Originally Posted By: TrevorS
He was asked and refused.
I assume because he didn't agree with the reasoning behind the asking. Which is what is in question here. Can you tell me what makes the shirt offensive? I see a number of you siding with the school here but none of you have explained why this shirt should offend somebody.
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He knew the rule and still broke it.
No, I believe he broke the "rule" and was then made aware of it. He had worn the shirt to school on a previous occasion and nobody said anything to him.
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Ignorance is no defense in a court of law.
So, because the school selectively chooses to enforce this trumped-up "dress code", which seems to be whimsically enforced, the kid is ignorant? He wears the shirt one day, it is fine, another and it is CHANGE YOUR SHIRT!! You don't see something wrong with that approach?
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We had a bunch of people here who said a crime is a crime and felt overnight in jail was merited for a 4c electricity theft. Now they complain about a one day suspension after someone was told what they were doing was against the rules by the people who make the rules.
OK, so you are trying to compare theft, something that is CLEARLY defined as illegal, to a kid wearing a shirt that it is of SOMEBODY'S OPINION, that it is offensive, based on a rather vague "code of dress" that the school doesn't consistently enforce?
The kid's shirt wasn't ILLEGAL. It wasn't even OFFENSIVE. It wasn't a CLEAR violation of anything here, because if it was, he would have been told it was inappropriate the first time he wore it. This isn't a school that requires a uniform and the kid came dressed as an SS officer here Trevor, it is a public school with your standard "don't have your parts hanging out the bottom" dress code with some "don't wear something adorned with offensive wording or art on it" slapped on top and somebody decided his NRA shirt, on that particular day, violated the latter.
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What you want due process in schools because the kid and his parents have right? Oh you don't want to pay taxes for the higher school costs? Oh dear.
I'm not even sure what you are saying here to be honest