Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Mexican Flag Burned After Week Of Protests
Arizona Republic ^ | 31 March 2006 | AP

Posted on 03/31/2006 8:28:06 AM PST by buccaneer81

Mexican flag burned after week of protests

Associated Press Mar. 31, 2006 07:10 AM

Tensions over immigration got a little heated Thursday in Apache Junction.

A Mexican flag was brought to school by a Hispanic student in response to what he said was a racist remark directed at him the day before. After he and other students raised the flag on the school's flagpole, the newspaper said another group of students took it down and burned it.

The burning and ensuing shoving match between the two groups of students happened before most students arrived at the school.

The school's principal said all six students involved will be disciplined.

Security was beefed up after the incident but there were no other problems at the school Thursday.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: aboutime; burnbabyburn; buzzardbanner; directaction; fightback; patriots; redwhitegreenrag
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-6061-8081-100 ... 241-243 next last
To: oyez

Exactly!


61 posted on 03/31/2006 8:47:15 AM PST by Frank_2001
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: frogjerk

What if we boycotted all Mexican related business? Foods, grocery stores (FOOD CITY,etc), places that hire mostly hispanics - would this not send a strong message without breaking laws? I'm willing to give up Taco Bell and El Torrito.


62 posted on 03/31/2006 8:48:12 AM PST by princess leah
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 54 | View Replies]

To: AmericanRepublican
I understand your point. Its valid, but the situation is not the same. These American kids were protecting the American flag. If the Mexican kids had not raised their flag above the American flag the U.S. students wouldn't have burned the Mexican flag.
63 posted on 03/31/2006 8:48:20 AM PST by Butcher Kilroy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 42 | View Replies]

To: AmericanRepublican

Thanks. I don't like it either.


64 posted on 03/31/2006 8:49:39 AM PST by conserv13
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: P-Marlowe
I didn't realize they flew it higher than our flag.

But still, we wouldn't even have this problem if they weren't here in the first place.

If anyone is to blame for this matter, it's the softy who allowed the flag to be raised in the first place.

As was said before, which I totally agree with, this ain't Mexico, motherf**kers... this the US of A. If they want to come here so f***** bad because their country is so piss poor and dilapidated, then do away with your flag and don't come here trying to uplift your piss poor dilapidation.

I'm not saying these kids burning the flags were wrong. Not at all. I could honestly see myself doing the same thing. In fact in high school, me and a friend burned these french foreign student posters... hey we were young... but we were sick of the French. So what these kids did holds an even higher merit because it means something. It signifies something.

My argument was it sucks to see that it has come to this.

65 posted on 03/31/2006 8:50:13 AM PST by AmericanRepublican (There are fools on both sides. Only the true Americans will prevail.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45 | View Replies]

To: P-Marlowe
I agree 100%. I'd pity anyone who did this in my presence, because as a red-blooded American I'd do anything in my power to rectify that affront to our national honor.
66 posted on 03/31/2006 8:50:27 AM PST by Namyak (Oderint dum metuant)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45 | View Replies]

To: frogjerk
Raise a foreign flag in anger on American Soil (on government property yet) is a sign of insurrection, not "protest".

I'M WITH YOU!
67 posted on 03/31/2006 8:51:25 AM PST by uncitizen
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 54 | View Replies]

To: riri

It doesn't have to. If we fix the problems now instead of letting them fester as we have for the last 20 years...


68 posted on 03/31/2006 8:51:40 AM PST by conserv13
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 47 | View Replies]

To: princess leah

What if we boycotted all Mexican related business? Foods, grocery stores (FOOD CITY,etc), places that hire mostly hispanics - would this not send a strong message without breaking laws? I'm willing to give up Taco Bell and El Torrito.
_________________________________________________________

OK, I'm down with this...lets see...I will give up chiwawa's. Yup, no more friggin chiwawa dogs. I hate the little suckers anyway :)


69 posted on 03/31/2006 8:51:44 AM PST by MadeInAmerica ( - Tested in the Middle East)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 62 | View Replies]

To: muawiyah
It's not wrong to burn the Mexican flag.

It is wrong to burn someone else's property without the owner's permission. If you want to buy a Mexican flag and burn it, go right ahead. I'd be willing to help. Just don't steal someone else's flag for the purpose.

70 posted on 03/31/2006 8:52:13 AM PST by magslinger (Pray for your enemies, It's like taking a B52 to a gun fight.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 34 | View Replies]

To: buccaneer81

Remember way back in the 1960's when US high school students in the Panama Canal Zone took down a Panamanian flag and burned it? It had flown along side the American flag.
Several days of riots ensued.


71 posted on 03/31/2006 8:53:22 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: magslinger

It's not wrong to burn the Mexican flag.
It is wrong to burn someone else's property without the owner's permission. If you want to buy a Mexican flag and burn it, go right ahead. I'd be willing to help. Just don't steal someone else's flag for the purpose.
___________________________________________________________

Uh...it wasn't stolen...they left it FLYING where our flag was. Therefore...they abandoned it as TRASH


72 posted on 03/31/2006 8:53:25 AM PST by MadeInAmerica ( - Tested in the Middle East)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 70 | View Replies]

To: magslinger
...but that's no excuse for destroying someone else's property.

They abandoned it on the pole........

73 posted on 03/31/2006 8:53:40 AM PST by Red Badger (I must not fear.Fear is the mind-killer.Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.....)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: princess leah

Taco Bell is owned by Pepsi. Boycotting Taco Bell makes as much sense as the muslims who burn down a KFC because they hate the US.


74 posted on 03/31/2006 8:54:06 AM PST by conserv13
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 62 | View Replies]

To: MadeInAmerica
I didn't see any homicidal maniac shooters wearing black Matrix trench coats and spraying their schools full of bullets. Did you?

In what school in Apache Junction did this incident occur?
Where are the names? Where is the who what when where why of this story?
It's just another inflammatory headline, and I'm not buying.
I walked out of my high school during the Kent State Moratorium because everybody else was doing it. I didn't have a single political thought in my head because I was just a clueless teenager who thought it was more a party than a protest. I just wanted the day off. Has anything like that ever happened to you?
75 posted on 03/31/2006 8:54:43 AM PST by ishabibble
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 36 | View Replies]

To: buccaneer81

:::::::APPLAUDING::::::::


76 posted on 03/31/2006 8:54:51 AM PST by stopem (Call any co you deal with and insist they not let any illegal work on or near your property, we did!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: buccaneer81

So, the students that defended the American flag and disposed of the foreign, invading-enemy's flag, is going to be disciplined? What a farce.


77 posted on 03/31/2006 8:55:19 AM PST by samcgwire (samcgwire was not here today)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: magslinger
If it's a Mexican flag and it's flying over American public property, it's quite burnable.

Failure to burn it raises some serious questions about the loyalty of the guy who raised it (or allowed it to be raised absent some sort of appropriate official directive).

78 posted on 03/31/2006 8:55:29 AM PST by muawiyah (-)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 70 | View Replies]

To: buccaneer81

Goose, meet Gander.


79 posted on 03/31/2006 8:55:37 AM PST by Darnright (Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: buccaneer81
"The school's principal said all six students involved will be disciplined.

I give the ones who burned the flag gold stars!!!!

80 posted on 03/31/2006 8:55:41 AM PST by stopem (Call any co you deal with and insist they not let any illegal work on or near your property, we did!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-6061-8081-100 ... 241-243 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson