[QUOTE="Cataclism"] fat acceptance movement...... popular..... in America.alexside1

[QUOTE="Mkavanaugh77"]I personally havent heard much from Pink Floyd except for this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwTpZpwjtIE

[QUOTE="cheese_game619"]but if the kid didnt have access to guns, how would he shoot his mother in a moment of rage? im glad i live in a first world nation, so i dont have to think about this stuff ever happening to anyone i knowPirate700

[QUOTE="Cataclism"][QUOTE="AFBrat77"]

USA should have followed Japan's lead a long time ago. We get more foreigners (both immigrants and tourists) then probably anybody. Probably should have shut that down several decades ago.

AFBrat77

It may not have been right, but we took the land from the natives a couple hundred years ago or so, so I think the native Americans don't have the say on it.

They weren't DQ'ed for making a religious gesture. They were DQ'ed for raising his hand in a perceived celebratory manner, which happened to be a religious gesture. From the main story (which your link omits): ""It's a harsh consequence for what some people may deem a small gesture. The rule states no celebratory gestures including raising your arms," explains Columbus I.S.D. Superintendent Robert O'Connor. According to the UIL the relay team was disqualified for "unsporting conduct". The UIL also points out, it does not have a rule prohibiting religious expression. "You can do whatever you want to in terms of prayer, kneeling or whatever you want to once you get out of the competition area. You just can't do it in the competition area. It goes back to the taunting rule. I can't taunt my opponent," O'Connor explains."Ring_of_fire

[QUOTE="TheWalkingGhost"][QUOTE="ScorpionTroll"]

I for one applaud Japan for not feeling the need to let anybody and everybody into their country for the sake of 'tolerance'.

AFBrat77

USA should have followed Japan's lead a long time ago. We get more foreigners (both immigrants and tourists) then probably anybody. Probably should have shut that down several decades ago.