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American students sent home for wearing American flags - 5/6/2010 3:57:23 PM   
MC4Misfit


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Status: offline 		I was just poking around on yahoo can came happened on this story:
http://news.yahoo.com/video/sanfranciscocbs5-15751300/s-bay-students-wearing-u-s-flag-shirts-sent-home-19586193

Long story short, 5 kids were sent home from a school in San Francisco for wearing American flags to school on Cinco do Mayo.  The vice principal said that since the school is 40% Hispanic it might cause a riot.

WTF!  We can't admit to being proud of being Americans in our own country?  We have to worry about that offending people?  Call me crazy, but I'm thinking that if someone is that offended by the American flag, maybe this isn't the right country for them.

On another note, maybe I'm just a stupid American, but I was under the impression that Cinco de Mayo was a Mexican holiday.  I wasn't even aware that all Hispanics are Mexicans...but I guess that vice principal knows better than I do.

And before anyone jumps down my throat, no, I am not anti-immigration...or at least not legal immigration.  Immigration is one of the things that has helped make the US what it is (and I mean that in the good way). 
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RE: American students sent home for wearing American flags - 5/6/2010 3:59:43 PM   
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RE: American students sent home for wearing American flags - 5/6/2010 4:00:00 PM   
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RE: American students sent home for wearing American flags - 5/6/2010 4:00:51 PM   
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Today I heard someone say that illegal isn't a race, its just illegal.


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RE: American students sent home for wearing American flags - 5/6/2010 4:01:53 PM   
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You're so bored you had to comment on something that doesn't interest you?

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Are you that bored you needed to post this?


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RE: American students sent home for wearing American flags - 5/6/2010 4:05:49 PM   
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You're so bored you had to comment on something that doesn't interest you?

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Are you that bored you needed to post this?




Lets not get started about Caucasian American  History month.  lol

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RE: American students sent home for wearing American flags - 5/6/2010 4:14:22 PM   
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Status: offline 		I saw this also. I can't begin to expressed how pissed off I am at this.
Now we have to hide our own flag in our own country so we don't offend anyone? FUCK THAT!

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RE: American students sent home for wearing American flags - 5/6/2010 4:15:49 PM   
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You're so bored you had to comment on something that doesn't interest you?

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Are you that bored you needed to post this?



Yeah, you got me. You are so clever. I wish I had thought of that. Why are you wasting your time here. I think you have a real future in the republican party

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RE: American students sent home for wearing American flags - 5/6/2010 4:16:49 PM   
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I saw this also. I can't begin to expressed how pissed off I am at this.
Now we have to hide our own flag in our own country so we don't offend anyone? FUCK THAT!


No, humor us, how pissed off are you?

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RE: American students sent home for wearing American flags - 5/6/2010 4:17:34 PM   
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Status: offline 		So.... they wanted to show off that they were "real Americans" by committing an illegal act that is actually punishable under federal law?



Technically it is illegal to wear an American flag and a flag is defined, by law, as: "Anything "by which the average person seeing the same without deliberation may believe the same to represent the flag."

However, the separate issue of the principal trying to avoid a race riot, I can see that as being offensive.

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RE: American students sent home for wearing American flags - 5/6/2010 4:32:39 PM   
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quote:

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So.... they wanted to show off that they were "real Americans" by committing an illegal act that is actually punishable under federal law?



Technically it is illegal to wear an American flag and a flag is defined, by law, as: "Anything "by which the average person seeing the same without deliberation may believe the same to represent the flag."

However, the separate issue of the principal trying to avoid a race riot, I can see that as being offensive.

Edit: clarity


I have never seen that enforced. Just look at political rallies.

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RE: American students sent home for wearing American flags - 5/6/2010 4:39:15 PM   
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Its wasn't so clever, anyone could have pointed out that you didn't think that statement through before you posted it.

I was just the first one there... 


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Yeah, you got me. You are so clever. I wish I had thought of that. Why are you wasting your time here. I think you have a real future in the republican party


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RE: American students sent home for wearing American flags - 5/6/2010 4:42:08 PM   
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RE: American students sent home for wearing American flags - 5/6/2010 4:44:24 PM   
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RE: American students sent home for wearing American flags - 5/6/2010 4:57:34 PM   
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RE: American students sent home for wearing American flags - 5/6/2010 5:02:41 PM   
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RE: American students sent home for wearing American flags - 5/6/2010 5:10:54 PM   
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I wasn't pissed off, its San Francisco. What do you expect?

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I saw this also. I can't begin to expressed how pissed off I am at this.
Now we have to hide our own flag in our own country so we don't offend anyone? FUCK THAT!


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RE: American students sent home for wearing American flags - 5/6/2010 9:02:09 PM   
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If you believe wearing a US flag is illegal, you obviously have never been to the beach of a fire work display on the 4th of July.

Having said that, i will ask here what i asked on the immigration thread...

Why are we giving more recognition to this holiday than the people of mexico?


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RE: American students sent home for wearing American flags - 5/6/2010 9:20:50 PM   
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I saw this also. I can't begin to expressed how pissed off I am at this.
Now we have to hide our own flag in our own country so we don't offend anyone? FUCK THAT!



Maybe soon those that want to display the flag will have to meet in a secret location.
We ain't seen nothin yet.
lol

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RE: American students sent home for wearing American flags - 5/6/2010 9:22:52 PM   
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I think you have a real future in the republican party



No. That would be me.

This school really blew it.

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