Re: Mexican flags in Denver Public Schools Classrooms?

On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 23:12:48 -0400, Tiny Human Ferret
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>stvfrmco wrote:
>> "Tiny Human Ferret" <ixnayamspay_klaatu@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>stvfrmco wrote:
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>>>>"Byron Canfield" <barnNOSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>"Lets Roll" <letsroll@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>"David Eduardo" <amdavid@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>>"Cotton Eyed Joe" <mdginzo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>>>"Donna Metler" <dmmetler@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Here's my first question-what classroom, in what context? It
wasn't
>>>>>>>>>uncommon
>>>>>>>>>when I was in high school for foreign language cl***** to have
flags
>>>>>
>>>>>of
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>countries where the language was spoken on display. Not in the
same
>>>>>
>>>>>way
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>as
>>>>>>>>>the US flag, but as an artifact.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Not only that.  When I was in school we had all sorts of education
in
>>>>>>>>foreign languages and cultures - up to and including native dances
>>>>
>>>>and
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>literature.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Apparently Xenophobia 101 has replaced language and world history.
And
>>>>>
>>>>>the
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>Luddites go marching along....
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Oh, baloney.  Teachers spend an inordinate amount of time fawning
over
>>>>>>sub-cultures, foreign cultures, foreign history, even foreign
religion
>>>>
>>>>and
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>never miss an op****tunity to denigrate _anything_ American.  Just
like
>>>>>
>>>>>you,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Poncho Disney, their jaws would shatter in a million pieces if one
>>>>>
>>>>>positive
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>word rolled out of their mouths about America or Americans.
>>>>>
>>>>>Well, I though David was referring to the outside influences that
seem
>> 
>> to
>> 
>>>>>insist on Xenophopia 101, the luddites like Oliver Costich, and
>> 
>> stvfrmco.
>> 
>>>>
>>>>Luddites?  Since when did Luddites get on their computers and connect
to
>>>>usenet?  I have all kinds of high tech possessions and have worked in
>> 
>> the
>> 
>>>>computer storage industry for years.  I program in C++, assembly
>> 
>> language,
>> 
>>>>Java and Visual BASIC.  Clearly you use the term Luddite as stupidly
and
>>>>ignorantly as you throw around the terms "racist" and "brown****rt."
>>>
>>>http://www.luddite.com/
>>>
>>>I'm not kidding.
>>>
>>>
>> 
>> 
>> Check out this URL and tell me if those Luddite computers would pass
muster?
>> 
>> http://radioproject.org/
>
>Heh, the Luddites are only selling the cases.
>
>People will have to shop for their own internals.

Hmmm, nice Walnut.  

I'd hate to be the one to burst their biodegradable bubble, but after
installing their gerbil-treadmill-powered harddrive and
artesian-wellwater-cooled cpu... They're still going to boot into the
techno-zombie-brain-sucking action they always did.