An Idea I Support

I found this story via Techdirt, and thought I'd pass it along because I thought it was great.  A student at a high school in Georgia wrote an article for the school paper called "Another Modest Proposal" paying tribute to Jonathan Swift.  His proposal was to limit the spread of stupidity by executing the bottom 25% of people based on an IQ test.  The reasoning being that the less intelligent are continually breeding at an increasing rate, while the more intelligent on breeding at a slower rate.  If you're ever seen Mike Judge's movie Idiocracy, you'll have a humorous memory of the opening that explains this concept.  While I am in full support of this idea being proposed, the principal of the school didn't see the wisdom.  Instead of realizing that the article was a tribute to Swift, he confiscated papers, and told the newspaper that they needed to write more positive, uplifting stories instead.  Needless to say, his actions prompted an outrage, and a large online uprising.  A Facebook group was created, and word quickly spread.  A newspaper in Atlanta picked up the story and ran it, spreading it even further.  You can also find the student's original article here. 

It seems like more and more stories are being brought to people's attention because someone tried to stifle it.  I don't understand why more people aren't aware of the fact that in this day and age, you are better off simply ignoring something than trying to hide it.  Had the principal done nothing about this story, I never would have heard about it, nor would you.  Bunch of idiots out there, maybe we should do something about that...