03-01-2004, 17:32
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USMC Not Welcome Here!
A 16-year-old Elmhurst High School sophomore and his father are suing Fort Wayne Community Schools over a dress code policy that saw the boy suspended for wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the likeness of an M-16 rifle and the text of the Marine Corps creed.
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssen...al/8078221.htm
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03-01-2004, 17:41
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LOL, when I first saw the title of this post I thought it was a new forum rule. 
"...Before God, I swear this creed. My rifle and myself are the defenders of my country. We are the masters of our enemy. WE ARE THE SAVIORS OF MY LIFE.
So be it, until victory is America's and there is no enemy, but peace!"
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03-01-2004, 17:49
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I thought the same thing, figured NDD was cleaning house.
Nice title selection!
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03-01-2004, 17:53
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Damn.. I log on when I get home from work and figured you finally decided to pick on someone besides me!! LOL
Nice title.
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03-01-2004, 17:57
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Titles and headlines are by design intended to draw the potential reader's attention to the publication.
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Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
He knows only The Cause.
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03-01-2004, 18:01
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LOL, when I first saw the title of this post I thought it was a new forum rule.
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Me too! I was like WTF!?
How dare they deny my beloved Corps!
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03-01-2004, 18:02
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not to hiijack your thread, but I think the most effective one would be...
"For the Team Sergeant, Reaper, Ambush Master, and NousdefionsDoc eyes only"
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03-01-2004, 18:02
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DAMN!
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He knows only The Cause.
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03-01-2004, 18:08
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I was hoping to get a discussion about the Right of Freedom of Expression that children don't have, but I guess not.
I'll bet if he had worn a Michael Moore shirt with Bush-bashing on it, it would have been ok.
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He knows only The Cause.
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03-01-2004, 20:34
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I'll bet if he had worn a Michael Moore shirt with Bush-bashing on it, it would have been ok.
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03-01-2004, 21:35
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Originally posted by NousDefionsDoc
I was hoping to get a discussion about the Right of Freedom of Expression that children don't have, but I guess not.
I'll bet if he had worn a Michael Moore shirt with Bush-bashing on it, it would have been ok.
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OK, I'll bite.
I'm not sure I think the right of expression extends to children doing whatever they want in school. I don't have any problem with schools dictating dress codes to children, and if I had children I wouldn't have any qualms about sending them to a school that required a uniform.
If I read you right, I understand your comments about the school embracing a double-standard. I am obviously not for different standards for students according to the political biases of the faculty. But I don't have a big problem with it because I don't have a big problem with dress codes in schools, as long as they are enforced fairly.
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03-01-2004, 21:36
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Originally posted by The Reaper
I thought the same thing, figured NDD was cleaning house.
Nice title selection!
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Ouch!
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03-01-2004, 22:27
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I'm with D9 on this subject. At what point do you draw the line in the schools with freedom of expression would be my question.
Like you said NDD some kid could come in with a slander against the President, or other vile types of expressions in general. Dress codes are ok in my book as long as it is consistently enforced. I attended Catholic school up until the 8th grade and we all wore uniforms, it cut down on the "competition" of who was wearing what designer items or how we looked in various states of dress. Instead we all looked the same for the most part, so there was more concentration on our studies.
Then again that was also back in the day (dating myself) when discipline in school meant you got it twice as bad at home for making trouble in class. And lol...the nuns would make us girls kneel on the floor and take the ruler to measure our uniform skirts...if they were above regulation (I think it was 1 inch above our knees) we would get into some big trouble!
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03-01-2004, 22:48
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I am sorry, but there were too many distracting visualizations in that last post by you, and I have completely forgotten what I meant to say about our beloved Corps.
You are killing me here.
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03-01-2004, 23:00
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Quote:
Originally posted by The Reaper
Gypsy:
I am sorry, but there were too many distracting visualizations in that last post by you, and I have completely forgotten what I meant to say about our beloved Corps.
You are killing me here.
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Oops gee sorry about that TR. Shall I edit? LOL
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