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Originally Posted by transplant99
But that kind of brings me full circle to my original point that I dont beleive for a second that the kid was doing this for any such reason as he claims, but moreso simply because he could. He has every right to make the choice he did and no he should not be facing the consequences for doing so that we now read about....but that is in some utopian world. The reality is that what has since happened was to be fully expected....even though its dead wrong.
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It is only your interpretation and opinion that the kid was just being a miscreant or an anarchist. Regardless of his motivations, his principle is correct. And no, he SHOULD be facing the consequences of doing what he did. We all need to face the consequences of our actions and show that we are responsible for what we say and show that we understand the repercussions of the things that we do. The fact that there is so much opposition to his criticism of the event shows that there is a bigger underlying issue here because the majority do not recognize his rights and not even considering that they themselves may be doing something unlawful.
I don't think anybody is under any illusions that once he complained, everybody would have said: "oh no dear boy, I'm so sorry we hurt your feelings" and acquiesced to his demands and banned all future school prayers tied to a specific denominational religion. The issue here is not if it was expected or not. The result was completely predictable which only illustrates the institutionalization of this practice.