Political Correctness strikes again (Pt 7 .. No Sex Dolls in School)

Re: Political Correctness strikes again (Pt 4 ..Bring out the Spring Spheres)

Bad code names

The top staffer for the Senate Indian Affairs Committee is objecting to the U.S. military's use of the code name "Geronimo" for Osama bin Laden during the raid that killed the al-Qaida leader.

Geronimo was an Apache leader in the 19th century who spent many years fighting the Mexican and U.S. armies until his surrender in 1886.

Loretta Tuell, staff director and chief counsel for the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, said Tuesday it was inappropriate to link Geronimo, whom she called "one of the greatest Native American heroes," with one of the most hated enemies of the United States.

"These inappropriate uses of Native American icons and cultures are prevalent throughout our society, and the impacts to Native and non-Native children are devastating," Tuell said.



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Re: Political Correctness strikes again (Pt 5 .. Bad Code names)

Really? Really? This doesn't top the Celebration Spheres or whatever they were called but this is still ridiculous. Almost like something I would read in the onion.
 
Re: Political Correctness strikes again (Pt 6 .. No Flag for you)

Incredibly stupid.


http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/local/fran ... ag-drawing

Controversy over child's flag drawing
Teacher allegedly refused to hang up picture
Updated: Thursday, 12 May 2011, 11:45 AM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 4:55 PM EDT

Matt Caron
ORANGE, Mass. (WWLP) - A civil rights controversy is brewing at an elementary school in the Town of Orange, and it all surrounds an11 year-old's drawing of the American Flag.

The family of Frankie Girard is claiming that their son's civil rights were violated after a teacher allegedly told him that hanging his picture of the American flag would offend another student.

The Butterfield Elementary School is at the center of controversy for the incident on Monday. According to Frankie Girard’s father, John, the boy was in art class drawing a picture.

"He was denied hanging the flag up. And, he asked if he could just even hang it on his desk, and he was told no.  He could take the picture that he drew and take it home and be proud of it there,” Girard said.

So, that is where it is, among the hundreds of other family pictures and military honors that adorn the walls of the Girard family home.

According to his father, the teacher told Frankie that his drawing of the American Flag would offend one of his classmates. "We’re allowing him to display his civil rights and be proud of who he is, but we’re denying Franklin those same rights," Girard said.

22News tried to contact the Superintendent, Dr. Paul Burnim. He refused to go on camera, but told 22News over the phone that nobody ever told Franklin the drawing was offensive, and said the only reason it wasn't hung was because Franklin was supposed to be doing other work; not drawing a picture. In a statement he said: "Each of our schools flies the American Flag every day. At the Butterfield School, the Pledge of Allegiance is recited by students and staff. And the other schools recite the Pledge of Allegiance at least once per week."

The controversy is stirring heated debate within the Town of Orange. "I served 15 years in the military so that we could hang the flag wherever we wanted to, so I'm very offended," Faith Sullivan of Orange said.

A Facebook group called “I support Frankie Girard and the U.S. Flag” already has about 700 likes in two days.

The superintendent told 22News that Frankie's father is "going to extremes" and that the school has always respected the American Flag.

Frankie's father told 22News that he is so outraged that he placed a call to the American Civil Liberties Union.
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Re: Political Correctness strikes again (Pt 6 .. No Flag for you)

I wonder which side is telling the truth, probably somewhere in the middle. If the kid wasn't supposed to be drawing American flags, maybe he shouldn't have been drawing them on school time.

Overall? If a teacher can't mildly chastise a kid for not doing what he wants, we'll have kids drawing American flags all the time to get out of work. Now, if it happens like the kid recounts? That's bullshit.
 
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I am not sure of the exact circumstances, what I got out of it was students were at least at some point allowed to draw pictures and hang them up in the class room, if the reason he was not allowed to was because it was a flag, that is pretty BS. 
 
Re: Political Correctness strikes again (Pt 6 .. No Flag for you)

I absolutely agree there. I just somehow doubt that is the case. It's one of those cases where I think a kid has made something up.
 
Re: Political Correctness strikes again (Pt 6 .. No Flag for you)

But alot of schools are doing away with saying the Pledge of Allegiance.
 
Re: Political Correctness strikes again (Pt 6 .. No Flag for you)

Yeah, they are.  I don't know what to say/think about that.  However, can you imagine being an atheist and saying "one nation under god"?

Also, notice Loosey is posting by phone-- rockstar!
 
Re: Political Correctness strikes again (Pt 6 .. No Flag for you)

I served 15 years in the military so that we could hang the flag wherever we wanted to, so I'm very offended
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United States isn't fascist country by government and laws, but in mindset. And i really don't have any better proof than this direct quote.
 
Re: Political Correctness strikes again (Pt 6 .. No Flag for you)

Zare said:
United States isn't fascist country by government and laws, but in mindset. And i really don't have any better proof than this direct quote.
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SOME Americans are like that.

Nigel Tufnel said:
But alot of schools are doing away with saying the Pledge of Allegiance.
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If I was an American (which is a career choice I've seriously considered), I wouldn't say the Pledge of Allegiance. It's a pointless piece of jingoism.
 
Re: Political Correctness strikes again (Pt 6 .. No Flag for you)

It is intersting to see how the pledge has evolved

1892

"I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."


in 1923 to

"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

in 1954 (still current) to

"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."
 
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bearfan said:
in 1954 (still current) to

"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."
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You might imagine that this particular addition I object to.
 
Re: Political Correctness strikes again (Pt 6 .. No Flag for you)

That is what I suspect most people who object to the pledge object to.  Some people substitute God with Law when saying it.
 
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Wasted The Great said:
Yeah, they are.  I don't know what to say/think about that.  However, can you imagine being an atheist and saying "one nation under god"?

Also, notice Loosey is posting by phone-- rockstar!
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It is not a pledge to God and does'nt establish a religeon. I understand the objection to the line of "under God." My objection is that it is being phased out of schools. It is a pledge to the Country, it's citizens and values as a country. It is not a pledge to God or Government, but to each other, as citizens. It means, I respect you and your rights and beliefs, even if I disagree, as an American citizen. There has been such an erosion of civiility, respect and civic responsibilties over the past 20 years, it is very concerning.
 
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Nigel Tufnel said:
There has been such an erosion of civiility, respect and civic responsibilties over the past 20 years, it is very concerning.
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No doubt about that, everyone worries themselves with their rights, but fail to recognize with those rights there are responsibilities.
 
Re: Political Correctness strikes again (Pt 6 .. No Flag for you)

LooseCannon said:
SOME Americans are like that.
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Come on, at least you're educated with facts. We both know if enough story and lies gets placed tomorrow via mainstream USA media about Swaziland being an axis of evil, that majority of USA citizens would approve military presence in the area. I don't have a problem with the people because the system feeds their heads. They support this model of behaviour any you know it.
 
Re: Political Correctness strikes again (Pt 6 .. No Flag for you)

If only America could be nice and ideal like the rest of the world.
 
Re: Political Correctness strikes again (Pt 6 .. No Flag for you)

I'm the first one to shit and hate my own country, so your sarcasm means little to me  :D
 
This is incredibly stupid, WTF is wrong with the prosecutor's office
INDIANAPOLIS —
When 18-year-old Tyell Morton put a blow-up sex doll in a bathroom stall on the last day of school, he didn't expect school officials to call a bomb squad or that he'd be facing up to eight years in prison and a possible felony record.

The senior prank gone awry has raised questions of race, prosecutorial zeal and the post-Columbine mindset in a small Indiana town and around the country, The Indianapolis Star reported in its Tuesday editions.

Legal experts question the appropriateness of the charges against Morton, and law professor Jonathan Turley at George Washington University posed a wider question about Morton's case on his legal blog.

"The question is what type of society we are creating when our children have to fear that a prank (could) lead them to jail for almost a decade. What type of citizens are we creating who fear the arbitrary use of criminal charges by their government?"

A janitor at Rushville Consolidated High School saw Morton run away from the school May 31, and security footage showed a person in a hooded sweatshirt and gloves entering the school with a package and leaving five minutes later without it, according to court documents.

Administrators feared explosives, so they locked down the school and called police. K9 dogs and a bomb squad searched the building before finding the sex doll.

"We have reviewed this situation numerous times," Rush County Schools Superintendent John E. Williams told the newspaper last week. "When you have an unknown intruder in the building, delivering an unknown package, we come up with the same conclusion. ... We cannot be too cautious, in this day and age."

Morton was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor, and institutional criminal mischief, a felony that carries the potential of two to eight years in prison.

"I know there has been plenty of pranks done at that school," said Morton's mother, Cammie Morton. "I went to that school. When I heard what they was charging him for, my heart just dropped."

Joel Schumm, a professor at the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, questioned the validity of the charges.

"Their reaction is understandable, but use the school disciplinary process," he said. "Don't try to label the kid a felon for the rest of his life."

The Rush County Prosecutor Philip J. Caviness told The Associated Press that he doesn't intend to seek a prison term for Morton, but said school officials acted appropriately and that the charges are warranted.

"I'm pretty comfortable with the charges that we've filed," he said.

Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts focused on Morton's case recently in his nationally syndicated column, suggesting that Morton's case was another example of unfair treatment for a black youth without a wealthy family.

Morton's father brushed off that suggestion when Pitts asked him about it, and Morton's mother declined to discuss that point with The Star.

Morton's attorney, Robert Turner, also downplayed race, suggesting that the size of the small blue-collar city an hour southeast of Indianapolis played a role.

"I don't think they do this sort of thing very often," Turner said. "Had this happened in Indianapolis ... they would not have had this kind of charge filed."

Morton's mother said Tyell Morton wants to attend college, but is worried about the case.

"It's stressful for Tyell," Cammie Morton said. "He doesn't know where his life is going to end up. He has been looking - I'll just put it this way: He's scared."
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