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Let me review the bidding here.
This guy, who is a French National, has given sufficient previous grief that he has been the subject of suspension, desecrates the US flag, causes three nubies to de-pledge, and is a source of continuing turmoil in the house ...
This is a put-on, right?
Now, if by chance this is on the level, several things occur to me but one is focal. Sometimes, there is a difference between that which is legal and that which is honorable. If the facts are now fully presented then this person would appear to have acted thoroughly dishonorably. For a French National, and let us take into consideration French notions of honor, to have acted in such a manner is provocation of the sort of gravity that our founding fathers would have answered with "an invitation to breakfast" which is an old fashioned way of saying "pistols for two, coffee for one".
I am a bit dismayed and disappointed by the hand wringing appeals to political correctness. This is such an extreme example of continuing ungentlemanly conduct that I really do have doubts that the story is on the level. If it is I would have to conclude that this one should never have received a bid, should have been weeded out during pledgeship, and has no business in the company of gentlemen (of which I assume your house is composed).
As an OBTW, if he is a French National he is here on a visa of some sort. Odd way for a guest to act. The rules of hospitality require rather a lot of patience on the part of the hosts, but from what you describe it sounds as though a consultation with the INS might be in order.
As to Blackwatch, you have chosen the name of a very fine Scottish Regiment, but if you want to "applaud and join in" I would not do so in front of any member of HM's 42nd. Regiment of Foot (The Blackwatch). They tend to be unconcerned about the finer points of political correctness and have an old fashioned attitude towards respect and personal conduct.
As to myself, if you as an American Citizen entitled to the constitutional protections which I swore to uphold when I was commissioned, want to exercise your rights of freedom of expression, so be it - with the understanding that I reserve the right to express myself as well. Perhaps we should discuss this over "breakfast"?
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