Anti-Bush shirt gets student sent home

[Ugg]

I disagree with themacko but am very interested in hearing the opinions of those from outside the USA. I have to say though that I think only in the USA are t-shirts considered to be a valid form of political expression. Or, am I wrong on this? I find them to be too confrontational and almost always lacking in depth and substance.

[Trip]

Just thought i'd let you know:

I LOVE BUSH!

But on the topic: i'm completely with chevy. The school is a place where students should be able to believe what they want without anybody saying otherwise, or in this case: showing otherwise. Heck: if i saw that kid at school i would be offended greatly...i'd probably slit his throat!

[mr. k]

But shouldn't people be able to express themselves? Living in a democratic nation like the United States comes with a few responsibilities. One of them is surely tolerance. Poeple have different opinions here in the US, and extreme liberals will do things to offend a majority of the population (Just as extreme conservatives will do things to offend the majority of the population).
This kid should have the right to wear any type of shirt, and I don't see how its any different from speaking up in a class discussion aginst president Bush. He didn't pick the best way to express his opinion, and I think the school was right to send him home. But he does have the right to express an opinion, and I don't think someone wearing an anti-(insert person who isnt a prominent american political figure) shirt would have been well ignored.
Another issue I that really gets to me is people just yelling "no war" without knowing anything about current issues. There is quite a large liberal community at my school, and sometimes it just seems like people are anti war just beacuse they think Gore should have won in 2000. Because there is so much press about George Bush (good and bad), people seem to incriminate him more then people who are much more likely to pose real threats (Saddam Hussien, N. Koreas leader).
The thing Im trying to say is if you aren't educated in a subject, don't act like you are! People should not take a position in an argument they don't know anything about! It's common sense.

[edX]

how much education does it take to know that if you throw the 1st punch, you're the agressor? the "he asked for it" excuse doesn't cut it on the school yard nor in war.

"Peace is good for mothers and other living things" - from the 60's

[Cat]

"Peace is good for mothers and other living things" - from the 60's

LOL!

If I cannot express my personal opinions in public (which includes schools), where can I? It is pretty pointless to be able to express my opinions only in private... I want to provoke, to debate, to hear the other side! I don't want to listen only to myself or people who think ike me, I can only learn from who thinks different!!!