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Should students be allowed to wear "satanic" symbols to school?
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Of course. I wore one point up Pentagrams to school, so there should be no problem with flipping it upside down.
John Doe
Member
They could just wear a copy of the badge of the Victoria Police from Australia.
That must be OK with the law-and-order people. It even says 'Uphold the Right'
Sha'irullah
رسول الآلهة
I say they have every right to along with inverted crosses. Seeing a cross offends me so why should an inverted one offend others? I felt offended at my college when Christians were walking around with signs up declaring that Jesus is coming back
IHaveTheGift
U know who U R
Reminds me, this girl i went to school with had a shirt with her name on the front...
"Cassidy" and her jacket covered the C and the IDY at random times, and the teacher got uppity about it and made her zip up the jacket or take it off.
I have no real view on school dress code, that is one over complected subject, but I know that gang influence plays a huge role in some states.
Hell, when I lived in texas, I was working at a factory, had my hat on backwards and was told to turn it around or take it off. :sarcastic
I had it flipped around because the brim kept hitting the injection mold, I was working with, knocking the hat off, when I reached in to get the parts out.
They said it being on backwards was a Gang Symbol.
"Cassidy" and her jacket covered the C and the IDY at random times, and the teacher got uppity about it and made her zip up the jacket or take it off.
I have no real view on school dress code, that is one over complected subject, but I know that gang influence plays a huge role in some states.
Hell, when I lived in texas, I was working at a factory, had my hat on backwards and was told to turn it around or take it off. :sarcastic
I had it flipped around because the brim kept hitting the injection mold, I was working with, knocking the hat off, when I reached in to get the parts out.
They said it being on backwards was a Gang Symbol.
Define "Satanic symbol?"
I don't see why not. I knew people at my high school who wore pentacles/pentagrams and no one really cared.
Just to give some context, I went to a small town high school in the southern U.S.
technomage
Finding my own way
I've heard of symbols that people think are satanic symbols (pentagram comes to mind), but are not. But if they allow people to wear crosses and/or a Star of David, then why not?
CynthiaCypher
Well-Known Member
Not if it disruptive to their education and to the education of others and not if said symbol is worn to provoke. People should go to school to learn, if you want to express your religious beliefs there are appropriate venues for that...they are called churches, temples, mosques or whatever.
Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
Personally, I find the act of children/teenagers expressing their beliefs to be kind of silly, since they aren't really developed enough yet to actually hold meaningful beliefs. However, experimenting with expressing yourself is normal part of social and psychological development, and if one form of expression is allowed in schools, then all others of like type should be allowed as well.
Maybe Kindergarten through about sixth grade, but what about Junior high and High school?
Most religious symbols don't provoke anything. I've seen Crosses, SofD, Pentagram, etc. all over the place and no one says a thing. It might be different in school, depending where the school is located. I live in Southern California, which is very diverse. It might be different in a not-so-diverse area.
CynthiaCypher
Well-Known Member
Public school is a place for learning not religion. If a student or teacher wishes to wear a religious symbol they should do so discreetly so as not to disrupt or offend others.
IHaveTheGift
U know who U R
A cross disrupts or offends others?
Do we have vampires attending school now?
Why not take this all the way, the teacher isn't allowed to discuss what she had for lunch, might offend vegans or something.
Nor even hum a song, might offend someone.
Math teachers have to talk nothing but math
English teachers, nothing but english
no jokes, it might offend, nothing but hard core studies
seriously?
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Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
My personal opinion is that many people, even as adults, never hold reflected and meaningful beliefs - their beliefs are primarily social affectation. That being said, I doubt most people are experienced, mature, knowledgable, and cognitively developed enough to actually hold meaningful beliefs until their mid-20's - about the time when your frontal lobe reaches mature development.
CynthiaCypher
Well-Known Member
A cross disrupts or offends others?
Do we have vampires attending school now?
Why not take this all the way, the teacher isn't allowed to discuss what she had for lunch, might offend vegans or something.
Nor even hum a song, might offend someone.
Math teachers have to talk nothing but math
English teachers, nothing but english
no jokes, it might offend, nothing but hard core studies
seriously?
Offensive or not, there is no legitimate reason why any religious symbol should be overtly displayed by anyone in a public school setting. I don't care if it is a cross, Star of David or a pentagram. If you want to put your religion up for public display, do so were it is appropriate.