The Apple doesn't fall far from the Tree

My son, Justin, wrote this letter to Tom Stumpf, the principal of Skyline High School in Longmont, CO. If you recall, Principal Stumpf is the guy who banned American flags (as well as all other flags) from the school grounds of Skyline High School. I have to share it with you.

Dear Sir,

You do not know me, but I am a 23 year-old full time college student from Arlington, Texas, finishing up a degree in Mechanical Engineering and getting ready to begin one in Law. In surfing the internet, I came across a story where I learned that you have banned all flags from your school, whether Mexican, American, or any other. I am writing you this email because I feel so strongly compelled to do so.

Let me begin by saying that I really do appreciate your obligation to promote respect among the students at your school. That seems like an excellent goal.

But with that said, how dare you deem our American flag as inflammatory or as a symbol of bigotry!!! Even if your students used it (or other less important flags) immaturely or inappropriately, have you forgotten that our flag is the very symbol of our nation? If it has no place in our schools (which should be primary points of assimilation for legal ethnics into our American culture), then it has no place anywhere. Ban the guilty students, not the flag.

These days people take offense to everything. Our constitution guards many of our rights here, but one thing it does not protect is any right to not be offended. This is AMERICA where our flag is supposed to fly high above the land, and we should rightfully be proud of it.

In trying to find a politically correct answer to your school's problem, you have blundered upon the ultimate example of non-sequitur logic. It's like taking away someone's socks for cursing! Guess what... even minus the flag, the underlying problem is still there! You should instead concentrate your efforts on attempting to create a better atmosphere in your school. Forget sensitivity training... How about a course in common sense?

You may have to bring in outside faculty for that.

What would our founding fathers and the many men and women who have died for our nation have to say if they heard about you and the injustice you have done to your rightfully patriotic students?

I hope you will consider this, as well as consider giving your patriotic students, their families, your flag-waving community, and the people of America a much-needed apology.

Please bring our flag back into your school.

Sincerely,

Justin Glasgow

PS Please make proper amends for what you have done, or I will be forced to wave my much bigger and better state flag at you. Inevitably, this would create animosity between our states and the national government would have to get involved. Thankfully, though, (before things got too ugly) they would confiscate our flags for an undetermined amount of time, and we would then be utterly defenseless. But with our symbols of hatred out of the way, we would certainly grow to have respect for each other and live happily ever after, because, after all, it was the flags that made us fight in the first place.

Heh heh...that's my boy!