Thread: Judge: School Can Ban American Flag Shirts

Originally Posted by Browncoatjw

Yeeesh. Kind of surprised. If the principal thinks a t-shirt might get the kids in a physical confrontation, shouldn't the principal go after the kids who may allegedly start the confrontation?

They're Mexicans, so going after them is racism, but it's okay to go after the white kid wearing the flag of his country.

Originally Posted by blergs.

mex was amarica till you raped their land i hope you know history....... just saying.

Raped their land? Clarification, if you'd be so kind?

Mexico was full of Incas and other tribes before Europeans raped their land and began aggressively persuading them towards a different lifestyle. I hope you know history.

Killermonkey is correct... If people have issues with how America is ran, then they need to find a land that suits them. America is supposed to be free, so stop hindering that freedom.

Originally Posted by blergs.

mex was amarica till you raped their land i hope you know history....... just saying.

still though they should not tell them they cant ware their amarican threads, thats BS. ware a mex flag, ware an Amarican flag, WTF happend to freedome?

The freedoms in this country are being and have been eroded over the last 30 years.

Originally Posted by Zaphod

The freedoms in this country are being and have been eroded over the last 30 years.

tis all part of the great conservative revolution after the liberals fucked everything up with their new deal programs, labor unions that caused wages to actually increase along with productivity and that dam progressive tax system...

That depends on what kind of messeges was written on the flag. If the messege was " God Bless America", then it is okay, I think. If the messege was offensive to mexican americans, it should be discouraged. I think people have to look at not only the action itself, but also the motive behind the action as well.

Originally Posted by Little Wing

Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for "fifth of May") is a holiday held on May 5. It is celebrated nationwide in the United States and regionally in Mexico, primarily in the state of Puebla,[1][2][3][4] where the holiday is called El Dia de la Batalla de Puebla (English: The Day of the Battle of Puebla).[5][6][7] The date is observed in the United States as a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride,[8] and to commemorate the cause of freedom and democracy during the first years of the American Civil War.

Consequences to the United States

Some historians have argued that France's real goal was to help break up the American Union, at the time in the midst of a civil war, by helping the southern Confederacy:[26] "The Mexicans had won a great victory that kept Napoleon III from supplying the confederate rebels for another year, allowing the United States to build the greatest army the world had ever seen.

During my last year as a public school teacher, I brought up the history behing Cinco de Mayo, and discovered that over 90% of the Hispanic students in my classes had no idea what was being celebrated or why, and I was teaching in a border community. I was actually taken to task by my boss for talking about it in class. Now that's funny. A teacher teaching and then getting in trouble. My department head actually told me that it wasn't part of the state standards, so we shouldn't be spending class time on it. It was around that time I started to rethink my decision to become a teacher.

Originally Posted by blergs.

mex was amarica till you raped their land i hope you know history....... just saying.

still though they should not tell them they cant ware their amarican threads, thats BS. ware a mex flag, ware an Amarican flag, WTF happend to freedome?

The Incas were conquered by the spanish. Their culture was already disimated before the us got into land disputes.

Maybe I'll try a little experiment here in Chiner. On their next national holiday, I'm going to file a complaint with my kid's school and respectufully request that Chinese kids not be allowed to wear shirts displaying the Chinese flag, as it might be offensive to my kids who are Americans, thus resulting in a physical fight (which if course wouldn't be their fault, as they would be the victimsk aka offendees).

Now, what might the result be? Would they grant my request and ban Chinese flag shirts? Or, might they (rightfully) tell me to go fuck myself and go back to the US of A if the shirt offends me? I suspect the latter. But of course, we don't have that same privilidge in the USA. As the world's sole superpower, we seem to be carrying around too much "superpower guilt".

Originally Posted by KelJu

The Incas were conquered by the spanish. Their culture was already disimated before the us got into land disputes.

And we never even got a thank you note