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Subject: Re: [OT] 12 year old British born girl punished for celebrating British culture
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 05:25:09 -0000 (UTC)
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On Jul 16, 2025 at 7:48:38 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
wrote:

> On 2025-07-16 10:02 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>  Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>  Her entire school had a Cultural Diversity Day and all students were
>>>  told to wear something celebrating her own culture instead of the usual
>>>  school uniforms so she wore a dress that was essentially a British flag.
>>>  She was an A student but found herself punished for her choice of
>>>  clothing - along with other students - and her parents were called to
>>>  pick her up early.
>>> 
>>>  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE2jV5qxE4g [8 minutes]
>>> 
>>>  Her parents were not at all happy and her community was very agitated as
>>>  well. The school gave an after-the-fact "apology" where they promised to
>>>  reconsider how the event was run the next year. I'll believe that when I
>>>  see it!
>> 
>>  I’ve seen that and it wasn’t clear to me if maybe she got punished under a
>>  flag rule. When I was her age, it was illegal to wear clothing made from
>>  the American flag.
>>  
> There's no information in the video that suggests that it is illegal to 
> wear clothing containing the British flag. If it is, there are millions 
> of T-shirts that are in violation of that law. I've seen plenty of 
> T-shirts celebrating one British band or another over the years that 
> featured a British flag worn proudly by fans of the band in question.

Speaking of bands and politics, I just saw this today:

https://ibb.co/j9VVvXpn

The Steve Miller Band has canceled all dates for its 2025 North American tour
due to the general trend of climate change-induced weather disasters:

"The combination of extreme heat, unpredictable flooding, tornadoes,
hurricanes, and massive forest fires make these risks for you, our audience,
the band, and the crew unacceptable."

So basically the band has effectively played their last concert and retired
because there's never going to be day in the future where storms and wildfires
don't exist, even if 'climate change' was somehow solved.'

But it's not a cult...