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First Amendment, Schmirst Schmamendment
Written by Chet   
Saturday, 10 May 2008

PruningThree junior high school students from small-town Minnesota found themselves on the wrong side of the law this week.

Three eighth-graders at Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Junior High spent Thursday in in-school suspension for sitting down during the pledge of allegiance.

Brandt Dahl said his homeroom teacher had never before told the class that the school handbook required students to stand up during the pledge.
The 13-year-old and two female students remained in their seats while classmates recited the pledge.

Principal Colleen Houglum, who was observing the class that morning, told those three students to report to the office, according to students’ accounts of what happened.

“At first, everyone thought that she was joking,” said Bishop Edens, a 14-year-old student in the class. “But after a few seconds, she got a little angry and said report to the office now.”

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So...  There's no doubt these kids should get in trouble.  The last thing this country needs right now is for kids to learn at an early age that they can speak out about their government. 

Best to whip these punks into shape before they get too wiley.

Who cares what the first amendment says!?!   

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written by Big Jake, May 10, 2008, 11:51 AM
Looks like job creation----we now need pledge of allegiance cops. My freedom and its quality is to be determined by every one standing for the pledge. Now someone---a teacher---can determine for my kids that our troops are fighting for my freedom and they must accept that as fact. Goebbles said if we create an enemy and the enemy is a threat to the nation, we can talk the people into anything----wrap ourselves in the flag and label anyone who speaks out as unpatriotic. That really turned out well for the jews and Europe.

Where in the hell do we find these people????? Perhaps the common denominator is they all listen to Rush----brains go dead through repitition of the lie.

Wow!!!! I'm really off on a tangent today. I should not have listened to the talking heads this morning-----the Rush syndrome can show up at any time.
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written by 40 Years in the DemNPL, May 10, 2008, 12:14 PM
The pledge includes not only a profession of patriotism, but an acknowledgment that a god sets up governments on earth or at least the government of the United States (and asking students to participate in that may make them reject the religious beliefs of their parents). And, actually, more than simply pledging allegiance to the United States, it contains a pledge to a piece of cloth ... suggesting that the cloth itself represents the American republic - which of course is less of a republic today with more of an imperial presidency and powerful, unresponsive federal bureaucracy than it was when the pledge was created.

If I was the teacher, I would have seen this incredibly important situation as a teachable moment. I would have perhaps embarrassed the youngsters by immediately leading a discussion of the pledge and individual freedom in America ... into a discussion of the First Amendment and a citizen's responsibilities to his or her nation.

It's a shame there are teachers who miss the point of their profession.
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written by Deb, May 10, 2008, 12:16 PM
Did you see the comments on this story on the startribune website? [Editor: Click here.] I was amazed at how many people - seriously - were all for punishing these kids. It was the standard "darn right these punks otta get into trouble. My son is in Iraq fighting for their rights!!"

*sigh*
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written by Chet, May 10, 2008, 01:57 PM
They're not in Iraq fighting for those kids' rights; they're fighting in Iraq for the colorful piece of cloth that symbolizes those rights.

Geez! Catch up.
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