Class photo called ‘offensive’ and ‘degrading’

I feel bad but I could not stop laughing at the picture.


http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upshot/class...07967.html

Class photo called ‘offensive’ and ‘degrading’

An elementary school class picture is causing quite a stir after the photographer Photoshopped a cartoon smiley face over a boy's head.

David Claussen, owner of Broward County Pictures, took the photo of the second grade class at Sawgrass Elementary school, but was notified afterward that two of the students hadn't signed consent forms and needed to be removed.

The local news reports:

"Claussen said he was able to use the photo editing software Adobe Photoshop to lift one of the kids out, but had explained to them that there was a problem with the second student. He was sitting in the front row, right in the middle ... He said he would have gladly come out there to reshoot the image. Instead there was talk about putting a star over his face and then, he said, the P.T.A. asked him to place a smiley face."

The news station could not locate the student or his parents for a comment, but was told the boy is no longer attending Sawgrass Elementary and may not even be aware of the picture's existence.

Parents at the school have had mixed responses to the altered photo, they ranged from feeling that the image is humiliating, to simply calling it "an oversight that has been corrected".

In an email to the local station, Sawgrass P.T.A. wrote:

"Broward Schools Photography covered the child's face using an inappropriate sticker. The PTA disagrees with how the photography company handled it and worked with the photographer to have the picture retaken this Thursday. Immediate action was taken on behalf of the PTA. We love and protect our children."

They said families who ordered the class photo will get a free copy of the new print.

I dislike how fucking uptight everyone is nowadays. The smallest of bump in the road will cause such an uproar, I would hate to see how the world is in 10 years.

It's becoming harder and harder to make a comment that legitimately sums up the stupidity of people. I'm tapped out, guess I'll just post here to say this is stupid and they should feel stupid, but because they are so stupid, they probably don't.

F'ucking STUPID.

HOLD THE PHONE!

So the photographer took pictures of some kids without consent, was told to cover them up, then retook the pictures after complaints, and now everything is OK???

This is news?

How about... EXTRA EXTRA! Man walked his dog, which pooped on the street! Then the man picked it up! Film at 11.

Wasnt offended, and I cant see why people would be offended either.

If it was an asian kid and they put a regular yellow smiley face on it, people wouldnt be upset.

What a boring story.

This has me laughing so hard.

That face made me lose it.

That photographer is a photoshop ace. Can't even see the pixels.

I don't even see how it's offensive... They just made the smiley face the tone of his skin to be accurate. Gosh, some people need to learn to lighten up.

I laughed pretty hard. Look at those PhotoShop skills! That's incredible.

Breaking news! This shoop was justified and is about as offensive as a teacup.

so its offensive because the smiley is black ? so will i be racist if i say black people wants to be white ?

Clearly it's because the smiling face is brown when it should be yellow. Who wants a sh`it covered smiling face? I agree with the uproar

lol it's better than the Star they were going to cover it the face up initially.

This is the most idiotic thing I have read this week. Considering I browse Basil... yeah.

But seriously, people were offended by this? Damn, we sure are going down with this political correctness thing.

I think people are just really bored and are just blowing things out of proportion to have something to do.

I find it offensive because he has no neck.
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