Brickbat: Wrestling With Common Sense

Aidan Fradley, 12, had the letters TNA shaved into his hair before attending a Total Nonstop Action wrestling show in London, England. But when he later went to school, officials at Ramsey Academy told him he'd either have to have his head shaved or be kept in isolation until the design grew out. His mother at first threatened to keep him out of school entirely but eventually had his head shaved.
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There is a dude that really knwos what time it is.
http://www.RealAnon.tk
The state is the biggest bully of them all.
(UK academy schools are state-funded.)
Thanks for the academy info, I was wondering about that after reading the article.
I had to look it up too.
OT: What the hell is the point of "24/7" if it hasn't been updated in 30 hours?
Government employees and the bankers are back at work today, so there should be link-worthy stories today.
The irony is he'll probably get more T&A with a badass shaved head.
Because no age is too young to start getting T&A!
Now if he started getting moobs and ass, that would be frightening.
The irony is he will shave his head and then have to go to sensitivity training for being a neo-nazi skin head.
Of course. Everything you can possibly think, say, or do is wrong.
Meh. It is England. Freedom of spee....well, of nearly anything, is dead there.
An academy school has a strict dress code? Shocking!
I went to private schools myself, the intent of such dress codes is to inculcate a sense of professional decorum. Sorry, but this is a non-issue.
Are you saying the wrestlers of TNA are not professional? How dare ye?!