Today’s paper had a number of articles on the murderous rampage of a madman in a rental truck in Toronto on Monday. 10 dead, 15 injured. Then there was an update on the bizarre Waffle House shooting last week in Nashville. 4 dead. And both articles, of course, remind us of the spate of mass murders, school shootings, cop shootings, etc. that seem to occur on a daily basis. Some days it seems the world has truly gone mad. Hell. Handbasket.
Now, amidst all this insanity and mayhem, Penn State has taken a bold stance to protect its students. More specifically those who are members of the Outing Club. Even more specifically, it has banned the Outing Club from going – you guessed it – outdoors, because wilderness activities are “too risky”.
Have the administrators at Penn State lost their collective (albeit small) minds? Where did I miss reading that 15 campers were mowed down by a suicidal maniac in a VW Microbus? Or of a misfit loser 5 pints short of a 6-pack who decided to go people hunting in the wild with an AR-15? Did it even occur to these simple-minded fools that outdoor activities can be a powerful antidote against that type of anti-social behaviour? Or that fresh air (unpolluted by the PC’ness of academia) and some physical activity might actually be healthy?
It boggles the mind.
Perhaps showing the movie Deliverance in the Faculty Lounge wasn’t such a good idea after all.
Yes, saw the same article & just shook my head. We’re headed in the wrong direction, people.
ReplyDeleteSimply bizarre.
DeleteWell they'll just have to change the name to the indoor club. Go climbing in the dormitory stairwells of spelunking in the underground utilidors. Apparently its quite the thing at UAF! Yours in jest, Big Jon
ReplyDeletehttp://uaf-ambassadors.blogspot.com/2013/12/uafs-not-so-secret-tunnels-fact-and.html
And camp out in the Agriculture Department greenhouses.
DeleteAt least utilidor exploitation was a “thing” before the power plant decided to install all of the gates and mag locks.
DeleteHello BJ. Also in Fairbanks.
Hey Richard, seen your blog, maybe see you around town sometime!
DeleteShould read "or spelunking" typos my middle name!
ReplyDeleteDavid, I'm going to quit before starting with a simple, "I agree with you".
ReplyDeleteIt does get pretty discouraging after a while.
DeleteI heard about this on the radio. The DJ's were joking about cancelling the chess club next. All you can do is roll your eyes.
ReplyDeleteCrap like this does make me glad we didn't bring kids into this world, but makes me sad for what my 4 year old nephew will experience in his lifetime.
The worst thing about this crap is that it's the adults (who supposedly should know better) imposing bubble wrap on the kids, who just want to have some fun and experience life. It makes me wonder what happened to the generatiuon spawned by us baby boomers to make them want such a santisied existance.
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