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Originally Posted by maleficent
Sister Ann would have knocked some sense into me first, before my mother (a teacher) knocked more sensed into me - -then it'd be all over when my dad got to me...
What was the kid trying to prove by not standing? That he was badass and not doing what the teacher expected of him (I"ve been to football games where fights have almost erupted when people didn't remove their hats during the anthem)
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He was trying to prove that the state authority should not have the authority to force him to recognise their anthem, and obey their instructions that had no functuonal purpose. It is not about anything other than power. The school saying "you are weak, you are nothing and I will force you to do whatever I please, whether you care to or not"
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