tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014482.post6167918192829496721..comments2023-09-29T03:15:20.697-07:00Comments on Corner Kick: God, guns, and the flagPJDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05028687955957107957noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014482.post-33802636830333059742010-03-02T01:06:41.057-08:002010-03-02T01:06:41.057-08:00I grew up w/ guns where they were seen merely as t...I grew up w/ guns where they were seen merely as tools for specific needs,not as fashion statements or political assertions.Bernitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264585685253812090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014482.post-28507193528202834382010-02-26T20:16:21.068-08:002010-02-26T20:16:21.068-08:00Oh and in Louisiana, you don't have to have th...Oh and in Louisiana, you don't have to have them unloaded when you carry them strapped to your belt. And every good ole boy has a shotgun rack in the back of his pickup truck right where the confederate flag sticker is in the back window.Sarah Laurensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09252565450452195395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014482.post-12276609419772465312010-02-26T20:14:57.833-08:002010-02-26T20:14:57.833-08:00Land of the free, home of the insane.Land of the free, home of the insane.Sarah Laurensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09252565450452195395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014482.post-91490144089380308962010-02-25T08:30:29.677-08:002010-02-25T08:30:29.677-08:00Fairy, I'm with you on that. While I firmly b...Fairy, I'm with you on that. While I firmly believe in the 2nd Amendment (that all citizens have the right to keep and bear arms), I think what these wingnuts are doing is no more than egotistical, macho posturing.<br /><br />BT, you have a point. Sometimes unintended consequences can be good.<br /><br />Laurel, agreed. I saw your comment at Sarah's about your dad cleaning his shotgun. That's a different situation altogether, of course. These guys... I wonder what kind of situation they believe they'll need their guns for on a day to day basis. What's odd is that I don't think this is a political statement by them so much as a "you can't stop me" passive aggressive type of bullying.<br /><br />JJdB, that's what struck me, too. The only thing here is that we don't actually know the student's motive for sitting out the pledge. We assume it's free speech, but of course we only get part of the story. It is possible that this student's entire motivation was to get the teacher to go off the deep end and get in trouble. 13 year olds can be crafty that way. And, frankly, some middle school teachers deserve it. Since the punishment is simply an apology and not something worse, I suspect there's more here than we're seeing. But still, what a power trip.PJDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05028687955957107957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014482.post-6051334332705340972010-02-25T06:13:51.528-08:002010-02-25T06:13:51.528-08:00I suspect the teacher was a control freak more tha...I suspect the teacher was a control freak more than anything, that her fragile ego couldn't tolerate a kid refusing to submit to her will. It's a problem we teachers have to watch for in ourselves; some of us get to like authority a leeeeetle too much.<br /><br />That said, the teacher wouldn't have called in the 'school police' (WTF!?) if she didn't have strong opinions about the importance of people pledging allegiance. So yes, it is about one person inflicting their views on another.jjdebenedictishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16950592240599703771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014482.post-35781842761273315972010-02-25T06:12:53.160-08:002010-02-25T06:12:53.160-08:00Here in the hinterlands, nobody would bat an eye i...Here in the hinterlands, nobody would bat an eye if you still had your gun in its holster in Starbucks. Starbucks is probably a county or two over anyway. <br /><br />One county in Georgia actually requires, by law, that every male over the age of thirteen (I think it's thirteen) own a gun. Of course it isn't enforced and of course they aren't required to actually carry it, but in theory they own one.<br /><br />So guns don't freak me out. But I do think it is a special kind of jerk who decides to make sure everyone knows he has a gun in an area where people are clearly uncomfortable with it. Not really the kind of jerk I like to picture with a gun. <br /><br />I also think that as a place of business Starbucks has every right to tell him to buy his coffee elsewhere. At the least they should refuse to sell him anything but decaf. Jittery gunmen with jerk tendencies are a bad idea.Laurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06120847492230531939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014482.post-17210181744372630962010-02-25T05:45:29.330-08:002010-02-25T05:45:29.330-08:00I think I would start frequenting Starbucks if I c...I think I would start frequenting Starbucks if I could sit and watch two guys with their fingers twitching near their holsters going, "This condiment bar ain't big enough for the two of us, Sheriff..."Blogless Trollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03983848259551488867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014482.post-89175508969086432362010-02-25T04:59:46.710-08:002010-02-25T04:59:46.710-08:00I do despair!
The idea of guns being legal sits o...I do despair!<br /><br />The idea of guns being legal sits oddly with me, it's so far outside of my experience. The stupidity all these people show is, however, international. Sadly.fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.com