This story from Saturday could have been a Bottom Story of the Day, but
it's
so amusing it's worth giving a longer treatment: "School officials said
Friday
was uneventful for Tampa Bay area students observing a 'Day of Silence'
protest organized by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network,"
re****ts
the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times.
Participants "moved quietly between cl*****, undisturbed by teachers or
classmates." A spokesman for the Hillsborough School District (Tampa)
said, "I
haven't had any parent calls, teacher calls or non-parent calls. It's just
been really quiet.'' A spokesman for the Pinellas (St. Petersburg)
district
"was unaware of any incidents related to the Day of Silence."
If that's not nothing enough, the paper re****ts that "at Palm Harbor
University High School, dozens of students wore purple ribbons--and were
largely ignored":
Brittany Moore, the 17-year-old president of the school's
Gay-Straight Alliance, said she wished there had been more
of a response. Still, Moore said, it was better than the
past two years, when students verbally assaulted those who
participated in the event.
Hmm, she "wished there had been more of a response," but in previous
years,
when people talked to her, she complained of being "verbally assaulted."
Maybe
this idea needs a bit of a rethink.
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