Okay, this recent news story has to take the cake. A high school group calling themselves the "Christmas Sweater Club" finds itself being disciplined by the school for spreading a little Christmas cheer.
http://princewilliamcounty.wusa9.com/content/christmas-sweater-club-punished-local-high-school
The students wear the craziest Christmas sweaters they can find, sing Christmas songs and try to spread a little Christmas cheer to their fellow students. Now they are in trouble and sentenced to dentention and two hours of cleaning.
The violation: throwing out candy canes to their fellow students.
The charges went from intent to "maliciously maim students with the intent to injure" (you could sharpen the ends of the candy canes and use them as weapons) to littering.
But the issue seems to go deeper than that. It seems the adminstration just thinks the ten youths should just keep their Christmas cheer to themselves.
One mother said she was told by a school adminstrator "not everyone wants Christmas cheer. That suicide rates are up over Christmas, and that they should keep their cheer to themselves, perhaps."
First, its just an urban legend that suicide rates go up over Christmas, there is no evidence that is true. Second, no one has the right to tell anyone to "keep their cheer to themselves."
Similar stories are appearing this season. One story reported that we should refrain from displaying Christmas trees because atheists and other unbelievers might feel "left out" or it might depress them.
Give me a break. Take your cue from the members of the Christmas Sweater Club. The news report says they are still wearing the sweaters, and singing their songs.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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