Reply #14: I agree with removal of the magnet

[FM Arouet666]

Simply not the place for personal expression. He is free to have a magnet on his own vehicle, but the rules are clear on personal messages on state-owned vehicles.

As for the patriotism of the university, it is incorrect to assume that they lack patriotism simply because they are following the rules. By extension, those who do not have magnets, are they unpatriotic?

A patriot does not vote for Bush and opposes the war in Iraq, a war for control of oil. A patriot does not support the troops by supporting the local magnet company, or by sticking a magnet on a giant gas guzzling SUV.

The argument that the university is unpatriotic because it disallows the placement of a ribbon magnet is akin to the GOP argument that if you are against the war you are unpatriotic.