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Devils'Advocate · 01-30-2009, 11:03 AM

It's funny these threads in off-topic.

10 year olds not singing the national anthem every day is treasonous.
But demanding Alberta separate from the country is honourable.

As for the "they should move" suggestion, that sounds very "they should go back to wherever they came from". We live in a very pluralistic society and we should accept our differences. As per my example previously of the Jehova's Witnesses, I DON'T think they should have been forced to go to private school or home schooled - I think the school should have done more to promote tolerance rather than what they did do. Which was to turn a blind eye to the situation hoping that parents would get the hint and withdraw their kids. Now, that was 25 years ago so I think the schools would find a more progressive way of handling things than trying to HIDE our differences, but I guess not.

As others have pointed out, this may not be JW's at all... could be any number of people that have issues with the anthem. But given what has been said by the principal, certainly some student or students were having issues because of the anthem being played. In any case, I don't the anthem is the problem; kids being cruel to each other is.

01-30-2009, 11:03 AM	#33
Devils'Advocate #1 Goaltender Join Date: Jul 2005 Exp:	It's funny these threads in off-topic. 10 year olds not singing the national anthem every day is treasonous. But demanding Alberta separate from the country is honourable. As for the "they should move" suggestion, that sounds very "they should go back to wherever they came from". We live in a very pluralistic society and we should accept our differences. As per my example previously of the Jehova's Witnesses, I DON'T think they should have been forced to go to private school or home schooled - I think the school should have done more to promote tolerance rather than what they did do. Which was to turn a blind eye to the situation hoping that parents would get the hint and withdraw their kids. Now, that was 25 years ago so I think the schools would find a more progressive way of handling things than trying to HIDE our differences, but I guess not. As others have pointed out, this may not be JW's at all... could be any number of people that have issues with the anthem. But given what has been said by the principal, certainly some student or students were having issues because of the anthem being played. In any case, I don't the anthem is the problem; kids being cruel to each other is. Last edited by Devils'Advocate; 01-30-2009 at 11:08 AM.