:thumb: :lol: Who'd a thunk it. Great Idea. Then we can hear about the liberal outcry of oppression.

The courts have ruled that schools can impose dress codes that may limit the students' right of expression to wear whatever the hell they want.

Not that the young lady is wearing a skirt and has a vagina....but perhaps because the skirt is too short.

And the intent does matter because the courts use intent as one measure to determine the right to wear particular clothes.

If the intent is to promote a potentially adverse response (which is purely subjective), a particular style of dress may be prohibited.

You are missing my entire point. It is not about being respectful to other cultures. It is about a school district attempting to prevent violence breaking out in their school.

If there is solid evidence that a symbol will cause a violent reaction in a school, I believe there are grounds to ban that symbol. I back that no matter which ethnicity, religion, or whatever stupid divider is on each side.

You are just basing your views on strong ideals. If you ran that school, what would you do to stop the violence? Telling them to get a grip on their school doesn't say much. I just assume you mean cultural sensitivity training. :p:

Ideally I don't agree with it either, but that is how the world works.


You missed the point too Merc, or are you just looking for a reaction?

Okay.

Intent is to difficult to prove as a yardstick. In this specific case the students who wore American Flags should sue the hell out of the school district. The burden of proof is on them.

Absolutely not. My point has been made. The students had a right to wear the shirts. The schools failed and should be punished.

In a civil case, the burden of proof is generally on the plaintiff.

That is, the kids (through their parents) would have to prove the school violated their rights.. not the other way around.

If they want to pursue it, I would suggest calling the ACLU...you know, the guys you criticize for standing up for constitutional rights. :)

An easy win. Fuck the ACLU. I would just hire a good lawyer.

I bet they are already pissing in their pants for the national attention they are getting.

My friends :lol:?

Can you describe the difference between "innocent wearing" and "malicious wearing" and how you can scientifically tell the difference? And...does the subject matter, or WHAT you are wearing have no bearing? I find the fundamental substance of your argument to be patently ridiculous.

Yes they can, but it has to be uniform, and can't be imposed in the middle of the damn day.

Oh, and here is another tidbit thats not been addressed - at least two of the four boys wearing the American flag T-shirts had Mexican ancestry.

this is America

Cinco de Mayo is Mexican Holiday

have a Corona and STFU

In regards to a dress code, I was responding to lookout's post about a young lady and her skirt and vagina.

But, the fact is, neither of us know if the policy prohibits wearing bandannas.

You are making assumptions here.

That the five kids acted out of patriotism, rather than to be provocative. You dont know that.

In fact, we dont anything about these five kids, other then that they acted collectively. Are they model students? Have they had or provoked confrontations with Hispanic students in the past? Are there tensions in the school between Anglo students and Hispanic students? We dont know any of the answers. Presumably, the Asst. Principal does.

And, with the bolding, it appears that you are assuming or inferring that the Asst Principal acted based on his own ethnicity rather than out of concern for safety.

The Asst. Principal made a judgment call....perhaps, bad judgment...but none of us know all the facts.

One fact we do know, the school had a recent history of problems with intolerance and attacks (physical and verbal) against minorities...at the time, it was against gays/lesbian students.