September 13, 2007
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Pink tsunami sends bullies a message
Bullies who threatened a new student at their Nova Scotia high school for wearing a pink polo shirt were themselves schooled by two seniors who dressed half the student body in pink two days later, the Chronicle-Herald of Halifax reported.
The newbie, a ninth-grader, showed up in pink Sept. 5 for the first day of class at Central Kings Rural High School and was set upon by a group of six to 10 older teens who called him gay and threatened to beat him up, the paper reported.
The next day, seniors David Shepherd and Travis Price decided to act.
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Enlisting as many students as they could online that evening, David and Travis headed to school Friday with a pink basketball, 75 pink tank tops for male students to wear and yards of pink fabric for headbands and armbands. They even persuaded a local retailer to open early so they could buy more.
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David and Travis figure about half the school’s 830 students wore pink.
“The bullies got angry,” Travis told the Chronicle-Herald. “One guy was throwing chairs (in the cafeteria). We’re glad we got the response we wanted.”
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