In the 1980-81 academic year, Jim Shields and I were editors of our college newspaper, The Guilfordian. For April 1st, we decided to follow the tradition of creating a spoof issue. Some of our staff, possibly led by John Mottern, our photo editor, landed on the theme of squirrel attacks:
Needless to say, we had a blast with the issue, then finished out the semester and went on with our lives. However, this morning I was browsing the Guardian newspaper online and came across this article:
Back in 81, we were joking around, intentionally being absurd. There's less humor in the absurd nowadays.
As usual, Dale you have nailed it. One problem with mobs is that those who might not like the Confederate Battle flag or Auschwitz hoodies are nevertheless swept into the same group if they are part of the mob where those items are displayed. One more reason to stay away from mobs. Dark days.
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