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because IT'S not. in the scheme of things, it's mouse ****. sounds to me like the school was trying to protect the boy.
Neither is the art of manufatured outrage but boy has it been perfected or what?
Disrespectful to affirm their heritage?
How in the hell is flying an American flag in America offensive?
Whose outrage is manufactured or are you simply grasping at straws?
because IT'S not. in the scheme of things, it's mouse ****. sounds to me like the school was trying to protect the boy.
It is never inappropriate to fly the American flag in America.
Period.
Flag code disagrees with you.
I knew someone would go there. :roll:
You know what I meant.
Actually yeah if they see the American flag as a racist symbol.
Flag code disagrees with you.
Taking my sarcastic comment a bit... literally...
DENAIR - 13-year-old Cody Alicea rides with an American flag on the back of his bike. He says he does this to be patriotic and to honor veterans, like his own grandfather, Robert. He's had the flag on his bike for two months but Monday, was asked told to take it down. A school official at Denair Middle School told Cody some students had been complaining about the flag and it was no longer allowed on school property. "In this country we're supposed to be free," said Cody. "And I should be able to wave my flag wherever I want to. And they're telling me I can't." Cody's grandfather says the school was concerned about racial tensions or uprisings because of the flag. He feels if there was really a problem it should have been brought up two months ago, not during Veterans week. "No action should be taken. We don't want any repercussion," said Roger. "We just want Cody to be proud of what he's doing."
Racial tension? What kind of crap is that? If the American flag creates racial tension we have a far more serious problem in this country.
School Makes Boy Take American Flag Off Bike - KTXL
The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used, or stored in such a manner as to permit it to be easily torn, soiled, or damaged in any way.
The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.
The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.
13-year-old Cody Alicea rides with an American flag on the back of his bike. He says he does this to be patriotic and to honor veterans, like his own grandfather, Robert. He's had the flag on his bike for two months but Monday, was told to take it down.
This is generic manufactured outrage. You are being played. Sorry to break it to you.
Maybe if you had read my posts you'd realise that its not of itself a racist symbol but some peple employ it as one. :roll: in which case youd make an enemy of ALOT of people.... funny that.
I agree with you, but to me, there is also another issue here.
From "The Flag Code" (United States Code, Title 4, Chapter 1):
Want to know what really grinds my ass? Many of the same people who dare to call others anti-American are the very same people who attached flags to the windows of their cars after 911, and drove around, showing the rest of us how patriotic they were, in rain and snow, and other inclement weather, until the flags were ripped from the wind, before they threw the flags in the garbage can, and then bought new flags and did it again, and again. Who is the anti-American here? It certainly is the school, and it certainly is those who disrespect the flag too.
Now I will be the first to agree with you that the school made it's decision for the wrong reason, and they are douche bags for that. But attaching the flag to a bicycle, or car, or any other moving vehicle, must be done with care, and that the Flag Code must be observed at all times.
From your own link:
That says it all. The boy needs to be taught proper care of the flag. You can't put it on your bike for 2 months. It must be put it up and taken down each day, with due diligence, and must be taken down in inclement weather. In Washington DC, where Federal laws apply, what he is doing amounts to a $100 fine per occurrence.
Now I am sure that some of you are going to accuse me of being nit-picky. I assure you that I am not. Our flag represents us. Our flag represents America. Those who don't properly take care of the flag disrespect America.
That says it all. The boy needs to be taught proper care of the flag. You can't put it on your bike for 2 months. It must be put it up and taken down each day, with due diligence, and must be taken down in inclement weather.
The flag should not be displayed on days when the weather is inclement, except when an all-weather flag is displayed.
DENAIR - 13-year-old Cody Alicea rides with an American flag on the back of his bike. He says he does this to be patriotic and to honor veterans, like his own grandfather, Robert. He's had the flag on his bike for two months but Monday, was asked told to take it down. A school official at Denair Middle School told Cody some students had been complaining about the flag and it was no longer allowed on school property. "In this country we're supposed to be free," said Cody. "And I should be able to wave my flag wherever I want to. And they're telling me I can't." Cody's grandfather says the school was concerned about racial tensions or uprisings because of the flag. He feels if there was really a problem it should have been brought up two months ago, not during Veterans week. "No action should be taken. We don't want any repercussion," said Roger. "We just want Cody to be proud of what he's doing."
Racial tension? What kind of crap is that? If the American flag creates racial tension we have a far more serious problem in this country.
School Makes Boy Take American Flag Off Bike - KTXL
DENAIR - 13-year-old Cody Alicea rides with an American flag on the back of his bike. He says he does this to be patriotic and to honor veterans, like his own grandfather, Robert. He's had the flag on his bike for two months but Monday, was asked told to take it down. A school official at Denair Middle School told Cody some students had been complaining about the flag and it was no longer allowed on school property. "In this country we're supposed to be free," said Cody. "And I should be able to wave my flag wherever I want to. And they're telling me I can't." Cody's grandfather says the school was concerned about racial tensions or uprisings because of the flag. He feels if there was really a problem it should have been brought up two months ago, not during Veterans week. "No action should be taken. We don't want any repercussion," said Roger. "We just want Cody to be proud of what he's doing."
Racial tension? What kind of crap is that? If the American flag creates racial tension we have a far more serious problem in this country.
School Makes Boy Take American Flag Off Bike - KTXL
Eh, so, as an Englishman, I find myself wondering, as I can't find the location of "Denair" anywhere, whether this occurred in the States or not.
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