An Experiment in Freedom of Speech
When recording the big news of the day on the Hatch Hall marker board, I found there was little to joke about.
Sure, I had comments about pinching on St. Patrick's Day, but then everybody makes those jokes (even if everyone isn't a pincher, or a pinchee).
Anyway, in lieu of a board filled with smarmy comments, which I would have a hard time composing with my mind pondering serious things, I left the board open to public comments.
I posted the comments "Say Something!" and "Don't be Scared to Share" to get it started so people wouldn't be scared by the white space.
Here's some of what the public had to say:
This is not good.
Puppies!
Lets sing the doom song! Doomdoomdoomdodoomdobbydoom.
Oh...H.E. Double Hockey Sticks
TROGDOR! [A Homestar Runner reference]
God Bless America
Bush = :( [To which someone added] and dead people [to which someone added] & higher tuition
- 18 Days until the start of the Quiz Bowl Nationals at UCLA
Regime change starts at home.
English Sux!
I [Heart] Bush!
Doomed! We are all doomed. Woo hoo!
Stay outta the Bushes.
God bless the USA [to which someone added] and all of humanity.
[And last, but not least, my boss made sure we included:]
Disclaimer. These comments do no necessarily represnt the opinion of the Hatch Hall Front Desk.
Yep, we still have freedom of speech, even if one must temper it with political correctness.
"Puppies!" That still cracks me up...
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