Student rebuked for sitting during Mexican anthem

The Daily Herald ^ | 10/6/2005 | Tara Malone

[DogBarkTree]

This young man should work for the border patrol. I say good for him.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

He should claim that he thought it was the US National Anthem and that he was protesting the war in Iraq. The ACLU would dispatch a battalion of lawyers to defend him.

[JEC]

Maybe I'm missing something here but aren't they illegals or are we supposed to kiss their asses.

[theDentist]

When you're in Mexico, you stand for their anthem out of respect and courtesy of their land. But in the U.S., no way.
If they tried to make me stand, I'd have unzipped and pee'd as well.

[DB]

When in America, learn to be an American...

[WorkingClassFilth]

"...the scales of cultural diversity may have tilted out of balance."

Ya' think?

[doc30]

If the schools want to honor the patriotic symbols of Mexico (or any other nation) then let them get all their funding from Mexico and let the teachers get paid at the same level as Mexican teachers and in pesos, not dollars. Not a dime of U.S. tax payer money should go to such nonsense.

[Jaded]

Hmmm. You're either Mexican or American. Can't be both. Can't serve two masters. The teachers/administrators are just wrong.

[ladiesview61]

Good for him..there should be a lot more kids with that attitude. He's not disrespecting the Latino culture at all, but he rightly understands that this is his country and his pride will not allow him to honor another country w/o acknowledging America first and foremost.

[cripplecreek]

Oh Mexanada.

[DumpsterDiver]

ping

[wideawake]

There's absolutely no reason for an American in America to stand for another country's anthem, unless they are being paid to work in a diplomatic capacity.

[pikachu]

As opposed to the last time I went to a professional baseball game and a Mexican behind me in the stands spoke/screamed loudly on his cell phone during the Star Spangeled Banner to his buddies who were running late in the parking lot. He kept bitching about how loudly the 'cabrones' around him were during the song. Yes, I speak Spanish and recognized his accent.

[manwiththehands]

I was in Mexico over the 4th of July at a resort where 75% of us were American. Do you know what we got for our Independence Day? A cake at the desert table. And a brief "happy Independence day to our American guests" from the MC in between acts of the evening's entertainment. That's it. I didn't complain. It's their country, for cryin' out loud. This cultural diversity garbage in this country has gone past lunacy.

[rightinthemiddle]

How about celebrating AMERICAN culture, period?

[2banana]

His 17-year-old son, a senior in the process of enlisting, feared honoring another nation’s anthem might jeopardize his military status.

Highly doubtful - however - standing up for what he believes is right (and takes the consequences) means he will become one good NCO or Officer one day.

[RockinRight]

If they love Mexico so much that they wish to fly their flag HERE and NOT OURS...then they need to go the hell back to Me-hi-co.

I like Mexican food though.

[Phantom Lord]

There's absolutely no reason for an American in America to stand for another country's anthem, unless they are being paid to work in a diplomatic capacity.

I disagree in one way I can think of. If you go to an NHL game with a Canadian team they will play the Canadian anthem. It is only proper to stand for it.

Other than that, I can not think of another time that it would even be proper to play another countries national anthem. Outside of the few and far between instances of the Olympics, World Cup, etc... being in America.

[RockinRight]

I would've decked him.