I Love Boobies Bracelet
I love clever marketing — campaigns that gently walk the line between the clean-cut and cool. Slogans that have you laughing a bit but remind you of an important issue or problem or opportunity. I think of the “I ♥ Boobies / (keep a breast)” program as clearly in this category. Right at the edge; funny; provocative.
However, education administrators see things differently. School administrations around the country are banning the wristbands which are sold to raise funds to educate young women about the importance of early detection of breast cancer. Out, out naughty teens and your filthy slogans!
Educators see things differently in South Hadley Massachusetts, as well. In South Hadley, a remarkably large group of misguided and apparently unobserved punks (nine have been indicted at this writing), hectored, harassed, and hassled young Phoebe Prince with absolute freedom until, tragically, the object of their ridicule took her own life.
Hypocrisy is always worth calling out for scrutiny. I find it astounding that our culture has reached a point where educators — adults responsible for how we shape and teach our youth — can see fit to ban perfectly harmless slogans in favor of a good cause, while in the very same news cycle they are revealed to be oblivious (and so far free of any retribution or legal responsibility) to the presence of evil in teenage form among them in a small New England high school.
Whither common sense?
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Unfortunately, I am not surprised. There is something tragically flawed with the public school system.