Why I hate school hair length rules...

I saw in the news where another kid is being knocked around by his school and parents because he wants to wear his long hair at school.  First, I would have thought we had gotten past this by now, but I guess not.  I have always disliked the idea that a boy's wanting to have long hair should stand in the way of his attending a public school, paid for by all our taxes.  Until now I let it slide, but this time one of the characters in this drama said something that made me realize what was so wrong with the school's position.  The principal of his school said that if the boy had long hair, someone would make some remark to him and that would likey cause a problem and disrupt the class. 

Is it just me... or is the principal saying that if this boy is picked on or "bullied" because of his hair, we should blame the victim?  Should the school discipline all the kids that are ridiculed or picked on for what is different from others in the school.  Do we blame kids with different color skin, or who keep their heads and arms covered at all times, or who walk funny, or talk weird?

Is it just me... or if the boy is picked on, wouldn't this be a good time for the teachers or administrators to teach the other students about tolerance for other peoples points of view?  Wouldn't this be great teaching opportunity about the danger of bullying and how wrong intolerance is? 

Is it just me... but couldn't this situation be used to show that minor differences in taste or preferrence such as hair length or the type of sneakers you wear don't have to have a disruptive affect on the entire school day.  Won't most kids just make note of the diferrence and, if the grown-ups don't go ballistic,  get on with their day.

But then, maybe it's just me...

Sometimes things seem so clear to me...

Sometimes a news story or internet article will come to my attention and I notice some glaring error in a statement or a conclusion by someone mentioned in the article.  When this happens I often wonder: Is it just me... or was that the stupidest/most moronic/most ridiculous thing I ever read?  I felt like I needed a forum to state my own views on these random and unpredictable instances of disbelief or outrage.  I'm not saying, by any means, that I am smarter than anyone in the world but it seems either that I notice things others don't, or that I am the only person that wants to comment on what I see.  I am going to, from time to time, post my musings on this blog, if for no other reason than to have an outlet for my ranting against what I see as ignorance or injustice.  Of course I expect to have people disagree with me, to revile me, maybe even to hate me and my opinions, but that doesn't really bother me.  If anyone wants to offer inteligent discourse on any subject, I will be glad to hear from you.

Anyway, here goes... from time to time I will be asking - Is it just me...or is this just wrong?!