John's Blog

I'm sure by now most people have heard about the high school football prank gone wrong. In an ingenious and carefully executed plan, Kyle Garchar, a high schooler from Ohio spent twenty hours preparing placards for fans from a rival school to flash to show support for their team. But much to their surprise "WE SUCK" was the actual message.

A three day in house suspension followed, but now he's been suspended from all extracurricular activities for the rest of the year as well. If you're as outraged as I am with this heavy-handed overreaction, be sure to drop a line to the school administration (David_Stewart@hboe.org & John_Bandow@hboe.org) and give them a piece of your mind.

A similar bit of shortsighted overreaction came from supermarket chain A&P who fired two students for making a mock rap video Produce Paradise Rap on the premises. The story should end there, but some public relation genius decided that to would be a good idea to sue them over the vegetable video! No emails necessary on this one, I'll just vote with my wallet and shop somewhere else.

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