LONGMONT, Colo. (April 1) - Dozens of high school students protested a temporary school policy forbidding students from displaying the U.S. flag - as well as flags from other countries - amid racial tensions following immigration rallies.
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Skyline High School Principal Tom Stumpf said American flags were brazenly waved in the faces of Hispanic students and in one case a Mexican flag was thrown into the face of another student.
"When it involves the American flag and its abuse in vilifying other people, we simply will not tolerate it," Stumpf said. "They were using the symbol derisively as misguided patriotism."
Students were warned about the policy Friday and several were suspended, although Stumpf would not provide details. Then, about 100 students protested during lunch time.
Student Dustin Carlson told Denver station KCNC-TV that he was suspended for two days.
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"I'm getting suspended for it and personally I think that's uncalled for," he said. "If this country means freedom, then why can't we fly our own flag? It's ridiculous."
Thousands of high school students Friday in California, Texas, Nevada and other states protested the tough immigration laws proposed in the House. Some waved Mexican flags and carried signs saying "We are not criminals."
On Monday, about 150 high school students, including some from Skyline, protested in Longmont.
"People are taking it to a whole other level," said Laura Avitia. "I don't think they know why we were protesting."
04/01/06 04:49 EST
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04-02-2006, 05:46
Tribesman
Re: US Flag banned among racial tensions
:laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: American abusing their own flag :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:
oh the shame of it :oops:
I do like the picture of the confederate flag , how apropriate , flying the flag of people who didn't want to be part of the United States at a protest against people who do want to be part of the United States , and doing it in a place that wasn't a part of the United States at the time , but that as a territory sided with the Union .
Since you seem to be having such a problem over there with flags why not just abolish flags entirely nationwide:laugh4:
04-02-2006, 05:48
Proletariat
Re: US Flag banned among racial tensions
I agree. I'm as patriotic as they come, but caring about a piece of cloth this much is as stupid as caring about a book being flushed down a toilet.
my america, my flag, don't like it get out.:laugh4:
really i don't care about the flag but to surpress it is to surpress patriotism, it represents america as a whole.
04-02-2006, 05:53
Tribesman
Re: US Flag banned among racial tensions
No Prole , you are very wrong there , flushing a book down the toilet can lead to a blockage .
04-02-2006, 06:08
Proletariat
Re: US Flag banned among racial tensions
You misunderstand our interrogation technique. The sequence is as follows:
GI: Where the hell are the munitions?!
Insurgent: Screw you, Allah Akbahr.
*rip, flush*
GI: Seriously, where the hell are they? I'll flush another, I mean it.
Insurgent: Eat me, I'll never tell you.
*rip, flush*
We never flush more than a page at a time, Tribesman.
04-02-2006, 12:48
Moros
Re: US Flag banned among racial tensions
Poor guys, I can't live without the flag of my country. I always take it with me to school, to parties, when I go to sleep. I even take it with me in the shower. I would be hard broken if I was forbidden to take a flag to school. Who can live without a flag? Monsters, that's what they are, monsters!
~:rolleyes:
04-02-2006, 12:57
rory_20_uk
Re: US Flag banned among racial tensions
The "children" who use the flag in that manner should be suspended and preferably incarcerated for a bit.
The whole point about freedom is allowing people to be free. Aren't Americans supposed to fight for the right for people to burn their own flag?
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious - Oscar Wilde
~:smoking:
04-02-2006, 13:27
Tribesman
Re: US Flag banned among racial tensions
We never flush more than a page at a time, Tribesman.
Very sensible , plumbers can be very expensive to call out , it would be a serious drain on the budget it you were to block too many pipes too often .
04-02-2006, 15:29
Viking
Re: US Flag banned among racial tensions
Quote:
Originally Posted by Proletariat
I agree. I'm as patriotic as they come, but caring about a piece of cloth this much is as stupid as caring about a book being flushed down a toilet.
Well, that "piece of cloth", symbolize something, doesn`t it?
04-02-2006, 22:16
BDC
Re: US Flag banned among racial tensions
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Originally Posted by Viking
Well, that "piece of cloth", symbolize something, doesn`t it?
Drinking too much and watching England lose again?
04-02-2006, 23:29
Big King Sanctaphrax
Re: US Flag banned among racial tensions
It's not as if this is a law-it's a school rule. If these incidents were becoming common, and they were disrupting the school's primary purpose of educating people, it seems pretty reasonable to me.
They've banned all flags, so it's fair, at least.
04-03-2006, 01:19
Kaiser of Arabia
Re: US Flag banned among racial tensions
Quote:
Originally Posted by Big King Sanctaphrax
It's not as if this is a law-it's a school rule. If these incidents were becoming common, and they were disrupting the school's primary purpose of educating people, it seems pretty reasonable to me.
They've banned all flags, so it's fair, at least.
If I owned a school, could I ban all books? That's fair, right?
04-03-2006, 01:35
Big King Sanctaphrax
Re: US Flag banned among racial tensions
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and they were disrupting the school's primary purpose of educating people
Note the caveat.
04-03-2006, 03:07
Ice
Re: US Flag banned among racial tensions
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Originally Posted by BDC
Drinking too much and watching England lose again?
:laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:
04-03-2006, 05:52
Mongoose
Re: US Flag banned among racial tensions
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Originally Posted by Kaiser of Arabia
If I owned a school, could I ban all books? That's fair, right?
I think that's different. The books are needed for education, the flags are not.
And I think that it's time we got to work on all those damn protesters. Those crazy pinkos think they're so big, with all their "cruel and unusual punishment" laws.
:furious3:
If I want to light a man on fire, cut his fingers off with a butter knife, and then kill him by stabbing him with said butter knife, then it's my constitutional right to do so.
:furious3:
04-03-2006, 11:26
Idaho
Re: US Flag banned among racial tensions
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaiser of Arabia
If I owned a school, could I ban all books? That's fair, right?
What a thought! You owning a school. My god, thank the lord that will never come to pass.
04-03-2006, 11:58
rory_20_uk
Re: US Flag banned among racial tensions
Erm, in the UK it seems it could easily happen...
~:smoking:
04-03-2006, 12:43
Idaho
Re: US Flag banned among racial tensions
That's true - but Kaiser would need a few million quid first.
What a dreadful idea that is btw.
04-03-2006, 17:12
Viking
Re: US Flag banned among racial tensions
Quote:
Originally Posted by BDC
Drinking too much and watching England lose again?
Don`t think so. :book:
04-04-2006, 01:28
Al Khalifah
Re: US Flag banned among racial tensions
This is nothing new...
Most UK schools (and public institutions in general) tend to take a dim view on people having England flags on display because of it's 'far-right' associations. I was personally told on more than one occassion not to have an England flag and that even a Union Jack was pretty unnacceptable. Scottish flags on the other hand... fine....
How ironic that the nation which stood alone against the forces of the far-right should be told that its national symbol is innappropiate because it is associated with the 'far-right'. Perhaps next they'll tell America to stop celebrating Martin Luther King day because of his associations with white sumpremacy.
No good PC lunatics up to no good.
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"I'm getting suspended for it and personally I think that's uncalled for," he said. "If this country means freedom, then why can't we fly our own flag? It's ridiculous."
Amen. I always admired the way Americans were not ashamed to show their patriotism, but it looks like the PC/BS tide has spread across the Atlantic.
04-04-2006, 06:18
Incongruous
Re: US Flag banned among racial tensions
Over heare in NZ I always flaunt my nationality and no one really cares, heck I got a belt buckle with st george on it along with the Sainst flag and the Union J saying "British by Birth, English by the Grace of God". So I'm coming back home next year, should I perhaps change my wardrobe?
