Posted on 11/23/2008 2:21:20 PM PST by rabscuttle385
The teenager behind a "Kick a Ginger" group on Facebook is being investigated by police after reports of attacks on redhead children.
Nearly 5,000 people joined the online campaign which urged members to "get them steel toes ready" for a day of booting this week.
The website appears to have been inspired by a recent episode of the cartoon South Park, in which a young character called Cartman describes people with red hair as evil and soulless.
Dozens of children left messages on the page claiming to have carried out attacks on "National Kick a Ginger Day" on Thursday, and a girl in Alberta, Canada claimed that she and her 13-year-old sister were punched and kicked by pupils at their school.
The 14-year-old boy from Vancouver who ran the Facebook group has apologised and insisted that it was only meant as a joke, but the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has launched an investigation and warned that those involved could face charges.
"We do treat this sort of thing seriously," a police spokeswoman told the Vancouver Sun newspaper. "This is sort of inciting hate. It's a hate crime, really."
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Superior to Asian girls ? Naah. And I can already tell the collar doesn’t match the cuffs.
I’ll have to warn my husband and daughter ;)
I saw this thread yesterday , but my shibumi-sense told me you’d find it without my help.
Better hide! LOL
Someone being prosecuted for a hate crime against a white person. That’d be a first.
Ginny Weasley is a Biker Chick. She’ll rip out their heart and eat it before their rapidly dimming eyes.
Anoreth would settle for tearing an arm off and beating them to death with it. (But she can’t get a motorcycle if she wants her inheritance.)
My daughter isn’t a redhead but she threatened to do that to a hockey player who told her women shouldn’t be allowed to serve in the military. I believe he was genuinely afraid.
Well, to be fair, there isn't much socially acceptable resource for a healthy young man attacked by a rabid girl :-).
I have warned Anoreth, who is 5'1" and 105 lbs. fully dressed including hiking boots, that no matter how mean she is, men are bigger and stronger, and so she needs to keep her Attitude Problem in check for her own good.
The day that you realize that the Ginger/MaryAnne debate must now include Lovey Howell.
My daughter (age 20) is fully grown at 5’2” and 120 lbs and knocked 6’ women unconscious during her soccer goalie days.
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