Funny Pictures Mega Thread aka just fully rip off reddit

[dickman69]

Youre thinking of the pledge of allegience bro

This is a basketball game where its more likely and appropriate to sing/play the national anthem

[nowaysj]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Officials at a Northern California high school acted appropriately when they ordered students wearing American flag T-shirts to turn the garments inside out during the Mexican heritage celebration Cinco de Mayo, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the officials' concerns of racial violence outweighed students' freedom of expression rights. Administrators feared the American-flag shirts would enflame the passions of Latino students celebrating the Mexican holiday. Live Oak High School, in the San Jose suburb of Morgan Hill, had a history of problems between white and Latino students on that day.

The unanimous three-judge panel said past problems gave school officials sufficient and justifiable reasons for their actions. The court said schools have wide latitude in curbing certain civil rights to ensure campus safety.

"Our role is not to second-guess the decision to have a Cinco de Mayo celebration or the precautions put in place to avoid violence," Judge M. Margaret McKeown wrote for the panel. The past events "made it reasonable for school officials to proceed as though the threat of a potentially violent disturbance was real," she wrote.

The case garnered national attention as many expressed outrage that students were barred from wearing patriotic clothing. The Ann Arbor, Mich.-based American Freedom Law Center, a politically conservative legal aid foundation, and other similar organizations took up the students' case and sued the high school and the school district.

William Becker, one of the lawyers representing the students, said he plans to ask a special 11-judge panel of the appeals court to rehear the case. Becker said he would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court if he loses again.

"The 9th Circuit upheld the rights of Mexican students celebrating a holiday of another country over U.S. student proudly supporting this country," Becker said.

Cinco de Mayo marks the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, when Mexican troops defeated a French army of Napoleon III, then considered the mightiest military in the world. It is considered a bigger holiday in the U.S., celebrating Mexican heritage with parades and revelry in many major cities.

[m8son666]

When i went to america you fuckers sang the national anthem at every damn oppurtunity. Before the orca show at sea world, national anthem, before a baseball game, national anthem, before a football game, national anthem. spengs

[nowaysj]

Before the whale? That is a new one by me.

[wub]

Was this before or after the whale ate the trainer?

[m8son666]

Before the whale? That is a new one by me.

yep and they got all the military to stand up and we had to applause

it was before the trainer got eaten

[nowaysj]

Trainer named Johna by any chance?

[m8son666]

no idea i was too busy cussing all you americans in my head to take notice

[Forum]

You don't sing our anthem when you got to sea life Birmingham?

[garethom]

When I briefly ventured into Buffalo in 2k6, I bought a burger from wendy's and when they presented it to me, the USAF performed a fly by and Kelly Clarkson sang a medly of "Since You've Been Gone" and "The Star-Spangled Banner".

Was pretty cool tbf.

You don't sing our anthem when you got to sea life Birmingham?

Nah, but I do remember a rousing rendition of "Jerusalem" before the otter feeding.

[rickyarbino]

When i went to america you fuckers sang the national anthem at every damn oppurtunity. Before the orca show at sea world, national anthem, before a baseball game, national anthem, before a football game, national anthem. spengs

It's not just a nationality, it's a religion.

[m8son666]

[magma]

If our national anthem was actually about, like, our country and shit and half as enjoyable to sing as The Star Spangled Banner, we'd probably feel like singing it a bit more often too. It's difficult to feel proud of a durge reminding us all that the only important person in the country is an old woman most of us will never even meet.

America The Beautiful's even better than TSSB.

We should adopt Jerusalem and sing it at every possible opportunity.

[Forum]

our national anthem

America The Beautiful's even better than TSSB.

All nauseating

[magma]

I'm not really a fan of brow-beating patriotism, but I've got a serious soft spot for the last couple of lines of TSSB. From "O say does that star bangled banneerrrr yet waavveee.." MELODY. UNNGGFFFHH. Makes you feel like a monsoon of bald eagle tears rained down, swelling the Mississippi and forging the Grand Canyon with pure, unadulterated manifest destiny.

Plus it sounds a bit like We Wish You A Merry Christmas.

[Forum]

Going to sound weird having to change the words in our anthem when Charlie seizes power

[PinUp]

The french national anthem is definitely the best out of all the anthem riddims.

[Forum]

Spanish is just a vibes, no lyrics

[wub]

Spanish is just a vibes, no lyrics

Yeah it's pretty nondescript.

[Forum]

If our anthem wasn't compulsory for international football and the Olympics I doubt we'd ever hear it tbh..