Tag Archive 'Boston'

Would you vote for sticky rice?

Posted by Moonage on 27 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: Political Correctness

This is amusing, and stupid.
Galvin says the federal Justice Department is pressuring Boston election officials to translate candidates’ names into Chinese characters in precincts with prominent Chinese-speaking populations.
But there’s more than a little lost in translation, according to Galvin.
The article goes on to point out the problems converting names to Chinese encounters such as Mitt [...]

Tag - that exclusionary activity your mom warned you about.

Posted by Moonage on 18 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: Political Correctness

Officials at an elementary school south of Boston have banned kids from playing tag, touch football and any other unsupervised chase game during recess for fear they’ll get hurt and hold the school liable.
Recess is "a time when accidents can happen," said Willett Elementary School Principal Gaylene Heppe, who approved the ban.
While there is no [...]