Quote Originally Posted by Keba
Hate to point it out here, chap, but the US is a state, not a nation, their national identity amounts to we live here, and we like our way of life. They are not a nation, Poland is a nation, France is a nation ... the US, Canada, Australia and others are not ... they are states.
You dont spend much time here do you?

Quote Originally Posted by Don Corleone
So, a social studies teacher (civics, history, etc) was trying to teach his class about free speech and burned two flags. Boom, he was removed from his position. Personally, I think he had every right to do this. His point wasn't to encourage his students to burn the flag, it was to demonstrate the bounds of free spech. I agree that teachers shouldn't be imparting their own personal political philosophies, especially extreme ones, on their students. But students do have a right to learn basic tenets of our Constitution.
Well Don, just because someone is allowed to do something which completely offensive to most Americans doesnt mean they should do it in a classroom. And clearly many students and even more parents were very offended by the act. Imagine all the unsavory things a teacher could do in a classroom that are "technically" legal, but would be very inappropriate in a classroom setting.