That was a skit in which a group of cheerleaders (dressed in the colors of rival Center High School) "kidnapped" the Nacogdoches mascot. Then a second group of Nacogdoches cheerleaders came to the rescue of the kidnapped mascot, forced the "rival" cheerleaders to kneel in front of them, and shot them in the heads, execution-style.
Not everyone was amused.
The Daily Sentinel reports that students have circulated a petition protesting "gun promotion" at pep rallies, and two students wrote this for an editorial that administrators would not allow to run in the student newspaper:
We realize it was intended to raise school spirit, but it is inappropriate to allow such a display of excessive violence in a high school. This is not only unacceptable in a school environment, but also from a moral standpoint. This skit did not portray the other team as our opponent in a sports game, but as an enemy.Nacogdoches principal Nathan Chaddick, however, called the skit "simple, innocent satire" and said of the mock executions, "everybody enjoyed it and had a good time."
This skit and all of its implications were approved by an authoritative figure with the power and responsibility to edit the skit.Such an authority should certainly show more discretion in the future.
Cheerleader Skit Causes Stir
Nacogdoches (Texas) High School cheerleaders dressed as the Center High School Roughriders enter a gymnasium in a routine that has come under fire from more than 120 students who signed a petition protesting 'gun promotion' in the skit, which shows these purple-clad girls being gunned down after stealing the high school mascot.
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Gallows humor has been used for years connected to sports.
Even in saturday morning cartoons.
Too many obamaians freaking out.
leave the rest of us (and our tax $) alone.
Has absolutely nothing to do with politics and Obama. That is just a stupid comment.
x-coach,
This dumbed-down country needs more insightful coaches and teachers like you. Hope you are still somehow involved in forming the minds and characters of America's youth, who certainly can benefit from your keen insight and wisdom...insight that can come only from one-too-many head-butts on the field.
What is it with the cheerleaders in Texas? Is that not where the other group were that got in trouble before? I might be wrong but don't think so.
I wonder how many of the people who commented there is nothing wrong with the skit and those who think there IS something wrong with it are the strange ones... are still in school?
There seems to be a sense of entitlement among the youth today. They feel they're entitled to be as rude, cruel, and insensitive as they want, and everyone else is wrong and can just shut up. Unfortunately for them, they will learn at the School of Life just like the rest of us did.
you're picture of the the youth of today is horrible. Although some kids do feel that way, most don't, and this is in every generation. My class (07) raised thousands of dollars for an rival football player that broke his neck during a kick off. You must not have kids,, or if you do, are too old or young to be in school right now, cuz if you did, you would realize how the teens of today truly are.
And for this skit, it did cross the line. The principal and coach should be disciplined somehow, but the cheerleaders should not.
x-coach this has nothing to do with Obama. You are just plain stupid.
2 was to see this its been done.but the way things are to day with the violence i dont think its a good idea.we had a chant kill kill da hill they no longer use it
I have a loud cheer for the Las Vegas High Schools who with great spirit and compassion put forth such energy in helping others ! Bravo! Really great young people.
LOL, Yes you are all correct, this is sick. I don't think you get the point though. I guess you want your kids to think inside the box, be the usual sheep the education system is churning out today. What happened to good clean fun and creativity? To compare this to Columbine is so >>>>>>id. What do you think about the bombs at Columbine, maybe it was bad , but one bomb exploding ??? Get yourself into the 21st century people. Look at your Presidential Canidated,, that is sad and sicking.
Yes,,, These are kids,,, However it is obvious that they are being taught WRONG morals and ethics. A test should be preformed on the entire population of this town and if the result indicate that they are of this same morbid attitude then they all should be required to attend a sensitivity class that is three times a week for a full year or maybe five years!
I am a war veteran and I was not only offended but I am ashamed of these people !
The person in charge should be fired. We have enough problems with violence in schools. What happened to zero tolerance? I feel sorry for this high school because it now shows it is okay to shoot someone even at school - how nice for our young teens to be so okay with the violence. I always maintain that this behavior starts at the top of the ladder. The cheerleading coach as well as the top administration all should be fired for allowing this type of behavior, How would they like it if one of their students now come to them to but a gun to their head because they mimick what they saw? This is a sad day for all to see.
No pun inteneded: CHEERLEADERS GET AWAY WITH MURDER!
Yes, they are the 'chosen ones' to be the Homecoming court, the padded & push up bras purchased by mom, the slutty clothes purchased by dad.......then they grow up to be as stupid as they were in 7th grade.
Who are these parents that would have allowed this ??????
People do take things too seriously. Guns are a problem in society, I am a student at Northern Illinois University. I know how serious guns are when it comes to troubled teens and students. However I was allowed to play with toy guns when I was growing up and my friends and I would pretend that we had died if we were shot. They didn't even have fake guns or an object the resembled a gun, know had they put blind folds on the other cheerleaders made them stand against a wall and then pretend to riddle them with bullets I suppose I could see how this would be slightly upsetting. Lets all lighten up a little. We want to shelter our children and the youth of this world from everything and anything, we have to understand that just because the cheerleaders acted this out in a skit doesn't mean that they actually think it would be okay to shoot the opposing team. People act out skits all the time dealing with death, and it's usually done in a more descriptive and graphic manner. To think that people were actually sickened by this skit seems humorous to me. I am not a lover of violence, and I have never really even been in a fist fight let alone a gun fight, but I know when people are taking things a bit too seriously. No one got hurt at this rally, and I'm sure no one left the assembly thinking it would be okay to shoot the opposing team.
What kind of incredibly insane stuff is this? Whoever was involved in the preparation and "execution" of this "routine" should be let go from the school and the cheerleaders should be suspended for carrying out such a violent and tasteless performance. Was there no one on board with the intelligence and foresight to see that this was disgusting and incredibly grotesque? Had I been in the audience I would have stood up, made a statement, left and gone to the authority figures to tell them that this is unacceptable. If my child was in this school system I would have then pulled her out. Ugly, very ugly.
Troy u r an IDIOT
um.......did they throw money at the end???
The issue here is not a gun control issue, it is not an art issue, it is not a freedom of speech issue. It is an issue of how we as a society have become just weird in what we think is acceptable. As a mom I found it just stupid. There was nothing amusing, funny, cute or sexy about it. There was something being done that our society has chosen to accept as mainstream. For those who think that because it is on tv it is acceptable perhaps if the cheerleaders were abducted, raped and murdered you would feel the same because hell I watch CSI, Law and Order etc and its a part of so many episodes. No it is not acceptable. Why portray someone getting killed in such a violent way? There were so many different ways they could have done this and it makes a mockery of the kids, young adults and adults who have been killed this way. There is nothing funny about it.
It was a bad jusdgement call. I really do not know what a punishment would be because these kids are all "products" of their parents and peers, society, the entertainment industry etc They are just doing what mainstream America has told them its okay to do. How can you punish them? Its like housebreaking a dog. You teach him not to go in the house yet when he pees outside you smack him with the paper.
I personally did not find it something I would want my child to participate in but I am responsible for my own children no one elses.(I mean as in their actions)
I think with all the school vilolence that has been going on the past few years these teachers and especially the principle should have know how very inappropriate this little so called skit was. If I was a parent of one of the cheerleaders I would be very ashamed and I think like others have said that the adults at the school who allowed this sick and discusting skit should be punished and repremanded and make a puplic appology to the rival school. I don't understand how anyone could think a skit of cheerleaders executing another school cheerleaders as being fun and harmless. You say that there is too much violence out there in the world and blame it all on TV, music and computer games and then you go and allow your students to me promote violence, how sick is that. I am appauled and think the whole thing is kind of disturbing and sick and I see nothing funny about it at all.
LOL oh my what a world we live in. I agree these cheerleaders should be sent to prison for what they did. Because of what they did more people will be shot and killed. Its because of them that there is problems in the world. GET A LIFE you liberal bottum feeders. I am a Highschool Football coach and these are the kids that got it going on in life. Your lib kids, the ones who get picked on in school and are wearing the goth clothes because they dont fit in are the ones that will be the ones that walk into school and shoot people. Maybe if let kids be kids and stop teaching them the touchy feally crap you are now, then maybe they wont grow up as the weirdos you and ur life mate want them to be. Oh and im a vet to and it didnt bother me.