Tortilla Madness At Texas A&M-Kingsville

Here is another example of political correctness run amok on a university campus. Texas A&M-Kingsville has banned the traditional tortilla throwing at Javelina football games. Humorless liberals are ruining our country.

Here is a clip from the Corpus Christi Caller Times:

CORPUS CHRISTI — Before the first kickoff of the 2010 season, Texas A&M University-Kingsville President Steven Tallant made an excellent call. On Aug. 19 he banned tortilla tossing at Javelina football games, a quasi-tradition of questionable origin and unquestionable lack of decorum.

Tallant based his decision on three issues, according to his official statement: safety, a waste of food, and offensiveness.

On the safety issue, he noted reports of spectators hit by frozen tortillas. He also pointed out that someone could slip on a slippery tortilla and fall, and that tortilla tossing can provoke fights.

Tallant said the waste of food is inconsistent with the stewardship he expects of students, and insensitive to families in need. Refraining from the tortilla tossing won’t feed those families but at least it will remove the impression that the students don’t care.

Would people complain if the students threw Wonder Bread?

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