Adults behaving badly

So today after school the Gideons were handing out their little New Testaments to the Edison kids.  They were following the law of course, by staying on the sidewalk which is the closest they can get to the building legally.  None were forced to take the Bibles, simply offered them.  It was quite peaceful.  UNTIL.....this guy pulls up, honks, jumps out of the car and starts YELLING at the Gideons who were handing these out.  He then proceeded to say he was going to bring the Koran and hand it out, which had he said it to an administrator, they simply could have said, "Feel free as long as you stay on the sidewalk."  Unfortunately, after ranting and raving, he then jumped in his car, turned up his stereo full blast, and drove away.  While leaving, I guess he called the police.  It must have slipped his eye site to see the policeman and the car sitting in front of our school everyday at the end of the day.  He drove around the block watching for the police to show up and he continued to yell things at those passing out Bibles.  Eventually, everyone left and life went back to normal.

I can't even begin to know where to start.  Seriously?  Yelling at those passing out the books?  Blasting your stereo to make a point about what?  That you like Lady Gaga or Barry Manilow or whatever it was you were blasting?  Pass out the Koran?  If you want, go ahead.  As frustrating as his reaction was, and as idiotic as it appeared to those who consider the Bible a privilege to own, I fear he has watched Christians reacting to his religion, which appeared to be Muslim.  I am sure he has been the target of little tolerance on the part of those non-muslims in our community and apparently, decided to snap.  Who really knows for sure except him, but again, what bothers me so much is not only his insistence on freaking out when everything was entirely legal, but the audience he had with our students, one of which I believe was his son.  Middle school kids do not need to see one more person ripping apart another person or system of which they feel "offended."  They come to us so "entitled" as it is that we literally have to teach manners of please, thank you, and no, we don't insult someone like that because it's wrong. Just plain wrong.  We act in a calm and respectful manner, even when what is happening may not be, in our opinion, the correct version of what is right.

Anyway, never boring, is it?  And I can pretty much figure out by the number of office referrals and this wild parent behavior that the moon is full, even without looking at it.