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Bullied student tickled pink by schoolmates' T-shirt campaign Tuesday, September 18, 2007 | 9:04 PM ET
CBC News Two Nova Scotia students are being praised across North America for the unique way they turned the tide against a fellow student bullied for wearing pink. The victim — a Grade 9 boy at Central Kings Rural High School in the small community of Cambridge — wore a pink polo shirt on his first day of school. Bullies harassed the boy, called him a homosexual for wearing pink and threatened to beat him up, students said. Two Grade 12 students — David Shepherd and Travis Price — heard the news and decided to take action. "I just figured enough was enough," said Shepherd. They went to a nearby discount store and bought 50 pink shirts, including tank tops, to wear to school the next day. Then the two went online to e-mail classmates to get them on board with their anti-bullying cause that they dubbed a "sea of pink." But a tsunami of support poured in the next day. Not only were dozens of students outfitted with the discount tees, but hundreds of students showed up wearing their own pink clothes, some head-to-toe. When the bullied student, who has never been identified, walked into school to see his fellow students decked out in pink, some of his classmates said it was a powerful moment. He may have even blushed a little. "Definitely looked like there was a big weight lifted off his shoulder. He went from looking right depressed to being as happy as can be," said Shepherd. And there's been nary a peep from the bullies since, which Shepherd says just goes to show what a little activism will do. "If you can get more people against them … to show that we're not going to put up with it and support each other, then they're not as big as a group as they think are," he says. The students' "sea of pink" campaign did not go unnoticed outside the province. U.S. talk show host Ellen DeGeneres expressed interest in their story, and other schools are talking about holding their own "pink day." "It's been totally overwhelming for us. I mean [we're] just two local boys and I mean we're getting calls from Alaska and e-mails. It's just phenomenal the support we've gotten from across the globe," said Shepherd. The school principal, understandably, was flush with pride. "You're always hearing about the youth of the world and how bad things are. Well, they're not that bad," said Stephen Pearl. Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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Awwww. | |
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pink was originally a boys colour anyway, dunno how it was relegated to girls | |
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I will be very interested to see where the winds of the org blow this one...
Good for those guys though. Studies have shown the ass crack of the average Prince fan to be abnormally large. This explains the ease and frequency of their panties bunching up in it. |
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Mars23 said: I will be very interested to see where the winds of the org blow this one...
Good for those guys though. you mean like those with pink avatars | |
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this is wonderful! Adults have a lot to learn from kids. | |
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ZombieKitten said: pink was originally a boys colour anyway, dunno how it was relegated to girls I think it may have started when the boys learned all about licking buttons... // [Edited 9/19/07 2:41am] | |
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Thats amazing. Good for them! "Nobody makes me bleed my own blood...NOBODY!"
johnart says: "I'm THE shit" | |
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"A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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I'd like to see more pink on the org. | |
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That's a great story. Although, if I were the boy, I would have been pissed when I saw everyone else wearing pink because I no longer would have stood out in the crowd. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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fhqwhgads said: I'd like to see more pink on the org.
Wrong fansite, sir! You want jessejohnson.org. Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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The story's cool, I guess. But I think they should have spray-painted the bullies pink. [Edited 9/18/07 22:55pm] Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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what a great story seems that i was busy doing something close to nothing, but different than the day before | |
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Lammastide said: fhqwhgads said: I'd like to see more pink on the org.
Wrong fansite, sir! You want jessejohnson.org. I have that CD | |
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Allow me to introduce: Ms. Onder and Mrs. Donk! (o)(o)
They now belong to BigBearHermy. | |
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ZombieKitten said: Lammastide said: Wrong fansite, sir! You want jessejohnson.org. I have that CD So do I. Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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Ex-Moderator | Great story. |
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That is a fantastic story! Thank you for sharing it! | |
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thank goodness!!! | |
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simple ideas, simple plans always make the biggest statement...good for them... | |
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Good on them! We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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That's an awesome story, fair play to them!!! www.filmsfilmsfilms.co.uk - The internet's best movie site! | |
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Lammastide said: ZombieKitten said: I have that CD So do I. you don't want another one? | |
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Moderator | wow....sometimes life really surprises me. In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular. |
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