Do You Know Why American Schools Require Shirts To Be Tucked In?
I got a video from a friend in South Africa in an email titled "Do You Know Why American Schools Require Shirts To Be Tucked In?" It showed a kid with baggy pants and a long shirt pulling out 10 handguns, a shotgun, and what looks like a Mac10. Of course, a lot of them came from behind and we didn't get to look at his back. I wrote a response to my friend and all he sent it to. Well, I sent the second response which was shorter and less "impassioned". Does anyone know where this came from?
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I'd have to see the clip, but blowling for columbine had a piece like that. Some kid in baggy
Hip-hop gear pulling out a rifle or shotgun and a bunch of hanguns.
That was a crappy excuse for a documentary. I wasn't even into guns when I watched it, but I could tell
It was sticking to an agenda rather than looking for causes of gun crime / teen violence.
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I got a video from a friend in South Africa in an email titled "Do You Know Why American Schools Require Shirts To Be Tucked In?" It showed a kid with baggy pants and a long shirt pulling out 10 handguns, a shotgun, and what looks like a Mac10. Of course, a lot of them came from behind and we didn't get to look at his back. I wrote a response to my friend and all he sent it to. Well, I sent the second response which was shorter and less "impassioned". Does anyone know where this came from?
Only two of our schools here locally require that. They also have a school uniform that is required. No where else though.
Thanks, guys. To say I was incensed is an understatement. My friend's first wife was murdered in their home several years ago while he and the boys were home. It's a wonder they weren't killed, too. The cops in Johannesburg did absolutely nothing. I wonder sometimes if it would have turned out differently if he had been armed. We'll never know.
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That kid is the firearms equivalent of the old Ringling Bros. Clown Car. But quite aside from the fact he's so loaded down he couldn't move (it's an obvious stunt), Ill tell you a story from the Society for Creative Anachronism's early days of something similar.
There was a man who I will call Jamie who was devoted to the ruling Baroness of his home group. He persuaded her to make him her bodyguard.
Now, Jamie had a collection of swords and daggers that was really impressive even to me, and I was given my first sword when I was ten years old. All modern stuff, not the antiques I collected; but all by top-flight makers, not a piece of tourist trash or martial arts junk in the bunch. One day, a man I shall call Ted was watching Jamie array himself before going on duty in Court. He watched as Jamie strapped on fighting knives, throwing knives, a broadsword, a falchion, boot knives, holdout knives and a partridge in a pear tree.
"Why are you putting on so much weaponry?" asked Ted.
"I'm a bodyguard," replied Jamie loftily. "It's my job to keep the Baroness safe from harm, against all enemies whomsoever."
"I see. Let's say I were to attack right now. What weapon would you draw first?"
Jamie froze up, like a robot whose power had been cut. He literally had so many blades on him, he couldn't think which one to reach for first!
Ted reached out and tapped him on the chest with his index finger. "Tag, you're it." Those of us who observed the exchange almost fell down laughing.
The moral of the story is: It's better to have one or two weapons on you that you can use superbly, than to have so many you can't think what the best one to use for this situation is.
If you are going to strap on a bunch of weapons, you should have practiced in which order you are going to use them Primary...secondary...etc...
Kinda of like the gate guards at the local bases...some folks might have noticed that since Ft. Hood, they're strapped to the teeth...a show of force, but it's more of a show of Farce...I also noticed they seem to be bumping into a lot of things with their shotguns...which eventually will likely end up causing an accidental discharge...I just hope I'm not around when it happens.
I like that they are showing more presence at the gates...but I also realize that most of those good folk aren't trained, ready or prepared for anything to truly get nasty. I'd dearly LOVE to see the NASP forces training on the Marine Obstacle Course....because they NEED it...along with a LOT more live-fire training exercises and classes in handling shotguns properly.
I honestly belive that they made them carry shotguns because the Powers That Be think they wouldn't hit much with the pistols.
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That video has been circulating in education circles for several years. I first saw it as more of an eye opener.
We allow baggy pants, untucked shirts, etc. No skin showing in your middle for either sex, no muscle shirts, no underwear hanging out, no holes in your pants or shirts. If you want to look "gangsta", "prep", "goth' or whatever, that's okay, just don't be grungy about it. No sex, drugs or alcohol advertising on anything, no hats, no coats, no rebel flags. If you're male, you must have sleeves on your shirt. If you're female, your shoulder straps need to be at least 2 inches wide.
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