Damn right. Geeze, I was at this guy’s place tonight and he cut some cheese. You know, passed wind. Uuhh, he let the ole toothless wonder spake. He Ripped One, HE FARTED for Christ’s sake. And it was bad. I was offended. Oh boy was it bad. Those effen Irish with their damned cabbage and corned beef.

But you know, he was a white guy and it looked like he was Catholic, so I just let it ride.

“t’s okay for others to mock me…”

Mock you? I went back and took another look at the banner, and for the life of me, I can’t see your name anywhere on it!

Or is your name actually Jesus, and ‘Max’ is just a nick…?

So what you’re saying is – you’re offended. Well, bad news, chum.

Just as those Muslims who are objected to the depictions of the Prophet were told, you need to get a grip. You see, you may, depending on where you live, have the right to say what you like – but neither you nor anyone else has any right to be free from things that offend you.

Grow up and learn to live with the fact that there are other people on this planet with the same rights as you, and some of them are bound to be offended by you, what you look like, what you say, and/or what you believe. So should they be able to silence you? No?

Then shut up and worry about the words that come out of your mouth, not anybody else’s.

Decency and respect are only afforded to those who agree with you. It has always been practiced by the establishment that way.

Oh wait – I’m a white, Catholic male… I’m not allowed to be offended. It’s okay for others to mock me…

Max

Sorry – I forgot. I’ll go back to planning my vast right-wing conspiracies…

The school should lose, but considering the makeup of the Supreme Court, I won’t hold my breath on this one.

when was this? There has always been a huge bomb-throwing element in American society, at least from Tom Paine onward. and, yes, it always included young people – any description of a Boston mob during the years around the Revolution always included “apprentices.”

whether its the ‘Bong Hits for Jesus’ dudes or the pro-lifers carrying pictures of aborted fetuses, inflammatory communication is as American as it gets.

What does the kid hope to get out of this other than proving the fact that he’s a dick. He’s obviously got some other issues to deal with if this is the best way he can express himself to others.

and this whole ‘inconsistent with the educational mission …’ thing is a load of utter crap. In essence that means if you publically disagree with anything you are taught, you are subject to discipline. No way even the Roberts Court goes along with that.

http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxwhat04.html

where it says English spelling is kindly because it doesn’t spell “potato” as “ghoughpteighbteau” – see the link for why it could be.