Really, the stick this flag in on has a sharp end. Well let's ban pencils and thumb tacks. While we are at it better ban rubber bands and paper clips, that could be used as a weapon. Better ban paper also those paper cuts can be pretty nasty.
This has nothing to do with the American flag. If the boy had come in with a folded (i.e. "stickless") flag, would the school have taken it away from him?? No, they wouldn't have. They confiscated a sharp stick that happened to have a flag attached to it.
Do I think the school's action is ridiculous?? Yes. Absolutely. It's not like the kid walked in with a sword, but I can't stand when people (read: the media) try to make this into some sort of anti-American, flag-desecrating communist conspiracy. It's like when a politician runs out of things to say and resorts to claiming "It's for the children" just to get people on his side. I half expect somebody to come out and say it's Obama's fault.
Actually, I'll tell you whose fault it is--parents. Do you really think teachers give a rip what kids bring to school? It's lawsuit-happy parents, who have decided they have nothing better to do than complain to school administrators about every little thing that makes life unfair or unsafe for little Susie and Johnny.
This has nothing to do with the American flag. If the boy had come in with a folded (i.e. "stickless") flag, would the school have taken it away from him?? No, they wouldn't have. They confiscated a sharp stick that happened to have a flag attached to it.
Do I think the school's action is ridiculous?? Yes. Absolutely. It's not like the kid walked in with a sword, but I can't stand when people (read: the media) try to make this into some sort of anti-American, flag-desecrating communist conspiracy. It's like when a politician runs out of things to say and resorts to claiming "It's for the children" just to get people on his side. I half expect somebody to come out and say it's Obama's fault.
More Marxist existing in schools...
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