Apples and Orangutans

Glad to see there are still judges on the bench who understand and properly interpret the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.

But, ah...

The dispute over the shirt occurred about six months after Elmhurst senior Cheri Sue Hartman was kidnapped, tortured and shot, the ruling noted, and students still were trying to cope with the effects of her murder.

The murder did not happen near the school, but relatives of Hartman's and of those later convicted in her death still attended the school and occasionally confronted each other, court documents said.

I'm confused. Can someone please explain to me exactly what the Marine Corps Creed and a bunch of thugs murdering a teenaged girl have in common? Perhaps I'm missing the part where Marines go rampaging through Indiana towns, indulging in wanton rapine, looting, and murder.

The two incidents have precisely nothing in common. Further, as an honorably discharged United States Marine, I find that I am offended by the very implication of a connection. I demand an apology--from both the court and the newspaper--for defamation of character!

BRING ME MY LAWYER!