Not a fan. I don't use profanity when I'm speaking, except under rare circumstances when I slip, either.
Obscene T-Shirts: yay or nay?
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Nah, I guess I have too much self-respect to wear a profanity-laced T-shirt. Although I have to admit, I've bought a few with insulting comments like "I'd Stare ... But You've Got Nothing To Look At" or humorous ones like "Hooked on Lazy Works for Me." 
WOW! I wonder how much that would fetch on EBAY!?
^WOW! how much anime do you have?
Question. Not that I don't get the whole 'stick it to the man' thing you were trying to pull, but how does
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Remove your school's right to set a dress code? Last time I checked, school principles do not have legislative powers in Congress.
I think people lump an awful lot under the first amendment that it really isn't relevant to.
14th incorporated it.
How so?
The school principle also has no State legislative ability, to my knowledge.
No, but someone obviously is legislating a dress code if there is one. Thus... yeah.
I guess I just don't see how a school dress code is either Congress or the State legislating against you. The school itself presumably sets the dress code. And a School is neither a Congress nor a State. Or is the 14th read that no government/public institution at all may set a dress code?
Well, I'm not sure if a dress code would be covered as they would likely be minors and the school would be acting in loco parentis, but I believe the first would cover it unless it was disruptive to the school. The first is incorporated to all levels of government.
well, I had a job, so I bought up all the anime I could, on VHS, I have just about all of DBZ (the original dub and the new dub) GITS, E.Y.E.S. of mars, Iria:Zeiram the animation, MAPS, The Venus Wars, Gall Force:eternal Story, High Kick, Dominion Tank Ploice, NEW Dominion Tank Police, Vampire Hunter D, First 3 seasons of Sailor Moon, ADV Police Files, Macross 2, Macross Plus (the 4 hour movie AND all 4 miniseries parts), a rare, Subbed Ranma 1/2 first few episodes, Urusei yatsura the movie 2, Green Legend Ran, Demon City Shinjuku, and a dozen or so more titles
There are a few I like that are amusing, subtle and just plain strange. I've been tempted tog get a few for my daughter as well - but seeing as she's two her mother may not appreciate it
^WOW! & I noticed you said you ''HAD'' a job, do you still have one?
^Oh! wow that is young!
And that's an important distinction to make: the First Amendment only applies to governments.
Private entities, such as schools, have the absolute right to set whatever dress codes they wish. Remember that shirt I just mentioned I bought? If I wore that to Fenway Park, and managed to not get killed, they could throw me out - and I wouldn't have any recourse. Shit, the store I work at could set a dress code if it wanted to. We could theoretically require that every customer who walked through our doors was wearing a suit and tie, and if we did so, there wouldn't be a damn thing anyone could do to stop us. Of course we would never want to do such a bullshit idea, but strictly legally, we'd be in the clear. Same goes with schools. A school has the absolute right to set dress codes if it wants. I'm not saying they should, but legally they have the power to do so.
Private entities can enforce dress codes, speech, anything. We used to get people who solicited on our property for all sorts of bullshit. They'd hand out flyers, circulate petitions, etc. We can throw them out if we want to (and believe me, we do). They try to tell us that our store is a public place and so they can do what they want. Our response is the truth: We are private property (albeit with public access) and so we have the absolute right to throw people out for whatever reason we deem appropriate. Same thing with the shirts.
(And let me repeat, I don't think any of this is actually a good idea. I could give a damn what customers in my store - or, indeed, the general public - wear, as long as they wear something, you know? I'm just talking theoretically here.)
Public schools aren't private entities.
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