From a story I saw today on Foxnews.com:
JACKSON, Mo. — Nathan Warmack wanted to honor his heritage by wearing a Scottish kilt to his high school dance. Then a principal told him to change into a pair of pants.
What began with a few yards of tartan has sparked an international debate about freedom, symbols and cultural dress. More than 1,600 people have signed an Internet petition seeking an apology for the high school senior.
Having had differences of opinion with the Missouri high school education system in my day I guess I’m not surprised that young Mr. Warmack has had to fight his own Bannockburn for independence. Some have suggested that if the laddie had been wearing a dashiki there never would have been an issue. Perhaps, but don’t underestimate the narrow-mindedness of those who feel their fiefdom is being threatened. I shouldn’t impugn the motives of the school principal without having all the details, but I will suggest that he might have had a better idea of what he was getting into if he’d read this book.
I’ve signed the on-line petition in support of young Warmack (now more than 8700 signatures), and further express my solidarity by running this photo of myself (anyone interested in a “Best Legs in the MOB” contest?).
Give ’em hell, lad, or in the words of William Shakespeare, “Lay on, Macduff, and damn’d be him that first cries, ‘Hold, enough!’”
