Posted on 05/27/2007 10:10:59 AM PDT by TaxPayer2000
A Large Lawn Peace Sign Composed of Marigolds Has Been Deemed "vandalism" by School Principal
Last weekend, for their annual senior prank, seniors at Wilson High School in Portland, Oregon removed hundreds of feet of sod, in the shape of a peace sign, from the school's courtyard, replacing it with marigolds. Since then, the administration has been hot on their cast to "repair the damaged school property." Principal Sue Brent has even promised not to let student Maggie Collins (the only student who has admitted to participating in the prank) graduate unless the courtyard is returned to its politically indifferent position.
The intensity of the administration's backlash is rooted in an event three months prior. Ostensibly, a local parent complained about the "peace" messages students had begun to decorate the school windows with. The school's administration, after consulting with the counsel for Portland Public Schools, concluded that the messages would have to be removed. Their rational was that they could not allow a public space, such as a window-or a lawn-to become a free speech forum lest another student use it to promote more controversial or vulgar views. They too would be able to claim first amendment protections.
In their last high school hurrah, Wilson seniors deliberately repudiated the administration's mandate, spending hundreds of dollars to plant the thousands of marigolds. Today, the students are holding something of a community party to remove the flowers, and to restore the lawn.
The school's stance on the issue has struck many members of the mostly liberal Portland community as unconscionable. After all, who opposes peace, they ask. However, short-lived as it was, the Wilson High School class of 2007 most assuredly made their mark on the community.
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This sums up liberal stupidity quite succinctly. If you're opposed to using vandalism to spread a message, you must be opposed the message. I wish the mothership would come pick these drug-addled losers up already.
“Their rational was that they could not allow a public space, such as a window-or a lawn-to become a free speech forum lest another student use it to promote more controversial or vulgar views.”
Like “Support the Troops - Support the Mission”?
I would like to see the antiAmerican war (but decidedly pro-Palestinian war) movement protest the actions of Al Qaieda and their beloved “insurgents” AKA “freedom fighters” (and there have been protest signs saying “I support the insurgency” and Michael Moore’s own championing of their cause).
It isn’t a “peace” protest when you cheer one side of invaders (from Iran, Syria, Europe) and boo the other, telling them to “lay down their weapons and go home”.
SAC's motto was "Peace is our Profession" and when you looked at our "Peace" sign you recognized the nacelles and it was a planform of a B-52!!
We'll just declare peace and everything will be just OK. Only there is a catch. Everybody else will want a piece of us. Peace is probably the most idealistic and desirable goal there is. Peace is so much like freedom in it isn't free. It can't be a given. The enemy that pursues us believes peace to be ethereal and by that I mean peace is permissible only after death. I can't see why that little principle is not understood.
Actually I believe it is their doctrine that there will be peace when all submit to the will of Allah.
That is that all have accepted Islam or are dead.
I do
I oppose peace when in the context of peace you are replacing victory
Anyway a peace symbol really doesn't mean true peace, it means capitulation
Don't forget, it was in Portland that protesters who broke away from the main protest group back in March, to burn a soldier in effigy and a flag, while one defecated on it, was written off as mere Rudeness.
“Liberal Portland just loves the “footprint of the American Chicken” sign.”
Never heard that before but love it!
Last weekend, for their annual senior prank, seniors at Wilson High School in Portland, Oregon removed hundreds of feet of sod, in the shape of a peace sign, from the school’s courtyard, replacing it with marigolds.
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Very misleading headline, since the principal was merely demanding repair of an act of vandalism.
And that is laughable, too. Just look that all those that have submitted to the will of Allah that fight and kill amongst themselves.
Great post! still working through the words but... well great post. Man I would marry a girl like that.
It is a hold over from Viet Nam. That is what many of us labeled it as it was thrown about.
This is Oregon, folks. If the girl had substituted marijuana for marigolds, the peace symbol would be cool.
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