PC Gone mad!

Spend_day · 6 Mar 2008 at 11:12

However, some parents at the school said they supported the decision.

One said: "I wouldn't want my child's face on a disgusting site.'

my only comment to this quote is WTF

semi-pro waster · 6 Mar 2008 at 12:35

Spend_day said:
my only comment to this quote is WTF

They are talking about the Daily Mail, they don't want their childs face on such a disgusting site.

uber soldat · 6 Mar 2008 at 12:40

This is moronic, the lack of common sense is astounding, all responsible for it should be fired as they are not fit to work in a school.

jas72 · 6 Mar 2008 at 12:59

camels5 said:
How is this for PC gone mad,
Why print the photo's in the first place?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=526710&in_page_id=1770

LOL brilliant way to waste someone's time.

Never occured just to not use the photos? :confused:

jas72 · 6 Mar 2008 at 13:02

Youstolemyname said:
I agree. And the placing of smileys over all the kids faces was a rather bizzare choice of protecting the kids identities.

But before the lolocopter landed in this thread people should consider the other, more sinister, reasons why kids identities are protected.

NO if you don't want the faces shown why show the picture what benefit is the picture when it's been changed in that manner. The LOLs are correct as someone is clearly insanely stupid and has FAR too much time on their hands.

Emlyn_Dewar · 6 Mar 2008 at 13:09

Pure LOL to the Broadband face-mask picture.

Tefal · 6 Mar 2008 at 13:14

Youstolemyname said:
You wouldn't know they had been relocated.....that's the whole point of it.

how exactly would the parent know to look on the schools web site for a photo without knowing the kid was there?

badbob · 6 Mar 2008 at 13:14

And to think you lot made fun of the Muslim women on holiday snaps...

RandomTom · 6 Mar 2008 at 13:17

weringo said:

Exactly what I was going to post. This is kinda creepy.

Mattus · 6 Mar 2008 at 14:18

This is an over-reaction, but it doesn't really have anything to do with being PC!

RetiredGreyFox · 6 Mar 2008 at 14:36

Youstolemyname is correct and many children are relocated and one or both parents don't know where they are.
Getting permission from parents is also a nightmare so not publishing the stupid pictures would have been the best option.

gillywibble · 6 Mar 2008 at 14:46

Argh, too hilarous

Eriedor · 6 Mar 2008 at 14:52

It is stupid but I do agree that parents should give their permission before a childs face may be posted on the internet.

peetee · 6 Mar 2008 at 15:36

quite a serious issue this, teacher at my old school was suspended because he put pictures up of the kids on the school website without parents permission, head for some reason got the police involved and he then killed himself. Had history of mental illness and was a new teacher at school but had already secured a lower paid job back at old school - hated it that much, reckless headteacher aswell as paranoid and irrational.

RetiredGreyFox · 6 Mar 2008 at 16:15

My wifes school doesn't seem to be that bothered with PC and no parents have ever complained : http://www.heroncross.stoke.sch.uk/children.asp