Comments on: The dumbing down of Nazism https://www.yourish.com/2006/12/19/2465 Cutting straight to the point Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:11:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Meryl Yourish https://www.yourish.com/2006/12/19/2465/comment-page-1#comment-23673 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:11:05 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/12/19/2465#comment-23673 Well, I’m reading up on the issue now, and somehow, I’m still finding that using Nazi identification to protest a uniform ban is yet another instance of the misuse of Nazi images to make a point.

The fact that one of the children’s granduncles was in Buchenwald makes me even more disgusted that the image was used.

The Bayonne school system is requiring students to wear uniforms during school hours. Funny, but kids who go to private schools that require uniforms don’t seem to have had their individuality and identity beaten out of them by spending the school day in the same kind of dress as the other students.

This child should have been told to use a different image. He isn’t old enough to understand the offense he is causing—but his parents are. I don’t care how gifted he is. He has the maturity of a fifth grader. His judgment is that of a fifth grader.

His parents believe it’s an erosion of their rights? Please. It’s a friggin’ uniform. They’re not trying to indocrinate the kids.

]]> By: Karin Morgen https://www.yourish.com/2006/12/19/2465/comment-page-1#comment-23671 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:41:49 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/12/19/2465#comment-23671 You clearly do not know or understand the entire story. I am the attorney on this case. The fifth grader, Michael, who is a highly gifted student, did actually choose the image himself. His point was that the school district forced him to wear an emblem on his chest much like Hitler forced people to wear emblems on their chests. Also, you need to know that his great uncle was in Buchenwald – so the issue is very close to his family.

The school board basically shoved the uniform policy down the throats of the parents without following any procedures or involving the parents as the law requires. This is as the parents and kids beleive a clear erosion of their rights. The uniforms represent the first step in a series of actions that may rob their children of their individuality and identity. This is a very important issue and one not to be taken lightly. and that is the point.

]]> By: Robert https://www.yourish.com/2006/12/19/2465/comment-page-1#comment-23641 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:54:38 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/12/19/2465#comment-23641 So, what happens to these children when they leave the nest, and go out on their own with such silly attitudes? How successful will they be in a world that isn’t “fair?” We all have restrictions to live by, both just and un-just, some just out of sheer respect and kindness. Yet, now, the parents are teaching their children that their rights are to be respected BUT they don’t need to respect others.

Robert

]]> By: Ben F https://www.yourish.com/2006/12/19/2465/comment-page-1#comment-23634 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:15:54 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/12/19/2465#comment-23634 s 1984 comes immediately to mind—than the Hitler Youth Group to make their point. But trust them not to notice how offensive the buttons are.</blockquote>Bingo!<blockquote>(Thinking of my cousin Shirley, who is actually my mother’s cousin, makes me talk like that.)</blockquote>Your mother's cousin is "actually" your cousin. If Shirley and your mother are first cousins, then she and you are first cousins once removed. If Shirley has kids, they too are "actually" your cousins—second cousins, to be precise.]]>

The point is, the parents could easily have made some other kind of reference—Orwell’s 1984 comes immediately to mind—than the Hitler Youth Group to make their point.

But trust them not to notice how offensive the buttons are.

Bingo!

(Thinking of my cousin Shirley, who is actually my mother’s cousin, makes me talk like that.)

Your mother’s cousin is “actually” your cousin. If Shirley and your mother are first cousins, then she and you are first cousins once removed. If Shirley has kids, they too are “actually” your cousins—second cousins, to be precise.

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