PudJust say NO to The Doors, eh?Mon Aug 20, 2012 9:43pm66.53.80.11Pulled a Jimbo on 'em, did the little lady?
The night of September 17th, 1967, before they went on stage, The Doors were asked by one of the producers of the show to change the lyrics of their hit “Light My Fire.” The producers didn’t want Morrison to sing “Girl we couldn’t get much higher,” and argued that the word “higher” was inappropriate for a family show on national television. However, when the time came to perform, Jim Morrison disobeyed orders and sang the lyrics as they were originally written. A furious Ed Sullivan banned The Doors from ever appearing on his show again.
So, with Kaitlin having tossed a prohibited change-up from the podium, the school admin is put in the unfortunate position of having to choose between addressing her minor transgression with (presumably minor) disciplinary action, on the one hand, or ignoring her little stunt (at the risk of encouraging an "escalation" from heck/hell today, to, say, freaking/fvcking tomorrow), on the other. The admin decided imposition of minor disciplinary action in the face of a minor offense was appropriate. Seems perfectly reasonable to me, although assuming Kaitlin has satisfied all the requirements for graduation, I don't see how the school authorities could legally impose any disciplinary measure at this point in time.
Kaitlin's reference (elsewhere) to this "country where we are free to speak" - her couching the issue, by implication, as one of free speech rather than one of betrayal of trust, which is what it is, primarily - makes me wonder, had it been heck/hell yesterday, and ignored by the school then, might it have been freaking/fvcking in this case? Would that strike anyone here as being inappropriate in the setting of a graduation ceremony? Suppose a decade down the road of vanishing standards the top scholar gets up there and recognizes his fellow "c*cks*ckers of the Class of 2022", you know, Lenny Bruce style. That okay?
Where to draw the line with respect to what should or should not be permitted in such speeches isn't Kaitline Nootbaar's call to make. Personally, I wouldn't draw the line in so conservative a fashion as did PHS in this case, but, ya know what, if it happens that ball four is called strike three, well, even Albert Pujols respects the rules and takes a seat. So, too, should Kaitline Nootbaar, IMO. She did wrong, she's in the wrong, and she has an apology to write.
Of course, my POV could change, possibly radically, as more facts of the matter become known. Or not. I suspect not.
- Just say NO to The Doors, eh? — Pud, Mon Aug 20 9:43pm
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