Grandma's House

Thanks to Emperor Misha and BMEWS, we find this story about Cals College in Holland. They have banned the display of their national flag on backpacks and bags at the school, as it may offend the Muslim students!

But now biggest Dutch newspaper the Telegraaf made the story public and many Dutch are angry. Several parents of other students on the school have contacted the newspaper and say they are not surprised about what the school did, they think the school is afraid. One of the parents of the two boys thinks the same. "My son had trouble with some of these boys, but now he thinks the school blames him".

But the management of the school denies to have acted out of fear. They say they have merely acted with the security of the students in mind.

Yeah, right. I'm not afraid, I'm just not totally secure. This is pathetic. But they're not alone in this prohibition.

Daily news paper Telegraaf now says that their are more schools who ban the Dutch flag. They write that Groene Hart Lyceum in Alphen aan den Rijn already ban the Dutch flag for nearly a year. They deny access to students who have flags on their bags or cloth. The school says they need to do this because of the new social climate. But they say prohibition is a big word, they do it in consent with the pupils...

Why don't they just quit playing around, and start flying the Muslim flag, if there is one?