[A Ruckus of Dogs]

Uniforms destroy individuality when we should be encouraging it.

So making boy scouts and cheerleaders wear uniforms destroys their individuality? C'mon. Uniforms would save the parents loads of money and the trouble of having to buy a 5 day wardrobe every season for growing kids. There are many practical uses for uniforms in a variety of professions and organizations.

[billybudd]

Kids join boys scouts and cheerleaders voluntarily - but they're forced to go to school. Uniforms make sense for cheerleaders as they make sense for a football team, because you want to distinguish them from the opposite team. There's no need for a school to impose such distinctions on its students. Kids should wear whatever they want, as long as their parents let them. If their parents want them to wear cheaper uniforms, fine. But don't force them. If the parents want to spend extra money on good clothes, that's their right.