Monday, June 9, 2008

No bare chests...

...at Wisconsin indoor high school athletic events, maybe:

"A committee of the association that governs high school sports in Wisconsin wants to ban bare-chested fans from indoor games. The prohibition would apply to those with painted chests too. Tom Shafranski of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association says it's not a matter of trying to take the fun out of high school sports. He says students can't sit in classroom without shirts so why should they be able to do it at indoor sporting events?"

Well, because athletic events on Friday nights aren't exactly to be equated to sitting in classrooms.
Don't these people have better things to do?
The idea that high school males showing their school spirit through bare chests at games is something to worry about, is simply ludicrous. And since this kind of thing is often associated with conservatism, it gives it a bad name.