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Parents, ACLU want apology over T-shirts
Potomac News ^
| Tuesday, April 4, 2006
| DANIEL GILBERT
Posted on 04/04/2006 6:30:28 AM PDT by chambley1
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To: robertpaulsen
Call it what you want, I haven't changed my position. A "dress code" which specifies a "school uniform" is, to me, the preferred solution to this problem. Students should be in school to receive an education, not to be trendy or make statementsbut keep in mind, that's
only my opinion. It's up to the parents that elect each school district to
decide for themselves how their "public" schools should be operated. (At least, in theory.)
And I would only think that arbitrarily-imposed rules (i.e., rules which leave subjective decisions to be made to the administrators"clothing which is offensive," in other words) would constitute a "zero-tolerance" policy. School uniforms, to me, wouldn't fall into that category, as they would be enforced equally, without selectivity.
My point remains that the "rules" making up the "dress code" should be fairEITHER they should allow any speech on clothing, OR they should be defined so narrowly that no speech is permitted on clothing (at which point they essentially become the "dress code" defining a "school uniform.") Does that make sense?
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posted on
04/04/2006 1:53:53 PM PDT
by
detsaoT
(Proudly not "dumb as a journalist.")
To: tumblindice
Do you think a child should be allowed to wear a t-shirt with the confederate flag displayed, front and back, professor?Was this article about CBFs? No!
To: chambley1
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posted on
04/04/2006 2:09:27 PM PDT
by
lowbridge
(I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming, like his passengers.)
To: chambley1; 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; ...
Anti-American Communist Lawyers Union Ping!
And in the case of the kid in Arizona...well...the silence speaks volumes.
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posted on
04/04/2006 7:53:41 PM PDT
by
HiJinx
(~ www.proudpatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ Operation Easter/Passover ~)
To: speed_addiction
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posted on
04/04/2006 7:59:03 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
To: chambley1
When I read things like this, an old saying comes to mind... give them an inch, and they take a mile.
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posted on
04/04/2006 8:10:33 PM PDT
by
janetgreen
(The White House fiddles while America is invaded)
To: zook
Maybe looking out for her child would be to teach him how very lucky he is to be in America and that assimilating and not seeing himself as 100% Latino is in his best interest.
susie
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posted on
04/04/2006 8:41:34 PM PDT
by
brytlea
(amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
To: HiJinx
I have an idea for a T-Shirt:
Active Communist Luicrous Union
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posted on
04/04/2006 9:31:08 PM PDT
by
JustPiper
(Illegals are NOT being denied Civil Rights...That is for U.S. Civil-ians Fool !)
To: chambley1
IMO, Carmen and Maria used their young sons to race bait. Their interactions with the principal were antagonistic at best. Shame on you Carmen. Shame on you Maria.
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posted on
04/04/2006 9:31:45 PM PDT
by
afnamvet
(Enforcement First!)
To: chambley1
WHERE was the ACLU in Colorado whne Herr Stupf banned the AMERICAN FLAG???
Oh I wish it were a century and a half ago. The ACLU offices would have then been visited by vigilantes with nooses back then.
Today they are given a forum in our corrupt courts.
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posted on
04/05/2006 3:33:36 AM PDT
by
ZULU
(Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
To: RexBeach
If the little dirtbag wanted to wear that shirt, he has every right to do so.
But students in Colorado who want to wear the American flag should have the same right.
As for dumb shirts that say Kiss me I'm Irish, or 100% Italian, or 100 % Latino, they're stupid and un-American.
I'm 100 % American and proud of it, regardless of where my ancestors came from. Like Teddy Roosevelt said, you can't be American and be anything else.
And while they're at it, they should stop this "dual citizenship" crap too.
A man can't serve two masters.
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posted on
04/05/2006 3:37:57 AM PDT
by
ZULU
(Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
To: chambley1
In Royse City Tx a high school student was suspended for having the American flag flying from his antenna on his truck and draped over his tailgate. The Principle had banned flags, all flags, at the school during the recent uproar. She claimed the boy wasn't being patriotic but was trying to start trouble and was suspended "for his own safety". He was told the flag was meant to cause offense to the Hispanic students. His dad was on the news asking "since when is the American flag offensive when flown in America?" The teenager simply said "these people come here to live and they should respect our flag and laws".
My brother and many friends graduated from that little high school and were furious. My buddy who runs a small landscaping design company was mowing a lawn across the street from the school when Fox was interviewing the dad. When I called to ask him what the hell was going on in Royse City, he hadn't heard about it but mentioned he was mowing across from the school when the news was there. "Doing the job Americans won't do? I asked. " Yeah no shit" he replied.
His dad was once mayor of the town so it will be interesting how this shakes out.
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posted on
04/05/2006 4:04:31 AM PDT
by
normy
(Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.)
To: chambley1
Poor Urrutia. That whiny kid has the makings of an adult with a sense of entitlement. And, of course, the ACLU is involve - no cause is too little or too demented if it sticks to the USA, religion, or character building.
In any case, schools should just have a dress code - no T-shirts. It would avoid a lot of unnecessary distractions and hassles.
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posted on
04/05/2006 4:14:11 AM PDT
by
Dante3
To: brytlea
"Maybe looking out for her child would be to teach him..."
Maybe, but that's your opinion. In America, immigrant groups have always had the right to express ethnic pride. And to do so without being called nasty names. (Not by you, but others here.)
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posted on
04/05/2006 5:25:22 AM PDT
by
zook
To: ShutUpandSing
These two women USED their children as walking posters for their political points of view. I hope they get smacked down in court if it goes that far.Precisely. The kids get in trouble after the women set them up, and then the women cry "foul!"
There is something foul here, alright. the kids go through all the crap and stress (literally worried sick!) and the wimmyn go looking for payday.
Grrrrrrr!
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posted on
04/05/2006 5:35:13 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
To: speed_addiction
Wah Jeez, dere's a problem wit dat don' cha know . . .
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posted on
04/05/2006 6:31:53 AM PDT
by
BraveMan
To: zook
So, what's your opinion? Better to use your child as a tool to further your agenda, or to teach him how to have a better life?
susie
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posted on
04/05/2006 9:16:10 AM PDT
by
brytlea
(amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
To: HiJinx
Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!
Support our Minutemen Patriots!
Be Ever Vigilant!
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posted on
04/05/2006 9:42:59 AM PDT
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: chambley1
Anderson Urrutia, 8, complained of a headache on Sunday night. Then his tummy started hurting. At 2:15 a.m., he walked into his parents' bedroom and asked if he had to go to school. "I don't want to get in trouble again," he told his mother. Anderson, a second-grader at Occoquan Elementary School, went to school on Monday with 5-year-old kindergartner Joseph SorianoI am guessing that it wasn't the 5-year-old and the 8-year-old who made those "hand-made" t-shirts. The parents apparently have no qualms about causing this kind of mental anguish to their kids just so they can use them as political pawns. "Social services" should look into taking the kids away from these sick scumbags.
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