Brickbat: Gang Symbols

Charles Oliver | 9.14.2012 6:00 AM

Colorado's Weld County School system says students can't wear Peyton Manning's Denver Broncos jersey to school. School officials say Manning's No. 18 is one of several they have banned because police told them it was affiliated with gangs.

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Suthenboy 13 years ago

Good morning Reasoners....wake up already.

"affiliated with gangs" could apply to almost anything. If you compiled a complete list of government stupidity I am confident that half of the list would involve school officials.
invisible furry hand 13 years ago

Good morning Suthenboy. My reason t-shirt is presumably a gang symbol
1. Suthenboy 13 years ago
  
  Yikes, I hadnt thought of that. Reason gang-bangers.
  We will have to come up with some appropriate hand signals and tattoos. Maybe we could all get "Fuck off Slaver" tattooed across our knuckles.
  1. db 13 years ago
    
    How many fingers do you have?
    1. db 13 years ago
      
      Or, "FCKFFSLVRS"
      
      I'm pretty sure there's no CRLF in knuckle tattoos.
    2. Suthenboy 13 years ago
      
      I was thinking something nicely done across the metacarpals, not some jailhouse, one letter per finger, crudely done with a crusty straight pin and ball point pen ink kinda thing.
      1. db 13 years ago
        
        Oh. So, maybe you could make it appear to be a pendant hanging from a broken shackle around the wrist.
        
        Suthenboy 13 years ago
        
        Hey, I like that better. Excellent idea.
2. Fluffy 13 years ago
  
  West coast Reasoners wear the t-shirts.
  
  East coast Reasoners go with ill-fitting black leather jackets and, of course, monocles.
  1. invisible furry hand 13 years ago
    
    as a poor simple antipodean, I team my t-shirt with the leather jacket and get shot by both sides
3. RBS 13 years ago
  
  My reason t-shirt is presumably a gang symbol
  
  True statement. Several years ago Nick wrote a column responding to various people's assumptions about libertarians. Someone said it was like a cult to which Nick responded it's more like a gang.
Bee Tagger 13 years ago

I assume any Jets jersey fits this definition as well then.
1. WTF 13 years ago
  
  I know some Jets fans, so that one would at least make sense.
2. Fluffy 13 years ago
  
  San Jose hockey jerseys, too, I assume.
  
  Since we're making West Side Story jokes, I feel like I should add:
  
  No homo.
  1. Randian 13 years ago
    
    Too late for that disclaimer.
Res Publica Americana 13 years ago

OT: Daily Fail's website's being a jackhole, so I can't find it again, but there's a story about a guy who got a fine of $136 and paid it back with 136 one-dollar bills all shaped (origami-like) into pigs. Awesome.
1. Res Publica Americana 13 years ago
  
  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.....77766.html
2. sarcasmic 13 years ago
  
  I've got it queued up for the MLs.
Translucent Chum 13 years ago

Assuming it's going to be a good Friday waking up to news that Kate Middleton has been photo'd topless.
1. Entropy Void 13 years ago
  
  Pics or it didn't happen ...
2. Rich 13 years ago
  
  Unfortunately for Kate, going topless indicates gang affiliation. You know: Shirts vs. Skins.
Ted S. 13 years ago

Why would anybody want to wear the jersey of a whiny prick like Peyton Manning anyway?
Niantic Rebel 13 years ago

So does this mean the number 18 cannot be used in any math class in the Weld County School System?
Mo 13 years ago

This is nothing new. LA Raiders gear was verboten from schools in the 80s.

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