Comments on: Why Are College Kids Mocking the Dead?

By: rightwingprof

rightwingprof — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:34:41 +0000

“When I checked your archives, the two students who dressed as Virginia Tech victims (and caused an apology by the University president) were from the UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA”

No, they are from Penn State. There was extensive coverage in both the local rag and the campus newspaper.

Fortunately, Penn State is doing the right thing, as opposed to what most universities would do, and what many here have called for, and will not discipline these students. Tasteless it is, indeed, but calling for these idiots to be kicked out of school or otherwise disciplined is nothing more than a First Amendment violation.

By: bour3

bour3 — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:43:27 +0000

I burst out laughing when I saw their costumes.

Does that make me bad?

By: Bob Huntoon

Bob Huntoon — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:29:57 +0000

When I checked your archives, the two students who dressed as Virginia Tech victims (and caused an apology by the University president) were from the UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, which is in Philadelphia, NOT Penn State.

By: MarkD

MarkD — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:19:00 +0000

In how many other cases has society acquiesced to similar or worse behavior? What about those WTO “protests”, for example? Is disrupting a speaker with whom you disagree legitimate behavior? IMHO, no.

However, universities have acquiesced to behaviors which interfere with the rights of others. We are merely experiencing the consequence of bad behavior with which we disagree. The decision to tolerate bad behavior was made a long time ago.

By: rightwingprof

rightwingprof — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:02:54 +0000

In this case, I strongly suspect that this idiocy was more a reaction to Penn State’s massive support of Va Tech after the murders than the murders themselves.

By: Larry J

Larry J — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:00:08 +0000

Perhaps people should just relax a bit and not read an entire lack of morals into someones choice of a costume.

Stupidity should be painful. What these students did was not only heartless, it was stupid. Their right to free speech doesn’t shield them from criticism. After all, we have free speech rights, too.

By: Dave Justus

Dave Justus — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:02:13 +0000

Perhaps I’m crazy, but isn’t the entire point of many halloween costumes to dress up as ‘bad’ things?

Pirates, Monsters, Vampires, Nixon?

Perhaps people should just relax a bit and not read an entire lack of morals into someones choice of a costume.

By: Don

Don — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:59:57 +0000

“they learn almost nothing about private decency, honesty, personal responsibility, or honor.”

When did they drop that at West Point or Annapolis? We taking the ‘case’ not the ‘exception’ here.

By: Stan

Stan — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:40:36 +0000

They should be kicked out of Penn for being fools. My guess is the administration is to gutless to do anything about it.

By: Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:37:22 +0000

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29036 Life is rapidly approaching _The Onion_...