Time to bust out the dueling banjos and "drop them pants"...
A Small Victory reports on this sick, sick, story:
Three high-school varsity football players from Long Island allegedly hazed three of their J.V. teammates, sodomized them, and then threatened them further if they told. They were found out when one of the boys required surgery for his injuries.
So what became of these errant members of the Mepham High School (Butt)Pirates? The school board cancelled the football season. But that wasn't the end of it. Both the entire student population of Mepham High, AND THEIR PARENTS, started protesting. Also of note was that this isn't the first time hazing got out of control.
My Suggestions:
1. Expel the three perps and file criminal charges against them. (If the locals intimidate the local DA out of filing charges, or if the DA in Wayne County, PA, where the attacks took place, can't get enough evidence, get the U.S. Attorney's office to pursue Federal civil rights charges against the three.)
2. Suspend any member of the team who knew and didn't say anything.
3. Put in a new policy: Anyone doing ANY hazing will be expelled. No exceptions.
4. Keep the football season cancelled just so the lesson sinks in. Or if the (Butt)Pirates absolutely must play, then let them and their athletic supporters get a full dose of ribbing from every other school they play. I'm talking soap-on-a-rope thrown on the field, mooning them from the sidelines, basically every lewd and nasty form of ridicule there is.
Mepham High School, you are a disgrace. You are no better than those Southern towns who covered for people who attacked minorities and poll workers in the 60's. You deserve every ounce of ridicule thrown your way.
Posted by Thief at September 24, 2003 12:48 PM