Saturday, December 08, 2007,6:02 AM
What's Up With This?
I generally give students a lot of latitude. Their brains, after all, have not yet matured to the point where they can be trusted to act like human beings on a full-time basis. But this, it seems to me, crosses the line and deserves your attention:

Students Dress as VT Victims, Cause Outrage
Lindsey Henley, WSLS News Channel 10

Two Penn State students, dressed as Virginia Tech shooting victims, at a Halloween party have enraged people from the Virginia Tech community, as well as the entire country.

10 On Your Side has seen all of the controversial pictures. They are of two Penn State students and are extremely graphic. Both are wearing Virginia Tech t-shirts and elaborate make-up. Both have bullet holes in their bodies.

Our decision not to show you the pictures is a result of our desire to be sensitive to a community that is still grieving. We also want to show respect to the shooting victims, their families, and their friends. Showing these pictures would serve no purpose. (link)
Well, I've never been accused of being sensitive. And I think the photos ARE THE STORY. So here they are (pulled from Drudge):

Sick.

Bad taste.

Uncreative.

Halloween?

Penn State?

Hello?

Besides the attempt on the part of the dork on the right to pick up fat chicks, what's the point?

You'd expect foolishness like this to come from boneheads who think that pretending to be Virginia Tech shooting victims in a political protest is going to influence someone's opinion, but Halloween?

Students. Mush for brains.
 
posted by Jerry Fuhrman
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