January 25, 2006

The ACLU: Upholding Delusions

The ACLU, founded by Communists, has come to the aid of a high school student who wants to wear skirts to school in order to protest a ban on shorts.

The district's dress code bans shorts between Oct. 1 and April 15, but allows skirts, a policy 17-year-old Michael Coviello believes is discriminatory.

"I'm happy to be able to wear skirts again to bring attention to the fact that the ban on shorts doesn't make sense," Coviello said in a statement.

One: does this kid have such a light study load that he has the time and energy to devote to a cause that is so lamebrained as to be laughable? Time to give him more homework.

Two: In taking cases like this, the ACLU is truly making a mockery of itself (if that's possible) and the student. So the kid can't wear shorts during the winter months and wants to wear skirts to protest the ban? It's not like he's been told he can no longer attend his school because of his skin color or religion. It's clothing, for heaven's sake.

When (and if) he ever enters the workforce, this little escapade won't prepare this spoiled little brat for the fact that most places have some sort of dress code--either uniforms, business, or business casual. Sorry Charlie, but most serious businesses don't allow shorts at all. Have fun when you grow up--if you grow up.

And thanks to the ACLU for contributing to this kid's delusion that "everything should be fair" in a world that is decidedly unfair, no matter how much we wish it were otherwise.