Grenade Gloves’ Logo at the Center of School Conflict in Colorado
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Grenade Gloves’ Iconic Logo at the Center of School Conflict in Colorado
Students Fight Censorship at School for Right to Display Grenade Logo–and Win!
BRIGHTON, CO—November 18, 2008– Fans of Grenade Gloves won an all-out battle for free speech at their school in Brighton, Colorado. Friday, a group of students at Brighton High School were asked by high school administrators to remove Grenade stickers from their cars or face serious disciplinary action.
Kathy Gustad, an English and Journalism Teacher and head of the school newspaper at Brighton High School says several students were called into the school Vice Principal’s office on Friday and told to remove the Grenade stickers from their cars, because they were allegedly offensive and a symbol of terrorism. Ms. Gustad says the students explained that the grenades are simply logos for snowboard/ski gear company Grenade Gloves, and that even a number of teachers sport the stickers, but the kids were still ordered them to remove them.
After the incident, Ms. Gustad and the students contacted the Student Press Law Center, an organization which provides free legal assistance to students on free speech issues. Ms. Gustad says the SPLC encouraged them to fight the sticker ban.
On Monday, the students went back into the office to declare that they would not be removing the stickers. Students say they were told that they would be ticketed if they parked on school grounds, and could also face more serious disciplinary action. Tuesday the students obeyed by parking their cars off school grounds, but did not remove the stickers. The students are also running extensive coverage of the story in their school paper.
Late Tuesday afternoon, school administrators changed their minds, and decided to allow Grenade stickers at school. The school district spokesperson, Allison Lockwood told Fox-31 News, “This is what they teach the kids to do–to speak up if they think something is not fair, and they did that, and it had an impact on the decision.”
Grenade President and two-time Olympic silver medalist Danny Kass is sending a large box of stickers to the students to congratulate them on their efforts. Kass told reporters Tuesday night, “I’m really proud of those kids and fans who stuck up for it, and stuck up for their rights and made it acceptable.”
The Grenade logo represents a unique company that exploded onto the snowboarding and action sports scene. The Portland, Oregon-based company encourages living a brave, constructive lifestyle to the fullest. There’s no war connection, and Grenade has never advocated violence. The Grenade slogan is “Make Gloves, Not War.”
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this i coloRADo. i am stoked that kids know when to stand up for what is right.
hahaha nice… no publicity is bad publicity. make sure you send em the nugget stickers dan… that would really piss em off…
Never advocated war? Wasn’t there a photo of Kass writing a message to terrorists on a bomb? I don’t have a problem with it, but I thought Grenade did advocate violence in that instance via Kass.
To fight back against terrorists is not advocating war or violence, it is simply defending oneself and country against further acts of war and violence by said terrorists. A year or two ago, Kass went to Afghanistan and visited Oregon National Guard troops on a morale-boosting mission. Kass = patriot!
I disagree with your characterization. I think it is great that Kass went on a morale-boosting mission and as I said, I don’t have a problem with using violence to fight terrorism. However, bombing is still violence. Just because it may be justifiable violence does not make it non-violent. So, advocating fighting terrorism by violent means is advocating violence.
no violence is justifiable. violence is terror. the belief in using violence in any way is terrorism in and of itself
this is awesome, the reason why is no matter what kids should have the right to put any sticker or any message on there own cars they want. its called the exclusion principle. part of what makes capitalism in this country work. the school officials are wrong and need to realize this. even if grenade has war-like images, does not mean they are supporting terrorism.
Leave it to Kass to ruin the civilized world
the civilized world is fuckin whack
those kids did not mess around they stood up and fought for their rights with a teacher. i am proud of those kids! to all fight for your right to get gnarley…viva la grenade
go out and get the boned age before copies run out. or get stolen! big shot out from big vern…..
Make Gloves NOT WAR!!!!!!!
Don’t you wonder if that is really Danny Kass.
Probably isn’t, but sounds like him, even referencing his dog…?
yo schools get all pissy about everything these days. props to those kids good shit guys
Whats up with all these lame states?? Colorado can’t have certin stickers, Utah can’t skateboard cause mormons say it’s bad, California has wat to many people. We should take over a state nobody cares about and move there.
Hahahah it says some of the teachers at the school are rocking the grenade stickers on their cars. Remind me to move to Brighton
Classic. Nice work kids!
You don’t want to live in Brighton…..trust me.
hahaha yeah, I’m a native too. brighton isn’t the hottest spot. still in CO though. the dopest place in the world
you kids should listen to your principal,take those stickers off your cars. not because they promote violence, but because there retarded. and you should listen to me and take those goggles off your rear view mirror.
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