DH> MS> SCHOOL UNIFORMS?  DO THEY INCLUDE YOUR KID'S HAIR?
DH> MS>      Superintendant Thomas Ryan said the policy is to avoid
DH> MS> students mimicking the "gang look".
DH>  
DH>   Perhaps Mr Ryan's feelings are that the hair is the last bastion of 
DH> individuality and therefor the last target susceptable to being used 
DH> as 
DH> a gang sign.  Can't rightly say without talking to the gent 
    The police chief in Ryan's town says there is _no_ use of hair as gang 
insignia locally there.
DH>   When does individuality and personal/cultural expression become 
DH> harmful?  Tough question.
    If the school wanted to ban long hair in shop or home ec class, I'd have 
no problem (safety reasons).
DH>   Hehehe, I had to chuckle reading your message about the 
DH> hair...my experience over the last 16+ years in the Air Force would 
DH> support uniform hair (and grooming) standards!!!  ;)  
    People _choose_ to enlist in the Air Force, join the Boy Scouts, etc.
    Children are _forced_ to attend school.  That's the difference.
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