College library bans American pride stickers

Miami's Channel Seven News, a FOX affiliate

Posted: September 19, 2001 07:55 AM

Fort Myers (AP) While many Americans display patriotic messages in the wake of last week's terrorist attacks, librarians at one Florida university have been hushed.

Library Director Cathy Hoeth has told her staff not to wear "I'm proud to be an American" stickers. She says they might offend the 200 foreign students at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers. But the American Civil Liberties Union says the policy might violate the staff's rights to free speech.

Hoeth says staff members can put the stickers on computers or in their cubicles. But she has asked them not to wear them at the reference desk, where the stickers could offend library users.

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[I will assume that others will be as angry as I am about this type of news.]

-- Anonymous, September 19, 2001

Answers

Anyone know what country Fort Meyers is in? Or what planet? Sheesh!

-- Anonymous, September 19, 2001

OFFEND library users - THIS is the United States, if someone if offended LEAVE THE COUNTRY.

-- Anonymous, September 19, 2001

you're right Beckie. Those that are offended by the American Flag being raised on American soil should think real hard about why they are here.

This IS America, after all.

-- Anonymous, September 19, 2001

I'm a bloody foreigner and it doesn't offend ME! Nor does it offend The Hungarian--and remember, she's like Zsa Zsa without the charm.

-- Anonymous, September 19, 2001

not a fair comparison, Git. you two are humans.

Intelligent humans.

-- Anonymous, September 19, 2001

DD#3 just came in from college classes and I showed her this thread. I raised my daughter right..

Her response was f***in' leave the country if you don't like it. We have a right to be proud of our country and show it! !

-- Anonymous, September 19, 2001

---Original Message Follows---- From: NewsMax.com Reply-To: NewsMax.com To: "NewsMax.com News Alert" Subject: Breaking: New York's Cablevision Bans Flag Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 12:57:39 -0500

September 19, 2001

Breaking: New York's Cablevision Bans Flag

Go to: http://www.newsmax.com

Cablevision's News 12, one of the largest cable news providers in the country, has banned the U.S. flag from its news programming. Cablevision also owns a host of media and entertainment companies, including the New York Knicks, the Rangers, Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Garden, The Wiz and the cable channel, American Movie Classics.

Go to: http://www.newsmax.com for full details.

Stay Tuned: More news on Osama Bin Laden's efforts to obtain nuclear weapons will be posted shortly.

...and keep checking http://www.NewsMax.com for all the latest news and commentary.

-- Anonymous, September 19, 2001