Trial by all-white jury is latest in string of cases across South

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it's a slippery slope
if he gets to wear his rebel colors then can't gang colors be worn under the precedent?
do we want that?
i recall the thread where some bimbette wore a stupid, provocative top, and got her ass beat by three black females who took umbrage to what was worn. i could imagine something similar happening if the rebel flag was flaunted as apparel
do we say wear anything you want, and recognize that there may be a social price you pay as a result? (notice i did not say we would not prosecute those who assault, for assault)
what may first appear to be a cut and dried case seems to be much more complex when examining the spinoff results which might occur

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bob barr (stolen from pj o'rourke):

it is a slippery slope ain't it?

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I've been wrecked a few times and honey it shows I guess.There's been once or twice that you could say that I was repossesed.There's one little thing that I think ought to be understood. It aint how you look, it's what you got under your hood.
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How would a student wearing a swastika be viewed and handled?

Can they claim to be using it as its original intent (the symbol predates the nazis by thousands of years and was to symoblize good well being, good luck, lucky charm)? Or can they claim to be celebrating their german ancestry and culture?

Is it ok as long as there are no jews in their class or school?

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society is turning into a bunch of (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*). everything we do these days happens to offend someone

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Policy is policy. Applied to everyone it should cut down on disruptions. School Administration's first priority is to provide, on the taxpayer's dime, a place for people to learn/ be instructed, it's not an open forum to express whatever views students hold. They should have uniforms, not a dress code. Leave your soap-box at the curb and turn off that GD celphone!

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if the student had the option NOT to attend public school i think i would agree with you
but because he doesn't, i don't
i do believe folks should be able to exercise their 1st amendment rights fully, and if they provoke incidents as a result, that is the price they pay
it's very difficult to hold that stand and realize that it would then allow students to wear colors into school, but again, that is a price we may have to pay for real freedom

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bob barr (stolen from pj o'rourke):

We are being banned right out of our freedoms. Soon we will be without
freedom for all.