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Saturday, December 30, 2006
School band defy officials to appear in London parade
By VictorM: Officials for a Fort Meyers, Florida school banned the marching band from traveling to England for a parade because the kids would be "safer in America." But with the help of governor Jeb Bush, the pupils forced a vote by their families, who overturned the ban. The students raised the money and are now in England where they will lead the parade. Bob Bone, the parade's executive director, said of the person who set the ban: "Here is an educator that seems to delight in the knowledge that he is ignorant of the facts. London is not a city under siege... Fort Myers's murder rate is several times higher than that in London and you are three times as likely to be the victim of rape or violent crime," Mr Bone said.This story is a good example of what fear does to people.
Labels: fear, london, marching band
