Wednesday, October 29, 2003
Flag! Personal Foul!
Ah, the never-ending flag-in-classroom dispute. Obviously, if we don't put flags in the classroom, children will grow up to be murderers.
It's a stupid law, if you ask me, but no one did, which makes Bill Pratt's argument that much dumber.
...history teacher Bill Pratt was reported as saying he would not put up the flag due to political reasons.
Also, he reported that he would not pay taxes, follow traffic laws, and avoid killing people due to political reasons. Laws aren't optional, and you don't get to opt out of them "for political reasons." If you think the law is bad, fight the law, don't break it.
"It's not necessarily anti-American, rather a quiet dissent from a lot of the values that the flag traditionally represents."
Like the value of good cloth manufacturing techniques, and dyeing methods. It's not a country. It's not a government. It's not an oppressor. It's not a destroyer. It's a piece of cloth! (Which raises another question: Why exactly do we pledge allegiance to a piece of cloth?)
Pissed-off Parent Michael Larrick has the perfect (equally stupid) response:
"I want a nonbiased atmosphere," he said. "I'm not going to let them break the law. We live in a country of laws, and that’s what makes America so great."
Not letting someone do X is, by definition, making the atmosphere more biased. And if living in a country of laws makes that country great, what about all those other countries with their law thingies? Are they not as great? Equally great? And the two points, country of laws and nonbiased atmosphere, are about as related as me and your mother.
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