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Saturday night I watched the “Sexual Harassment Panda” episode of “South Park.” In this episode, a man in a panda suit visits the children of South Park to teach them about sexual harassment. Things get out of hand and eventually everyone sues everyone.
Sunday morning I was going through stories on CNN and read the account of an 11-year-old boy being sued for making sexual comments to three classmates.
The boy and his family claim he was only quoting “South Park.”
“It’s not the 11-year-old’s fault. I don’t think he understands. He should be allowed in school,” said Gina Alziab, a parent interviewed by Boston’s WCVB.
Maybe the kid doesn’t understand. Whatever he said — none of the reports reprinted the exact comments, of course — it was bad enough for him to be suspended.
Let’s clear something up right here. I’m a big First Amendment guy. Say what you want and let others say what they want. No one has to agree on anything.
This kid did something wrong, according to those in charge at his school. He was punished.
Suing an 11-year-old, however, makes no sense. If the child didn’t know what he was saying, as his grandmother states, then his punishment is over. If he hasn’t learned not to say certain things to certain people, well, he’d better get used to this kind of reaction.
They could always further imitate “South Park” and split half of the boy’s stuff among the three girls.
Continuing this kind of lawsuit is ridiculous. The actions are specifically aimed at the boy. As far as it goes, I’m on this kid’s side.
You know who should be sued, if anyone? I think you do.
Try the boy’s parents for being irresponsible. I love “South Park” but I wouldn’t let an 11-year-old watch it without explaining that there are times and places where such language is fine and places where it isn’t.
Like I said, this boy should have learned his lesson. Now it’s the parents that need to be taught one.
This is how kids get in trouble. They see examples of poor behavior at home and no one is there to say, “You can talk like this at home, but not at school.”
Now that I think about it, most of these parents probably say, “I don’t ever want to hear you talk like that in my home.”
So of course the kid is going to use those words at school. They can’t spank him there.
That’s what his parents need: a good spanking. Pants down to their knees, Swiss Cheese-style wooden paddle and a good crowd to watch them be humiliated.
Cruel and unusual, maybe. Worse than suing a preteen boy for everything he has?
Not even close.
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