Posted on 01/23/2005 3:21:00 PM PST by Brian Mosely
A yellow ribbon sticker that says "Support The Troops" has created a big stir at the University of Oregon.
A day after a campus employee was told to remove the sticker from his maintenance vehicle -- people on campus are reacting.
It all started after a university employee complained.
Some think the university may have gone too far.
But for now... all the stickers are gone.
For some it's a sticker that supports the troops.
But at the University of Oregon... someone saw it as a political statement.
"I don't know how they think these are political.. i think they're patriotic," said Pete Baker, U of O delivery driver.
Pete Baker has had the stickers on his work truck... for months.
Friday, a university employee... complained.
Now the stickers are gone.
"I'm not democratic or republican.. and i was really surprised the university deemed them to be political," said Baker.
Others who work with Baker... try to understand.
"These are like their offices they work in them for eight hours a day.. they're going to do something personal with them," said Ron Lattion, facilities Maintenace worker.
In an e-mailed statement.. the University of Oregon says it is unclear if the decals are a political statement.
But to make sure they are in compliance with state restrictions... all stickers were ordered to be removed. "I think it's really a tough situation... because both sides have valid arguments," said Terra Wegner, a U of O student.
"It really comes down to the question of should state employees be allowed to express their opinions," said Morgan Goulding, a Eugene resident.
Under university guidelines the trucks are not be used for political purposes.
The question then is... what constitutes a political statement.
"I don't think it's political i think they're just trying to support the guys who are putting their lives on the line for this country. be it right or wrong.. be it right or left," said Lattion.
The trucks are part of a public institution.
Under state law... public employees can not use state resources to spread political messages.
The university determined that some may view the yellow ribbons as a political statement...threfore they demanded that all those stickers be removed.
For one, they started the anti-WTO riots in Seattle a few years back.
>>>After Iran and Syria, we need to liberate Eugene and Berkeley.<<<
Actually, pound for pound, Eugene has a more radical element than Berkeley....IMO. In California they get distracted by San Francisco, gay baths and the beaches. In, Eugene, where it rains all the time, they have nothing else to do.
If you read their posts on IndyMedia, we live in the Peoples Republic of Cascadia and the Anarchists will soon be in charge.
INTREP - Survive
Un-American Cretins!
**Under state law... public employees can not use state resources to spread political messages.**
Then the dimocrat learning profs better clean out their offices, move out, and make way for professors with unbiased brains.
Oops that should have been:
dimocrat leaning profs
Might as well get used to it...the world is full of a**holes. And 95% of them are Liberals.
BTTT
And that is wrong, and we fight it. Two wrongs do not make a right.
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