Oh, yeah, this will really help.
Except that, as Bruce Schneier points out, it's pretty much "basic stupidity":
Dean of Student Affairs Betty Trachtenberg has limited the use of stage weapons in theatrical productions.
Students involved in this weekend's production of "Red Noses" said they first learned of the new rules on Thursday morning, the same day the show was slated to open. They were subsequently forced to alter many of the scenes by swapping more realistic-looking stage swords for wooden ones, a change that many students said was neither a necessary nor a useful response to the tragedy at Virginia Tech.
According to students involved in the production, Trachtenberg has banned the use of some stage weapons in all of the University's theatrical productions.
The order was rescinded, apparently because students were being insufficiently considerate of others' desires to be stupid in response to a tragedy.
Look, I understand and sympathize with the desire to do something, anything, when tragedy strikes close to home, and threatens our sense of security. But really? Pointless, stupid gestures that don't change anything, don't make anyone safer, don't make anyone feel safer, and really have nothing but a shared keyword to do with the bad thing that happened just make you look self-important, self-aggrandizing, and dumb.
Dean of Student Affairs Betty Trachtenberg has limited the use of stage weapons in theatrical productions.
Students involved in this weekend's production of "Red Noses" said they first learned of the new rules on Thursday morning, the same day the show was slated to open. They were subsequently forced to alter many of the scenes by swapping more realistic-looking stage swords for wooden ones, a change that many students said was neither a necessary nor a useful response to the tragedy at Virginia Tech.
According to students involved in the production, Trachtenberg has banned the use of some stage weapons in all of the University's theatrical productions.
The order was rescinded, apparently because students were being insufficiently considerate of others' desires to be stupid in response to a tragedy.
Look, I understand and sympathize with the desire to do something, anything, when tragedy strikes close to home, and threatens our sense of security. But really? Pointless, stupid gestures that don't change anything, don't make anyone safer, don't make anyone feel safer, and really have nothing but a shared keyword to do with the bad thing that happened just make you look self-important, self-aggrandizing, and dumb.