Posted on 05/07/2010 9:09:45 AM PDT by Chet 99
Sure, it all makes sense.
Why should American kids be allowed to wear T-shirts with the American flag printed on them in America?
Thankfully one high school administrator was equally outraged and sent the offenders home for it.
Five kids attending Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, Calif., decided to wear patriotic clothing (T-shirts and bandannas with the American flag on them) on Cinco de Mayo. Assistant Principal Miguel Rodriguez told them that the clothing was inappropriate for the holiday and to ditch the bandannas and turn their shirts inside out or go home.
The kids chose option B. And now the town of Morgan Hill finds itself in the middle of a controversy.
One of the students, Daniel Galli, said school officials told him they could wear their patriotic garb any other day, but "but today is sensitive to Mexican Americans because it's supposed to be their holiday so we were not allowed to wear it today."
That's what Annicia Nunez, another Live Oak High student, thinks: "We don't deserve to be get disrespected like that. We wouldn't do that on Fourth of July."
. . .
Like film critic Roger Ebert. He has a solution.
"Kids who wear American Flag T-shirts on 5 May should have to share a lunchroom table with those who wear a hammer and sickle on 4 July," he tweeted.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimesblogs.latimes.com ...
We had an unbroken run of being told that islam is a religion of peace, and that we had "Our Dear Friends, the Saudis" to thank for everything wonderful on earth. followed by:
Get with the program wouldja?
Next year they should wear shirts with the French flag.
HaHaHa
To keep me from blowing up when I read garbage like this,
I have to remind myself Roger Ebert has a tumor in his head.
The hammer and sickle table was already occupied by the school board and the Che table was already occupied by the
teachers so the kids will have to settle for the Pol Pot table.
Wouldn’t it make more sense for the hammer and sickle t shirt people to be sent home on the Fourth of July? Also, school is closed in July.
“EMAIL ADDRESS IS:
miguel.rodriguez@mhu.k12.ca.us
FAX NUMBER IS 408-776-9097
SCHOOL PHONE - 408-201-6100
SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER IS - 408-201-6000 & 408-201-6001
Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, CA phone number is (408) 201-6100 press 6 for Principle Miguel Rodriguez. If his mailbox is full call back tomorrow or call back and press 0 for front desk. I’m working on getting the fax number and email addresses.
ALSO call the Morgan Hill School District. I already called and left my message. Let’s fill up their mailbox. The number is (408) 201-6000.”
“What we don’t do is FORCE others to be observe our festivals.”
One of the core principles cherished in this country (less so in many other countries is FREEDOM). Live and let live. Making other students hostage to the “sensitivities” of fellow students is a slippery slope with no obvious end.
Does this mean that Muslim students are entitled to insist that females wear burkas in order to avoid being offended?
Does this mean that fat girls can insist that all girls wear mumus to minimize perceived differences in body size or shape?
Does this mean that “Goth” students can insist that everyone wear black?
Does this mean a student can insist that no one wear “Polo” shirts on grounds that they find it offensive for Ralph Lauren to “exploit” human beings by making them walking advertisements for their products?
The school would be far better served by insisting that Mexican students learn some tolerance. After all, the white students are putting up with celebration of a holiday that means nothing to them. How come their “sensitivities” count for nothing?
I pity this guy. The cancer he’s slowly dying from is obviously affecting what’s left of his brain more and more each day.
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