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Party Boy		2006-04-01 08:27:02 AM

From TFA

Party Boy		2006-04-01 08:30:22 AM

Skyline High School Principal Tom Stumpf said American flags were brazenly waved in the faces of Hispanic students and in one case a Mexican flag was thrown into the face of another student.

"When it involves the American flag and its abuse in vilifying other people, we simply will not tolerate it," Stumpf said. "They were using the symbol derisively as misguided patriotism."

Students were warned about the policy Friday and several were suspended, although Stumpf would not provide details. Then, about 100 students protested during lunch time.

Lord Summerisle		2006-04-01 08:46:39 AM

Does flag-waving happen a lot in US schools? It seems extraordinary that it's so prevalent it has to be banned.

Spooner St.		2006-04-01 08:49:38 AM

I don't mean to threadjack or anything

but a few minutse ago when I typed fark.com into the browser it took me back to 1999 Fark. Seriously the strangest thing ever. It was December 31st, 1999. There was a headline about who played the best James Bond and another about the sexual link between Cats and Humans. Scary Stuff.

Party Boy		2006-04-01 08:52:29 AM

Spooner St.
its april fools.
The frog porn page was hysterical

Sloth-Man		2006-04-01 08:53:40 AM

haha, oh yeh, i got an Ultra-Fark login and signup :P

*think of the date people*

/still loving his temporary Ultra Fark and Moderator* status
//*only in writing
///++++&***NO CARRIER

OregonVet		2006-04-01 08:54:11 AM

submitter's mom likes it when I wave my flag with facial intention.

staplermofo		2006-04-01 08:55:59 AM

TFers get even funnier April Fools' stuff. I got a call from PayPal saying they're freezing my account because I have over $25,000 in charges from a stapler supply/whore house in Iowa.

AuntNotAnt		2006-04-01 08:58:34 AM

We cannot allow the flag to be seen to represent whites. If this happens, we come to have a campaign against our own symbols; as it's been said, "et si domus super semet ipsam dispertiatur non poterit domus illa stare."

Eochada		2006-04-01 08:59:58 AM

American children in American schools can't display American flags because it might offend other Americans who are waving Mexican flags.

Weird times.

the_gospel_of_thomas		2006-04-01 08:59:59 AM

staplermofo: I got a call from PayPal saying they're freezing my account because I have over $25,000 in charges from a stapler supply/whore house in Iowa.

Yeah, that was me.

Sorry.

BigDumbGuy		2006-04-01 09:00:07 AM

What state did this happen in?

Pushay Control		2006-04-01 09:00:09 AM

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II. RECITALS
WHEREAS
- WHEREAS u-f-luser seeks the fame, adulation, instant popularity, elitism, and general sense of superiority associated with access to UltraFark; AND
- WHEREAS Fark seeks additional unpaid volunteers to monitor and moderate the site for FArQ violations, including, without limitation, jarring graphic images (e.g. anal stretching, feces-oriented themes, etc.); blatant trolling, racism, bigotry, attention whoring and dissemination of publicly available yet somehow private information; AND
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NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration (the acceptance and sufficiency of which is expressly acknowledged by u-f-luser), the parties agree as follows:
1. It's not news, it's Fark.com (enter first, third, and last letters of Fark login)
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Omis		2006-04-01 09:00:52 AM

Heh, I was logged in as Drew and it took me to the user banning/deletion page. Nice.

Pushay Control		2006-04-01 09:03:02 AM

Good morning, Drew!
Who would you like to ban today?
Login: or user #:
Whose comments would you like to delete today?
Login: or user #:
Whose link submissions would you like to ignore today?
Login: or user #:
or only users that complained of no greenlights this week Remote staff management:
Approve random links (pretend to be drunk if asked)
randomly swap Dumbass and Hero tags
only left-wing conspiracy articles
only right-wing conspiracy articles
approve a few dupes at random randomly append "Duke Sucks" to headlines
randomly append "arity ensues" to a headline
Other tools (use only when drunk):
Give free TotalFark to Login: or user #:
Begin boobies link drought, duration in hours: (obsoleted by fark.com)

Change "number of comments" on link to or...
lots too many

the_gospel_of_thomas		2006-04-01 09:03:13 AM

Pushay Control ... the first rule of ultrafark is that you don't talk about ultrafar&*^*&^&^%^$*&__)!(!(*!^^^^^^^^^*******************

Gsm136		2006-04-01 09:05:25 AM

the_gospel_of_thomas [TotalFark]

Whats the Second?
/ u-f-luser
//i LOL'D

Psychomancer		2006-04-01 09:06:35 AM

"We are not criminals."

If you are in the U.S. illegally, then yes, you are.

If you are here legally, then you have nothing to worry about.

Pushay Control		2006-04-01 09:07:05 AM

da_gospel_of_thomas

Em refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.

skinink		2006-04-01 09:07:31 AM

I agree with the article %100. There no reason for male homosexuals to be harrased in school; why should gay high school boys be worried about some bully grabbing them by the ankles, and swinging them around the hallways ?

Oh, this is about flag waving ? Nevermind.

Pushay Control		2006-04-01 09:08:55 AM

...or thuh filtered version. same diff. *scratch, scratch*

fatkidinabeenie		2006-04-01 09:10:08 AM

testing something

Muta		2006-04-01 09:14:00 AM

Only in America ist it illegal to schow how much you lofe America.
Das vasn't a problem before ze permissife 60's, drugs und de free lofe hippies.

TJNII		2006-04-01 09:16:20 AM

Not to be a spelling nazi, but

Colorado not Colarado

heliokekaumenos		2006-04-01 09:16:58 AM

AH! Fark loaded and it was december 10th 1999. Am I in the right year now?

Belasarius		2006-04-01 09:19:17 AM

"People are taking it to a whole other level," said Laura Avitia. "I don't think they know why we were protesting."

Well, Laura, I don't think you know why they might have gotten upset. It might be because we consider your actions a direct challenge to U.S. sovereignty. Our response is to confront you and wave our flag in your faces.

However, I don't really blame the principal for trying to calm things down. At this stage we don't really need any riots.

I'm actually quite hopeful that this can turn out OK although trusting the government to pass the *right* bill rather than an unworkable, miserable piece of unworkable, unenforceable,symbolic crap is probably stretching it.

TennesseeTuxedo		2006-04-01 09:19:22 AM

Gotta go with the principal on this one, dumb as it may seem on the surface. It's not patriotism, it's not even misguided patriotism. It's harrassment and intimidation. Regardless of a student's legal status, if they are on the school's property, it's up to the faculty to ensure their safety. The outright bannination of all flags ends the debate over playing favorites. Sure, it's clumsy and heavy-handed, but it was the best solution available for a complex problem.

ylikone		2006-04-01 09:19:28 AM

Yay for flag vaving morans!

BunkyBrewman		2006-04-01 09:20:33 AM

I'm a teepee and a wigwam.

/ > tents than u

Schlocker		2006-04-01 09:21:25 AM

Where's Patrick Swayze when you need him? (Red Dawn,ref)

One_Numb_Nut		2006-04-01 09:21:29 AM

please tell me this is all just a little Fark April fools stuff. I have no idea what the fark is going on but if it keeps tellin me Im logged on as Drew...Im gonna have to reward myself with a TF subscription.

WTF is going on?

staplermofo		2006-04-01 09:22:20 AM

One_Numb_Nut: Congrats, you just graduated to plural, numb nuts.

heliokekaumenos		2006-04-01 09:22:23 AM

Ohhh! I am sorry! April Fools my bad

Hilary T. N. Seuss		2006-04-01 09:23:53 AM

The site wanted me to give them a zip code before reading the article. I said "Fark that" and clicked the Outside the US? link even though I'm in the US, and got the article.

So, does that make me an illegal alien now?

One_Numb_Nut		2006-04-01 09:26:50 AM

"One_Numb_Nut: Congrats, you just graduated to plural, numb nuts."

Thanks Staplermofo for confirming that. BTW go fark yerself too @sswipe...the real numbnuts are u idiots that actually pay for this stuff

Party Boy		2006-04-01 09:28:48 AM

Heh. Ze links vorked on ze 1999 page.
Good job on making ze spoof pages so good.

Pushay Control		2006-04-01 09:29:00 AM

RIP Hal (The Trickster)

Party Boy		2006-04-01 09:30:01 AM

Party Boy
Rolf. I got austro filtered

claydoh		2006-04-01 09:31:38 AM

Whats wrong with waving flags? The Nazi's did it all the time.

Quadruplator		2006-04-01 09:35:13 AM

No on wiks a fwag.

DontBeStupid		2006-04-01 09:36:10 AM

GWB says he LIKES Briteny Spears music??

//that explains soo much

DontMakeMeComeBackThere		2006-04-01 09:39:33 AM

At a high school in apache Junction AZ (outside of Phoenix), some student raised a Mexican flag - at which point hilarity ensued and the flag was eventually burned.

Que the school superintendant passing a regulation that nobody could wear or display AYTHING that had a flag or any symbol that represented ANY country (including the U.S.).

Que the parents hitting the farking roof, along with an impromptu group of students vowing to wear American flag T-shirts to school every day until the rule was removed.

Que the news media picking up the story for the 5 o'clock news...followed QUICKLY be the superintendant negating the rule.

Sometimes it's just kinda fun to watch the sparks fly...

DiamondDave		2006-04-01 09:41:21 AM

The American flag?

Burn it, stomp on it, spray paint it, spit on it, wipe your ass with it...but don't you DARE wave it. Someone might find it offensive.

Jesus H. Christ, I hate you farking moonbat, liberal wackjobs.

gtomako		2006-04-01 09:44:57 AM

They are planning a general strike on 10 April....A Day Without Hispanics, they are calling it. Better get your lawn taken care by 9 April.

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BigDumbGuy		2006-04-01 09:45:10 AM

DontMakeMeComeBackThere Sounds like a simple knee-jerk reaction. Knowing that HS students have the attention span of (well, something with a short attention span), I would have given this two days until the kids moved onto something interesting to do.

Snarfangel		2006-04-01 09:45:55 AM

So they traded racial tension for national attention. Good job with that.

HotWingConspiracy		2006-04-01 09:47:38 AM

I wonder why the kids don't get upset when Irish flags are everywhere on St. Pattys?

Oh wait, I know why.

xolik		2006-04-01 09:53:18 AM

There would be a lot less tension in this country the minute the Mexicans figure out that they are in America now and quit trying to turn America into Mexico.

Snarfangel		2006-04-01 09:55:39 AM

I waved the Oregon flag in the face of a Californian. Sure, he was here legally, but in my defense, he was being kind of a dick.

/Thanks, Penny Arcade, for yet another quote I can ~~use~~ abuse.
//Your star burns! I require frozen treats.

y0himba		2006-04-01 09:58:55 AM

Free speech surrenders.

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