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Wednesday, 26 May 2010 14:30

By TOM PURCELL

Boy, have sensitivities changed since I was a kid in the ‘70s -- especially where sexual harassment is concerned.
I speak of an incident that occurred three years ago at an elementary school in Oregon. According to abcnews.go.com, two 13-year-old boys were arrested for “slapping girls on the rear end.”
Both spent five days in a juvenile detention joint. Both were charged with several counts of felony sex abuse.
If convicted, both would have had to be registered lifelong as “sex offenders” -- and spend up to 10 years in the clink.
That surely wasn’t the reaction when I was a victim of sexual harassment in my sixth-grade year.
A girl in my class -- I’ll call her Susie Smitten -- had the hots for me. Who could blame her? I was one of the better “keep-away” players. And even though I had big ears and a bad haircut, I wasn’t a bad catch by sixth-grade standards.
One day during recess, I noticed that Susie was looking at me with misty eyes.


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A call for civility Array Print Array
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Wednesday, 12 May 2010 10:52

The following is a message from Governor Mark Parkinson:

Two weeks ago, in my letter to legislators welcoming them back for the veto session, I wrote about Kansas’ ability to rise above the partisan bickering seen in Washington and come together to solve real problems.

Today, the 88th day of a 90 day Session, I am disappointed to see that civility slipping away. The political games, divisive debates and entrenched gridlock of Washington have found their way to Topeka. And fanning the flames of partisanship is the Kansas Chamber of Commerce.

This weekend, the president of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce was quoted as saying that by passing a one-cent sales tax to prevent further cuts to schools, Medicaid and safety-net services, the legislature has "catered to the needs of those at the government trough."

It is heartbreaking to think that somebody would equate the disabled, the elderly, school children, veterans, law enforcement and the poor to pigs at a trough.

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