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Anonymous Coward User ID: 738149 United Kingdom 05/06/2010 09:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If these Mexican students were so offended maybe they should take their azzes back to Mexico then. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 660719but its YOUR government who makes the decisions dont blame the mexis. its like when people complain here because of the fucking immigrants everywhere, personally i hate it, but its my fucking stupid governments fault for allowing this to happen, these illegals are just taking advantage and fair play to them for playing the system. |
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aVian User ID: 903212 United States 05/06/2010 09:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | wait...its a mexican holiday could offend mexican AMERICANS well let them go the fuck back and celebrate it in MEXICO oh thats right...they are in America because they love this country more then that country can I get a big fat WTF? "When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves, in the course of time, a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it." - Frédéric Bastiat food, water, ammo, weapons, battery back up solar, hand well pump, wood stove and 1 year of food...oh yeah PM's too...good luck |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 943007 United States 05/06/2010 09:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | But to many Mexican-American students at Live Oak, this was a big deal. They say they were offended by the five boys and others for wearing American colors on a Mexican holiday. Quoting: Just Some GuyIf your offended by the Red White and Blue... In America. then go back to your own god damn country. If its saint pattys day, black history month, cinco de mayo. If you live on American soil then you only live and die by one flag. If that flag is not the American flag. Then get off my dirt. Dont have a boat or a plane? then you better start swimming because you dont come into our home and start re-decorating without making someone mad. |
Andromeda User ID: 946938 United States 05/06/2010 09:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Because attendance at public school is not voluntary (like attendance at college is voluntary) parents get very upset when their kids have to by law go to a public school and then when they are there the kids get indoctrinated with political and religious messages against their families' beliefs. If kids are too exposed to political and religious messages that parents think will hurt them, then the parents will keep the kids home or sue the school district. If the kids are going to be getting into a battle of flags on Mexico's national holiday, that's just an unhappy, negative distraction from their schoolwork. Last Edited by Andromeda on 05/06/2010 09:54 AM |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 960063 United States 05/06/2010 09:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | wait...its a mexican holiday Quoting: aViancould offend mexican AMERICANS well let them go the fuck back and celebrate it in MEXICO oh thats right...they are in America because they love this country more then that country can I get a big fat WTF? Agreed! |
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Fhirinne User ID: 623339 United Kingdom 05/06/2010 10:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | but today is sensitive to Mexican-Americans because it's supposed to be their holiday so we were not allowed to wear it today." Yeah who dam cares they are living in America. You are the CEO of your own wellness. You need to take back your health from the disease-care system |
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Smilin' Irish Eyes User ID: 656642 United States 05/06/2010 10:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ahhh, the anchor baby kids got upset seeing Old Glory? Perhaps they should take their illegal parents and head on back to Mexico. I am so tired of Mexicans flying their flag at rallies for immigration reform. Guess they really don't want to be Americans huh? I am glad that the school district did not agree with the way the administrators handled this. I don't care what day it is, if you want to be an American and then don't get offended when someone wears Old Glory. Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool. -- Lord Chesterfield |
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weegie User ID: 960186 United Kingdom 05/06/2010 10:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The reporter should have asked the Mexican American students exactly what they were celebrating for Cinco de Mayo. I would've loved to hear those responses. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 729515I would pay to see that!! Bet most of them haven't got a clue what it's about. It ISN'T Mexican Independence Day...that's the 16th of September...which they will ALSO celebrate. Last Edited by weegie on 05/06/2010 10:33 AM |
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doomass User ID: 545433 United States 05/06/2010 10:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I can't believe how far we have let our country go. Quoting: Just Some GuyThis makes my blood boil. [link to www.nbcbayarea.com] On any other day at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, Daniel Galli and his four friends would not even be noticed for wearing T-shirts with the American flag. But Cinco de Mayo is not any typical day especially on a campus with a large Mexican American student population. Galli says he and his friends were sitting at a table during brunch break when the vice principal asked two of the boys to remove American flag bandannas that they wearing on their heads and for the others to turn their American flag T-shirts inside out. When they refused, the boys were ordered to go to the principal's office. "They said we could wear it on any other day," Daniel Galli said, "but today is sensitive to Mexican-Americans because it's supposed to be their holiday so we were not allowed to wear it today." The boys said the administrators called their T-shirts "incendiary" that would lead to fights on campus. On any other day at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, Daniel Galli and his four friends would not even be noticed for wearing T-shirts with the American flag. But Cinco de Mayo is not any typical day especially on a campus with a large Mexican American student population. Galli says he and his friends were sitting at a table during brunch break when the vice principal asked two of the boys to remove American flag bandannas that they wearing on their heads and for the others to turn their American flag T-shirts inside out. When they refused, the boys were ordered to go to the principal's office. "They said we could wear it on any other day," Daniel Galli said, "but today is sensitive to Mexican-Americans because it's supposed to be their holiday so we were not allowed to wear it today." The boys said the administrators called their T-shirts "incendiary" that would lead to fights on campus. "They said if we tried to go back to class with our shirts not taken off, they said it was defiance and we would get suspended," Dominic Maciel, Galli's friend, said. The boys really had no choice, and went home to avoid suspension. They say they're angry they were not allowed to express their American pride. Their parents are just as upset, calling what happened to their children, "total nonsense." "I think it's absolutely ridiculous," Julie Fagerstrom, Maciel's mom, said. "All they were doing was displaying their patriotic nature. They're expressing their individuality." But to many Mexican-American students at Live Oak, this was a big deal. They say they were offended by the five boys and others for wearing American colors on a Mexican holiday. "I think they should apologize cause it is a Mexican Heritage Day," Annicia Nunez, a Live Oak High student, said. "We don't deserve to be get disrespected like that. We wouldn't do that on Fourth of July." As for an apology, the boys and their families say, "fat chance." "I'm not going to apologize. I did nothing wrong," Galli said. "I went along with my normal day. I might have worn an American flag, but I'm an American and I'm proud to be an American." The five boys and their families met with a Morgan Hill Unified School District official Wednesday night. The district released a statement saying it does not agree with how Live Oak High School administrators handled this incident. The boys will not be suspended and they were told they can go back to school Thursday. They may even wear their red, white, and blue colors again, but this time, the day after Cinco de Mayo, there will be no controversy. we really are retarded...cinco de culo is an american "holiday" so we have another excuse to drink. from one extreme to another. when are we gonna find somewhere in between? |