vancanfan Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 These students need free lap dances from the strippers, that should change their mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthecivil Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 ^^^ This. They never even talked to the dancers to see if they were 'forced' to take up this evil lifestyle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonLever Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 http://www.vancouver...9499/story.html Shut down New Westminster strip club, Coquitlam students say By Jeremy Deutsch, Coquitlam Now January 18, 2013 10:40 AM For years, the Paramount Gentlemen's Club in New Westminster has been offering adult entertainment without much attention. But a group of Coquitlam high school students is about to change that, using the power of the pen. As part of a social justice class project, a group of Dr. Charles Best Secondary students will be heading to the Royal City in order to gather signatures for a petition calling on politicians to shut the strip club down. About 50 students from the school are set to meet Saturday at Sixth Street and Sixth Avenue in New West, where they will set up information tables and break into groups to try and get signatures from residents. Teacher Ken Ipe said the Grade 12s decided to focus on the Paramount because some of them have friends who frequent the club. The club is open to 18 year olds because it does not have a liquor licence or serve alcohol. Ipe suggested the club is catering to a younger clientele, including university students and even high school students. "We think that sexism is not a healthy part of society and I think that strip clubs are a reminder that blatant sexism is alive and well in the culture," he told The NOW. Specifically, the petition is asking New Westminster city council to reconsider the Paramount's licence and instead consider the effect strip clubs have on the culture of a community. Ipe said the students aren't expecting to transform society with their efforts, but rather see the petition as a small step in recognizing women as equals and not objects. He noted the class has garnered support from some Coquitlam politicians, including Coun. Selina Robinson and Trustee Gail Alty. The club's website bills the Paramount as "Metro Vancouver's premiere gentleman's [sic] club and the cities [sic] ultimate experience in adult entertainment." The website also boasts the Paramount has more dancers working than any other club in the city. Ryan Lepper is one of the students taking part in the class project. He argued strip clubs objectify woman because they give the men visiting the impression women are just objects meant to be bought and sold. "It sexualizes them by saying that they are only objects meant to pleasure men, and we don't want girls growing up in a world where they are viewed that way," he wrote in an e-mail. He said the plan is to take the petition to an upcoming city council meeting for a presentation. Lepper also noted the class did not contact the club in regards to the petition. For safety reasons, the students decided not to set up in front of the club during its nighttime business hours. Calls to the Paramount for comment were not returned by The NOW's press deadline. © Copyright © Coquitlam Now --- So high school students are in charge of social engineering and dictating our attitudes now? What kind of douchebag teacher would lead a drive like this? I thought brainwashing students and making them foot soldiers for their ideology was forbidden practice in the teaching profession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Even women with daddy issues need employable job skills. But seriously, free will and anything within the realm of law and morality. So long as they aren't running an illegal drug and prostitution ring, or using it as a front for organized crime, there's no issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryten Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Just wait for those highschool students to realize how expensive colleges and universities are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 What do you expect from the leftwing Teachers Federation?. They have been in indoctinating students about social justice issues for years. The role of women in society, feminism, human rights, gay rights, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi Babe Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 What do you expect from the leftwing Teachers Federation?. They have been in indoctinating students about social justice issues for years. The role of women in society, feminism, human rights, gay rights, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. White Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 WOW. Find something better to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 WOW. Find something better to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schlaBAM Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 nerds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:D Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 This movement will continue to lose steam as its male participants hit 18 years of age Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobble Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 So, as a 'class project', the deem it acceptable to actively try to make dozens of people lose their jobs?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Colt 45s Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Good for them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthecivil Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 So, as a 'class project', the deem it acceptable to actively try to make dozens of people lose their jobs?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 What do you expect from the leftwing Teachers Federation?. They have been in indoctinating students about social justice issues for years. The role of women in society, feminism, human rights, gay rights, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i love semin Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 i'm sure they mean well, but they're misguided and naive. it's a silly cause to take up, given that many self-identified feminists probably don't even agree that strip clubs are necessarily evil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonLever Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Might I point out that I can only assume the vast majority of posters in this thread were in fact educated by "the leftwing Teachers Federation" and yet are all (unanimously as far as I can see) rightfully calling out this project as idiotic. Perhaps you should think on that for a few moments... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoShowWilly Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 should go petition the keg, cactus club, earls, and other restaurants / bars while they are at it. Completely unethical to objectify women the way they do. Men treating them like objects and tipping them accordingly. We don't want women growing up in a world where they can use their looks to get ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi Babe Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I was merely responding to the OP. He said it was brainwashing. Perhaps you should take up the matter with him. Anyways, where do you think the students get the ideas from? Obviously from what is being taught in school. And from teachers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dittohead Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Wow, I can't believe this. actually I can. Hopefully they'll learn a quick lesson once people find out who they are and where they live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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