13-year old not allowed to fly American flag at school.
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Poor drug addicted Rush Limbaugh. When will the rich white man catch a break?
Second Amendment rights definitely don't apply to schools though.
I'm curious; isn't "sir" just a generic term, like "ma'am" or "miss"?
Borg, not Dalek.
it can be, it can also be used in an insulting or sarcastic manner and in this instance the poster probably intended it to be the latter.
I freak out when people call me sir.
Yes, but it depends on the context. In this context it comes off sarcastic and condescending, like you're more civil and above it all because you discuss things in the tone of a 19th century debate instead of just talking like a normal modern person having a conversation over the internet instead of sending messages back and forth on a telegraph. Might as well just type STOP after every sentence too.
More or less. It's usually reserved for figures of respect and authority (officers, teachers, elders, etc.) or by a salesperson to a customer. But that's not the point. I don't object in principle: actually, I don't care at all. But when it's used to convey a false sense of respect or politeness, or to pretend you are above the discussion, at least people should use the correct form, or no form at all. Ultimately, I would prefer to have a mature discussion, but if someone wants to play, I feel free to jump in the game.
We definitively need a Dalek smiley.Borg, not Dalek.
Oh, Alidar Jarok, you had me at Tinker v. Des Moines.
Especially, you know.. Since the "operation..."
Sorry.. I'm in a funky mood today.. I couldn't resist.
That's my favorite lewd-sounding but completely innocent court decision.
I am in agreement with a Constitutional Amendment to make the burning of the flag of the United States of America illegal. As I said, that flag is a symbol of my country. I also took another oath: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
From wikipedia:
From wikipedia:
Some of you praise the right of an angry mob to desecrate the American flag, yet decry those who would defend that same flag.
Yeah, while we're on the subject, that's bizarre. Is there not an inherent contradiction in kids standing there being instructed to chant a mandatory pledge about liberty for all? Not to mention the 'under God' part which has had enough posts dedicated to it already.
Wow, you really are the master of misrepresenting people's arguments, aren't you? Who has praised the example of the kids vandalizing a flag they didn't own? No one even defended the legality of that, as opposed to burning your own flag which is perfectly legal even if you disagree with it.
Yes, we decry those that would bludgeon teenagers over vandalizing a flag. Those who wouldn't have questionable morals and judgment.
If you believe a child should pledge allegiance, you're supposed to pledge allegiance to what the flag and the country stands for, not to the actual piece of cloth itself. Symbols are meaningless without something to symbolize. In this case it symbolizes the principles of the United States as codified in the Constitution; principles a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning pisses all over. It's a shame in all your fervor to defend the flag itself that you completely missed the entire point.
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You two are quite scary.
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That's a cute picture and all but despite the similarity to the Italian fascist's and later the Nazi's Roman-inspired salute (which is why FDR switched it to the hand over the heart) the earlier Bellamy salute has nothing to do with Nazi ideology and nationalism. You're just Godwinning the thread and mucking up a valid argument.
Or, if the person saying it is Ben Stone from Law & Order, it becomes the most devastating insult imaginable. (Really.)
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That's a cute picture and all but despite the similarity to the Italian fascist's and later the Nazi's Roman-inspired salute (which is why FDR switched it to the hand over the heart) the earlier Bellamy salute has nothing to do with Nazi ideology and nationalism. You're just Godwinning the thread and mucking up a valid argument.
I'm not equating it to Nazism (well, perhaps a bit). But the image is creepy as hell to me as a German.
Personally I find any organized chanting of oaths, pledges, hymns or prayers very, very uncomfortable to watch and listen to.
C'mon dude, of course you're equating to Nazism, and not just "a bit."
Perfectly understandable. If we went through the same situation Germany did we would most likely feel the same way. Many people do even without having gone through it.
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