Student May Wear Bush ‘Terrorist’ Shirt (washingtonpost.com)
A high school student has the right to wear a T-shirt to school with the face of President Bush and the words “International Terrorist” on the front, a federal judge ruled.
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Barber was 16 when he wore the shirt on a day he was scheduled to present a “compare and contrast” essay in English class. Barber had chosen to compare President Bush to former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
Wait a minute! I thought Ashcroft and his jack-booted stormtroopers would have squashed this dissent by now!? Don’t we have the PATRIOT act? Hasn’t Bush put the Constitution through a shredder? Isn’t freedom of speech a thing of the past?
Here’s a clue for Mr. Barber – the fact that you can wear a T-shirt like that and have basically nothing bad happen to you is one BIG difference between Bush and Saddam. Put that in your essay.
I see people sometimes who write nonsense like “I’m not afraid to say Bush is just like Hitler!” If Bush actually was just like Hitler, you’d be afraid to say so. The fact that you can wave your ridiculous signs, write your ridiculous columns, and wear your ridiculous shirts and NOT have your ears cut off or be shoved through a shredder just proves that you are entirely wrong.
Now, if he had worn a shirt that said, “Jesus Saves” or “Christ died for You” or the dreaded “God Bless America”, the ACLU would have been on him so fast ….
Michael, I was thinking the same thing.
I don’t think you can fit a person in a shredder…I tried once to stick my finger in a shredder to see if it would fit. It didn’t…so I don’t think you’d get a person thru one…..unless maybe it was a tree shredder.
somebody who is not rachel:
Saddam and sons had no problem putting people in shredders (4th paragraph).
I guess that just means Saddam & his sons are (or should I saw were!) more competent than my very own sister. Rachel, here’s a hint: You have to use a very big shredder, like an industrial plastic shredder.
Robert, I don’t think it’s a lack of competence…
I tried once to stick my finger in a shredder to see if it would fit.
:D
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