Kick a ginger day

Cartoon May Have Been Catalyst for 'Kick a Ginger Day' Attacks on Redheads at Calif. School

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Dozens of students at a California middle school attacked their red-haired classmates as part of "Kick a Ginger Day," an event possibly inspired by TV show "South Park," police said.
Sheriff's Lt. Scott Chew told MyFoxLA.com that up to four students were assaulted at A.E. Wright Middle School in Calabasas on Nov. 20.
One 12-year-old boy, who has red hair and freckles, was reportedly attacked twice on Friday by as many as 14 students.
The seventh-grader and the other victims were not seriously injured, according to Lt. Richard Erickson. A sixth-grade girl told KABC-TV that some fellow students kicked her in the legs from behind. The alleged attackers all are seventh- or eighth-graders at the school.
A 2005 "South Park" episode entitled "Ginger Kids" satirized racial intolerance and is the apparent inspiration behind the Facebook group "National Kick a Ginger Day."
Messages on the Web site urge people to participate by kicking and beating up redheads.
Erickson said investigators still are not sure if the middle-school assaults were related to the Internet messages or the show.






Hilarious or just wrong?

 

Both?? &


btw - I'm ginger-ish so got some of this when I was a kid, too

 

You don't mess with ginger kids. You all remember "Children of the Corn"?

 

Wow

 

this happened at a few schools near me as well. also being blamed on south park/myspace/facebook. seems to me like parents need to start taking some responsibility for their children's actions and stop blaming it on tv shows and the internet... but that will never happen. its much easier to blame someone else.

 

The kick the ginger south park episode was just on the other day too haha I thought it was funny. eh, kids will be kids. I'm not saying its right, but I agree its as much the shows fault as it is the parents.

 

thank christ, I'm so glad someone else has some common sense.

+1 rep.

 

I love South Park, but I wouldn't let my middle school kid watch it.

These are the kinds of parents who sit their kids in front of the TV to pacify them so they don't have to deal with them for a few hours. Parents wanna blame everything on TV/Video games/etc. If you want to blame those, you hve to blame yourself for allowing your kid to watch/play those things. Take some friggin responsibility for your kid.

 

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werent they albino

 

i couldnt stop laughing when i heard that on the news
i just coulndt believe it lol

 

Maliki wasn't.

 

didnt even need to read the thread before I lol'd and knew it would have something to do with kids getting in trouble and South Park..... Parents are to blame.

 

And you wonder why things like columbine happen.

Jocks pick on nerds. Nerds go ape shit and try to blow up the place.

Game over.

 

i hate when people say its the shows fault.

 

Hey Ghost, I thought you'd appreciate this thread revival

 

I wish someone would kick me today... I feel like tuning someone up.

 

I pitty the poor fool that tries to come kick me....