club (some do, most don't) and they're shown with foils, then there's more room for objection...

... and either way, the school has *no* business showing its mascot with a weapon (even if it's a cartoony tomahawk or somesuch) if they have a no-tolerance policy about such things in general.