Yearbook photo flap erupts in Stratford

New Haven Register ^ | June 20, 2002 | Richard Weizel

[Drew68]

STRATFORD

[Drew68]

Here is the photo in question:

Decide for yourselves.

[RANGERAIRBORNE]

When did the school authorities get police powers over people who have already graduated? Or is this just arrogance on their part?

"They want to interview them and take whatever action is appropriate"- give me a break!

[Husker24]

What is there an investigation for these students have graduated, they have commited no crime........besides who gives a sh*t.

[EggsAckley]

Um.........BFD. Fifteen minutes of fame.

[nothingnew]

Looks and sounds like a bunch of over reacted BS to me...

FMCDH

[Husker24]

If I were them id tell the school officials to piss off, I spose they will try to rescend thier diplomas.

[Flyer]

Whatever caused their arms to stiffen up has also made their faces blurry. They should check the other students for similar symptoms.

[MotleyGirl70]

Would they have "investigated" if the two were giving "the finger"?

Wouldn't THAT be offensive to some of the overly sensitive grads.

[gitmo]

They look like the rebel aliens from X-Files.

[knarf]

"Hatch said the graduates will be asked what their intention was in the photo."

Uh oh.

[Drew68]

What is there an investigation for these students have graduated, they have commited no crime........besides who gives a sh*t.

That was my thought. Besides, with over two hundred kids in the photo, someone must've gone through the pic with a fine-toothed comb looking for violations.

I'm reminded of many such things that found their ways past the censors into my senior yearbook. I can look back on them and laugh.

[ChicagoRepublican]

Maybe they were watched Spartacus and decided to give one of those Imperial Roman salutes. It looks like they're obviously giving a Nazi salute. They should just not include that picture on the cover, and embarass the hell out of those b#tches by unblurring their photos and zooming in on their faces so everyone can see who they are.

[Drew68]

When did the school authorities get police powers over people who have already graduated?

I'm sure that they will find some way to punish them. Who knows, maybe charge them with a hate crime or ethnic intimidation and rescind their diplomas until they complete a sensitivity-training course.

Or is this just arrogance on their part?

It probably has less to do with arrogance and more to do with fear of "long-time political activist Sylvia Guberman, coordinator of the United Democrats of Stratford."

[Lessismore]

They appear to have overlooked the two communists with the clenched fist salute!

[AK2KX]

Looks like we're turning into present-day Germany. How far we have fallen -- being offensive is now becoming a crime.

[A. Pole]

She looked at the yearbook photo with disgust Wednesday in her home as she held another photo of seven relatives, including her grandparents, who were killed by the Nazis in Poland.

Bad, bad Poland. Did you notice that some of those students use the Polish Solidarity (V sign) salute. Must be the expression of centuries of Polish Nazi antisemitic tradition. And some others show all five fingers separate like in a Muslim symbol. Must be some Palestinian Polish conspiracy.

[Northpaw]

I've never in my life seen an arm fully extended by a student at a pep rally. Obviously, these two are Nazis. This is getting serious. I saw a skateboarder the other day wearing a shirt with an Iron Cross on it!

[Fun Bob]

That is the Bellamy Salute which harkens back to ancient Rome. It was the standard salute since used in the US when pledging allegience to the flag from 1892 (when the pledge was first published in the magazine "Youth's Companion") up until 1942 when it was dropped in favor of the hand over the heart salute due to resemblance of the Nazi salute.

miserable failure miserable failure miserable failure miserable failure war criminal

[Happy2BMe]

Ping on #18 . .

(Nazi salute . .)