[Rhodes22-list] Political: How California liberals treat a warhero

[DCLewis1 at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/19/2006 9:38:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
robert at squirrelhaven.com writes:

_http://www.sgtstryker.com/index.php/archives/graduation-controversy-at-petalu
ma-high/_ 
(http://www.sgtstryker.com/index.php/archives/graduation-controversy-at-petaluma-high/) 




Philip,
 
I apologize, I frankly doubted your report, but it appears to be  true.  
Regarding what it means, see the posts from the military  below.  The Corps 
appears to recommend cap and gown in agreement with the  school system - which moots 
your point.  How widespread the practice  of not allowing youth to graduate 
in uniform is remains to be seen - this  story appears to be an isolated 
instance, which is why it was newsworthy.
 
Dave
 
Comments cut and pasted from sgtstryker.com:
1. I agree with the principal and the Marines. The proper attire  for the 
graduation ceremony is the cap and gown. If they make an exception for  him then 
every other person is going to want an exemption. 
    1.  Comment by _Sgt Schultz_ (http://matneym.blogspot.com/)  — 20050605 @ 
_2104_ 
(http://www.sgtstryker.com/index.php/archives/graduation-controversy-at-petaluma-high/#comment-31680)    
    2.  Now if it were the prom, it would be an entirely different matter.  
Comment by Kevin Connors — 20050605 @ _2225_ 
(http://www.sgtstryker.com/index.php/archives/graduation-controversy-at-petaluma-high/#comment-31682)    
    3.  I agree as well. I’ve never known anyone who didn’t wear a cap/gown 
to  graduation. It’s what you wear.  
Comment by _A Proud Veteran_ (http://fiwit.blogs.com/fiwit)  — 20050606 @ 
_0610_ 
(http://www.sgtstryker.com/index.php/archives/graduation-controversy-at-petaluma-high/#comment-31683)    
    4.  I’m up in the air on this one, but I think I agree more with the 
family.  Something tells me the “rules” are coming right out of the principal’s 
current  opinions. Every graduation ceremony I’ve been to has had, either 
written or  verbal, the line that cap and gown must be worn, unless graduate is 
qualified  to wear a military uniform. And in every graduation ceremony, I always 
see one  or two. Granted that’s just from personal experience, so it could be 
a  statistical hiccup.  
Comment by _Mr. Hawaii_ (http://mrhawaii.blogspot.com/)  — 20050606 @ _0745_ 
(http://www.sgtstryker.com/index.php/archives/graduation-controversy-at-petalum
a-high/#comment-31685)    
    5.  Here’s another data point: 
As a professor at the Air Force Institute of Technology in the early 90s, I  
attended a couple of graduation ceremonies. The graduates — almost all of them 
 Air Force officers — wore caps and gowns. The faculty — a large percentage 
of  them Air Force officers — wore caps and gowns. 
Of course, I believe at the military academies, the graduates just wear  
their uniforms.  
Comment by _David_ (http://www.ticklishears.com/)  — 20050606 @ _1114_ 
(http://www.sgtstryker.com/index.php/archives/graduation-controversy-at-petaluma-high
/#comment-31690)    
    6.  I also agree with the principal and the Marines. The cap and gown is 
proper  attire, and should be honored.  
Comment by _Joe Comer_ (http://www.patriotflyer.blogspot.com/)  — 20050607 @ 
_1643_ 
(http://www.sgtstryker.com/index.php/archives/graduation-controversy-at-petaluma-high/#comment-32000)