[Cerek the Barbaric]

Well, I have to be honost, Hunter, I have mixed feelings about this incident.

My FIRST reaction was to say "Hey, these are TEENAGERS!!! It's a JOKE!!!" Come on people, think about it. Teenagers enjoy testing their boundaries and doing relatively harmless things just for "shock value" (purple hair, body piercing, etc). This doesn't mean their bad, mean, or dangerous kids...it just means their kids having a little fun with social norms.

The picture seems to confirm this suspicion. The arms are raised, but the rest of their body language is the same as the other kids around them (head thrown to the side laughing, etc). If they were standing straight and giving a rigid salute, I'd be a little more worried.

On the flip side, the school has had some Neo-Nazi activity, so there IS some cause for concern.....IF these two boys were participants in that.

The Columbine killers were into Neo-Nazi activities. They even planned thier massacre to coincide with Hitler's birthday. So - in that respect - there is reasonable cause to question the motivation of these two boys.

However, for an entire section of the population to become "offended" is plain and simply an over-reactment.