100,000 Protestors... Angry mobs of students...

[innerSpaceman]

Nehph - where are you getting the "pay no taxes" part? Undocumenteds pay plenty of taxes. Social Secutity taxes for the most part. Which they pay in, but don't take out - btw. They by and large do not earn enough to pay income taxes.

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Scaeagles - by your logic of where the flag burning takes place, the American boy burning the Mexican flag while on American soil communicates the message "I hate Mexico." You seem to me to be demonstrating quite the double standard there.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Scaeagles - by your logic of where the flag burning takes place, the American boy burning the Mexican flag while on American soil communicates the message "I hate Mexico." You seem to me to be demonstrating quite the double standard there.

To the contrary. Context is everything.

In the Middle East, protests are organized with the intent of saying "I hate America", and burning the American flag is certainly part of it.

This was not an organized protest where a kid went to a gathering where the purpose was to protest Mexico. He made a rash decision in the heat of the moment when his other attempt at resolving the issue - taking the Mexican flag down the first time and returning it to the students who raised it - was not successful.

That is certainly a far, far cry from a proclamation of hatred of Mexico.

I hate the Mexican government. They are corrupt and are in fact the reason there is a huge illegal immigration problem in this country. Does this mean I hate Mexico? I don't know.

[tracilicious]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I hate the Mexican government. They are corrupt and are in fact the reason there is a huge illegal immigration problem in this country. Does this mean I hate Mexico? I don't know.

More importantly, does it mean you hate Mexicans? I'm guessing not, but I think that is the real issue behind the school thing. You are right that I'm assuming that the ROTC kid does. But it's an educated guess, definitely.