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"A fourth photograph showed a white man in blackface and a bicycle chain over his shoulder, mocking Undergraduate Student Government (USG) and former Black Caucus Vice President Takkeem Morgan."

Yeah, well the punch-line to that joke is that the esteemed Mr. Morgan is a bicycle thief, politically correctly described as someone who "took a bicycle that didn't belong to him", better known as STEALING it.

It's all pretty vulgar, that I'll admit. And that was never me, not even back in the bad old teenaged days. I've always been a pretty prudish person, but other than the KKK bit, I say it's probably fair game. Certainly the Morgan bit is.

You say it's black face, I say it's a costume.

Compare and contrast these antics with those of the Gay Lesbian Transgendered community. I have NO DOUBT that community advocates sado-masochism, bondage and discipline and all the role-playing and costuming excesses that go with that territory. Also the theraputic removal and attachment of penises at will.

And yet Animal House offends them. Face it folks this is what we're up against. Those who possess both iron fists and thin skins.

Compare and contrast these antics with those of the Gay Lesbian Transgendered community. I have NO DOUBT that community advocates sado-masochism, bondage and discipline and all the role-playing and costuming excesses that go with that territory. Also the theraputic removal and attachment of penises at will.

Everyone knows that if the college gays held a pride parade and dressed as nuns and priests sodomizing each other, the administration would defend them to the death against complaints that they had offended Catholics on grounds of free speech.

There's a total double standard, and I salute these students for not backing down

I'm just skimming this thread and won't be delving too deep but the reference I get from the description of the chain is that it was a simple chain (that was light) to symbolize bondage and slavery (not theft).

The ghost in A Christmas Carol had chains too.

I'm stunned that you guys are using the antics of Al Sharpton and radical homosexuals to justify this behavior. What Al Sharpton did was despicable and what radical homosexuals do is despicable. Just because they don't get punished does not mean that conservatives need to take it as an invitation to be despicable, too. What's next? "Gee, Bill Clinton got away with rape, adultery, and lies. George Bush needs to commit a few rapes, cheat on his wife, and start lying like a champ. That will sure show them!" Uh, no. We are supposed to be better than they are.