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And so my faith in humanity continues to drop.......
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by TSN: [QB] <blockquote>"I've got a tie I wear to work. It's got flags on it. "It's got the flag of China. Do I support the Chinese government? "It's got the flag of Canada. Does that make me um... a hockey player? "It's got the flag of the UK. Do I eat tea and crumpets? "It's got the flag of France. Am I rude and pushy and eat snails? "It's got a LOT of flags, and the US one isn't drawn right. Am I a globalist UN US-hater?"</blockquote> It has many flags on it. Thus, it's merely a display of divers flags. There's a big difference between wearing an amalgam of random flags, and wearing just one specific flag, especially one w/ the generally-recognized overtones that that one has. <blockquote>"Was it also his HIS fault that the fucking idiot currently known as Ms. Morrison FORCED this kid to speak to all of the black students in the school and pubically anounce that he is racist?"</blockquote> Perhaps you find this unwarranted, but I'm going to assume this Morrison character didn't threaten the kid w/ bodily harm if he didn't make that "announcement". Therefore, yes, it is his fault. The simple response would have been "I'm not a racist, so I'm not going to do that.". Possibly w/ a "Now kindly go and fuck yourself." added in for good measure. The article says the kid's mother was informed of all this right away, and the "confession" wasn't to take place until three days later. If nothing else, [i]she[/i] should have told the kid not to do it. <blockquote>"But to force him to tell the entire school that he is racist and a bigot is.....is.....I can't even think of a word to discribe it!"</blockquote> Incompetence? Lunacy? Inappropriate retribution? Sure, the woman's a complete fuckwit. But, just because she's wrong, that doesn't make the kid right. It's entirely possible for two people to be at odds w/ each other, but both be wrong. "The sky appears red" vs. "the sky appears yellow" when the sky actually appears blue, for example. <blockquote>"If you were still in middle school and if you did something to earn a few days detention. Would you enjoy it if your teacher then forced you to announce to the entire school that you were a Nazi or a member of the KKK?"</blockquote> Certainly not. That's why I wouldn't do it. <blockquote>"I have a jersey from the Macedonian national soccer team, it clearly has the Macedonian crest, the gold lion on a yellow background emblazed in the front. If any albanian people are offended and choose to call me a racist....... I don't give a shit!!!!! They can do what they please and so can the school, I will not take it off for them!! I will buy another 6 and wear it every day of the week, they can suspend me all they please!!"</blockquote> Personally, I have no idea how Albanians in general feel about symbols of Macedonia. Honestly, I was under the impression that Macedonia was a rather inconsequential country that merely gained independence from Yugoslavia because everyone else was doing the same, and that no-one really pays attention to them. But I could easily be misinformed. Anyway, if a good majority of Albanians find that particular symbol offensive, and you knowingly walk into a group of such Albanians, wearing it, and they interpret it as a racist symbol and beat the shit out of you, do you think my response should be "Wow, what a guy! He let those people kick his ass, and he didn't even care..."? It wouldn't. My response would be "Wow, what an idiot! He was just asking for that to happen...". <blockquote>"I really don't care how racist the battle flag is precieved to be by anyone. (I personnally don't give a rats ass about it) Using this as an excuse for death threats and, later, putting someone in the hospital is wrong. The fact that the victem was reading a book that had the confederate emblem on it or anything similar to that is insignificant."</blockquote> If he had merely been some random guy reading a book w/ Confederate signage on the front, I doubt anyone would have bothered him. But, this was a guy who had been wearing the same symbol a few days before, and who had publicly admitted being a racist (how would the other students know whether he had been "coerced" or not?). So, as far as the "attackers" knew, they were faced w/ a guy who was a self-avowed racist and proud of it. They shouldn't have beat him up, of course, but, nevertheless, is it that surprising? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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