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uniforms = fascism
There's wank in the Fark pool again.

The following article gets posted with a "Hero" tag:

Following the school district's implementation of a uniform policy, parents complained that they can't afford uniforms, principal fights back sending an email saying that they should think about their child's education [Article]

Comments start off agreeing with the principal (who is actually a board member), but TheCid is not amused.

TheCid | 2008-04-26 10:08:07 PM
What I want to know is, since when does the government have the power to tell people (regardless of age) what to wear?

How is this not a ridiculous overstepping of their constitutional bounds? How can anyone support this blatant authoritarianism??

the shaman takes a real shining to our boy, and the love affair begins:

TheCid | 2008-04-26 10:25:11 PM
Good to identify yet another person who's part of the problem with this nation. Farking authoritarian followers.

the shaman | 2008-04-26 10:27:48 PM
I've got you farkied as "stupid, paranoid, atheist asshole"

You are the problem.

...And ends:

TheCid | 2008-04-26 10:40:04 PM
You're a lunatic who believes in shamanism and supports tearing down the wall of separation between church and state. You're an deluded fool with no grip on reality.
The fact that you support the authoritarians here in no way surprises me.

Welcome to my ignore list, farktard.

real shaman | 2008-04-26 10:58:46 PM
woooooo!!!! I'm on a dumbass's ignore list.

The rest of the 561 comments (and counting!) result in a dog piling of TheCid, whose ignore list seems to be a desirable goal:

Arthur Jumbles | 2008-04-26 10:58:12 PM
Could you please put me on your ignore list too? Please. I'd put you on mine except I'm not afraid to listen to points of view that differ from my own and as such don't use one.

Some Bass Playing Guy | 2008-04-26 10:59:06 PM
One look at TheCid's picture in his profile tells me all I need to know about him. You know that one person in your circle of friends that nobody likes, but nobody can quite tell that person? That's TheCid. [Profile]

real shaman | 2008-04-26 11:02:03 PM
He looks like the punks whose lunch money ended up in my pocket.

jmmsmile | 2008-04-26 11:17:14 PM
Oooh oooooh! I wanna be on TheCid's ignore list! Pleeeease!!!

You little popcorn fart.

Communism is called:

KoalaFace | 2008-04-26 11:15:58 PM
you seem to be awfully overbearing about your precious crotch dropplings 'freedoms.' Face the facts- this world/country/state/education system is not about YOU. It is about what is the best for the WHOLE. What is best for the whole appears to be school uniforms, for the reasons previously stated.

Don't you think that if EVERYONE in this thread is disagreeing with you quite adimately, that maybe, just maybe, you could be wrong?

TheCid | 2008-04-26 11:18:36 PM
You posting on fark is not the best for the whole. Get back to work, comrade. This country is supposed to be about individual freedom.

Not that many people actually give a shiat about freedom anymore.

real shaman | 2008-04-26 11:24:33 PM
You know who else made lame jokes about communism?

farc | 2008-04-26 11:25:29 PM
godwinned!!!!! ftw

Some real shaman highlights as he enjoys his place on the ignore list:

real shaman | 2008-04-26 11:19:05 PM
neener neener neener neener neener neener
/boy can I be juvenile sometimes.

real shaman | 2008-04-26 11:31:01 PM
I remember now where I argued with thecid before....

He was in total agreement with the requirement of mandatory service for high school students.

It was totally ok then for government officials to tell your kids what to do.

One last funny before it turns into a bullying discussion and repeats from those late to the party:

KoalaFace | 2008-04-26 11:48:25 PM
[TheCid: What happened to your mother was wrong. The school had no business ordering her to change her hairstyle, and the fact that you still support this uniform bullshiat even though you know that story just confirms my suspicions- you are an idiot.

What good is health without freedom?]

you're a grad student, aren't you?

Also, bonus John Stuart Mill discussion starting at 2008-04-26 11:59:50 PM

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	blackjackrocket 2008-04-28 12:38 pm UTC (link)
	I don't get uniforms. "We'll teach you how to be individuals...as long as you dress exactly like everyone else!" But then education is full of enormous contradictions like that. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	rosehiptea 2008-04-28 05:15 pm UTC (link)
	My school didn't really pretend they were teaching us to be individuals. But there are many contradictions in education, yes. (Reply to this)(Parent)

dana
2008-04-29 04:12 am UTC (link)

In my school it was about instilling school and community pride apparently.

I didn't much mind, but then, everyone wore uniforms, public or private, although the private school are much fancier.

Funny thing about uniforms, it was great way for people to know which school kids were playing up. We had two schools in the town, one had a blue uniform, the other green, so if a witness or the police sees a kid from one school doing something bad, we all got the lecture, or the Police had a way to narrow down the suspects.

And it was very difficult to skip classes while wearing a uniform, it was fairly obvious...(also the shopping centre was next to the police station, so it added another element of challenge, 'No Sir, I have a lunch pass, yes Sir, here it is').

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	dragonfangirl 2008-04-29 04:18 am UTC (link)
	We had two schools in the town, one had a blue uniform, the other green, so if a witness or the police sees a kid from one school doing something bad Clever troublemakers would wear the opposite school's colors! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dana 2008-04-29 04:22 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, but I think 'clever troublemaker' didn't really go together in my town, especially with 14 year old boys. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	dragonfangirl 2008-04-29 04:13 am UTC (link)
	I don't get uniforms. "We'll teach you how to be individuals Most schools that have uniforms don't even pretend to teach kids how to be individuals. My school sure doesn't. Remarkably, the kids turn out as individuals all the same. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	aerobot 2008-04-29 08:37 am UTC (link)
	With private schools at least, the idea is - "You all represent the school. Therefore, you must have a neat, proper uniform that reflects us and the standard of schooling we provide." That's what they say, anyway. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	an_igor 2008-04-28 12:43 pm UTC (link)
	The main thing I got from this was that the article itself was really terribly written. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	dhole 2008-04-28 03:32 pm UTC (link)
	Inorite? I halfway expected the byline to read something along the lines of, "Timmy, Age 5 and three quarters." I think that on the evidence of that article, Florida's educational problems run deeper than those which can be solved by school uniforms. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jerel 2008-05-01 02:28 am UTC (link)
	Very true. Also, FYI Fox35 is generally viewed as having the crappiest news in Orlando. That's against some pretty stiff competition. I think the TV market missed the memo that you're supposed to be raising the bar and not lowering it like you're in some kind of limbo contest. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	doomsday 2008-04-28 08:16 pm UTC (link)
	Her blog is even worse! (Reply to this)(Parent)

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