>>>>>>>>There was NOTHING in that story that said anyone was offended by those students wearing the US flag. It said the principal didn't want to possibly offend anyone.
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>>>>>>>>I'm still trying to understand your hardline immigration stance.
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>>>>>>>I have no problem with legal immigration.
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>>>>>>>Illegal immigration is ILLEGAL. I'll help throw them out.
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>>>>>>My understanding is that *entering* the U.S. illegally is a criminal offence, Being there illegally is a civil offence. Is that not correct?
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>>>>>I'm not sure. If so, then illegal aliens are guilty of civil and criminal offenses because they are here and they got here somehow.
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>>>>>>>If people want to become US citizens, then do it legally and become US citizens, not citizens of some other nation with American hyphenated after the name. If they don't want to become US citizens, get out.
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>>>>>>You believe no-one should live in the U.S. unless they are (or intend to become) a U.S. citizen ?
>>>>>>If so should U.S. citizens be allowed to live in the UK ?
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>>>>>I believe the only people who should be in the US are ones who are here legally.
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>>>>So you retract the "If they don't want to become US citizens, get out." statement ?
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>>>I'll revise it - If they are here illegally, get out IMMEDIATELY!
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>>>I'll add one - If they are citizens but show allegience to another county over this one - GET the he%$ out.
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>>>Clear?
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>>Clear. But saddening
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>>>By the way - now they are worried that the AMERICAN CITIZENS who wore the AMERICAN FLAG or COLORS may be assaulted because of it in an AMERICAN TOWN.
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>>The whole episode sounds pretty stupid to me. But I can't help wondering whether the kids who were wearing the U.S flag clothing *were* attempting to be deliberately provocative on that day. Did they routinely wear stars and stripes T-shirts to school ?
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>At least one the the kids interviewed said he wore his flag T-shirt regularly.
May well be. But none of them said "We all get together and sit at the same table wearing flag T-shirts regularly"
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>>Bye the bye, I seem to remember that back in the '60's it was regarded as disrespectful to 'wear' the flag. Or am I imagining that?
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>It was if they wore the flag on the butt of their pants or in other disrespectful ways. There was a lot of that. I remember a little of that (I was pretty young then).
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>The real clincher back then was flag burning.
I thought wearing it at all (expect as a badge) could attract general opprobrium, Tracy's post seems to bear that out...
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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/07/tensions-high-california-high-school-following-flag-flap/>>>
>>>Along with it you get hispanics marching because of it.
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>>>If they are US citizens, I'd be all for deporting them to the country they really like since obviously the US isn't it.
