The framers of the United States Constitution were wise in not naming the freedom from being offended as a basic human right - otherwise the number of cases involving what one person perceives as being offensive would overwhelm the court system and it would have no time for any other business.
Now Selwyn Duke at American Thinker has brought up an incident at the Butterfield Elementary in Orange, Massachusetts, where a teacher told an eleven-year-old boy that he may not hang his depiction of Old Glory because it might "offend" another student.
The boy, Frankie Girard, had drawn the picture in art class but then found that his teacher didn't share his patriotism. Says his father, John, "He was denied hanging the flag up. And he asked if he could just even hang it on his desk, and he was told no. He could take the picture that he drew and take it home and be proud of it there...."
EDITORIAL NOTE: Even reading the full article & reader comments doesn't answer all the questions concerning First Amendments rights, school discipline, and radical indoctrination in the public schools that can possibly be raised. That's why this story deserves the "Can-o-Worms Award."
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