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I read a news article recently saying this boy had to be removed from school for being bullied about his hair colour.
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In my mind that means one of two thing. Either his parents were hyper-sensitive and took him out of school straight away instead of trying to deal with it or - and I think this option is far more likely - the kid was generally being bullied and being called ginger was only one aspect of it. As in, he'd still have been bullied if he'd had brown hair, they'd just have picked on him for some other reason. So the media are focussing on only one aspect of a far more troubling story.
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Of course, having red hair used to be a trait associated with jews, and they have been persecuted to that end.
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That's news to me. I did know that King David and Jesus supposedly had red hair though.
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Did I mention I hate the word 'Spaz'?
Because I do.
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I have a theory about that. Given that no-one uses the words 'Spastic' or 'Retard' to refer to mentally handicapped people any more, their only true dictionary definition these days is as a slang term for someone who has acted stupidly. Thus, people should stop complaining about them being used in that sense.