{"id":2537,"date":"2004-05-28T05:17:36","date_gmt":"2004-05-28T19:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/28\/anti-goth-measures-fail-due-to-lack-of-interest\/"},"modified":"2019-12-10T10:51:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T18:51:25","slug":"anti-goth-measures-fail-due-to-lack-of-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/28\/anti-goth-measures-fail-due-to-lack-of-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Goth measures fail due to lack of interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:10957,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.edweek.org\\\/ew\\\/newstory.cfm?slug=20pork.h21&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.edweek.org\\\/ew\\\/newstory.cfm?slug=20pork.h21&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10958,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.examiner.net\\\/stories\\\/052004\\\/new_052004016.shtml&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20071226213338\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.examiner.net:80\\\/stories\\\/052004\\\/new_052004016.shtml&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 10:56:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 10:56:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10959,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/patriotboy.blogspot.com\\\/2004_05_01_patriotboy_archive.html#108571597228126023&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20091001174116\\\/http:\\\/\\\/patriotboy.blogspot.com\\\/2004_05_01_patriotboy_archive.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 10:56:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 10:56:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10960,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/atrios.blogspot.com\\\/2004\\\/05\\\/final-goth-solution.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/atrios.blogspot.com\\\/2004\\\/05\\\/final-goth-solution.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Two years ago, in a rather ridiculous display of small-minded stupidity, the town of Blue Springs, MO earmarked \\$273,000 of their education budget <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edweek.org\/ew\/newstory.cfm?slug=20pork.h21\" title=\"Spending Plan for 2002 Laden With 'Earmarks'\">to combat Goth culture<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  &#8220;Goth culture&#8221; in Blue Springs, Mo., may be in for some tough times.<\/p>\n<p>  Thanks to Rep.\u00a0Sam Graves, a Republican who represents the Kansas City suburb, \\$273,000 out of the Department of Education&#8217;s fiscal 2002 budget will help the Blue Springs Outreach Unit take on a perceived problem for local youths.<\/p>\n<p>  &#8220;It is my hope that this funding will give the officers in the Youth Outreach Unit the tools they need to identify Goth culture leaders that are preying on our kids,&#8221; Rep.\u00a0Graves said in a press release announcing the appropriation last month.<\/p>\n<p>  &#91;&#8230;&#93;<\/p>\n<p>  &#8220;It was really a community need, and they really weren&#8217;t able to satisfactorily get money at the local level,&#8221; Mr.\u00a0Patek said of the Blue Springs project to combat Goth culture. Some parents and law- enforcement officials are concerned that, beyond the dark fashions and music characteristic of that subculture, some &#8220;Goth&#8221; teenagers are drawn into potentially dangerous behavior.<\/p>\n<p>  The program is meant to help train police officers, and help schools and families with children involved in Goth culture, according to the announcement from Rep.\u00a0Graves. Drug abuse and self-mutilation are among the troubling behaviors Goth culture fosters, Mr.\u00a0Patek said.<\/p>\n<p>  He stressed that the effort will not be limited to Blue Springs. &#8220;I know this was a good project,&#8221; Mr.\u00a0Patek said. &#8220;And it&#8217;s a finite amount of resources. &#8230; We&#8217;re not talking about an ongoing federal commitment.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This was <em>so<\/em> unnecessary. We must protect our children from those evil people who wear black, and listen to all that wierd music! Ugh.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, word comes now that the project essentially went nowhere, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.net\/stories\/052004\/new_052004016.shtml\" title=\"Goth grant runs course\">more than half of the money is being returned<\/a> (and, hopefully, put to better use in the future). The best part? Rather than &#8220;combatting&#8221; Goth culture, the people involved ended up realizing that it&#8217;s not such a horrible thing, and just another aspect of how some people choose to present themselves.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  The Goth grant is over.<\/p>\n<p>  Goth acceptance and tolerance is now in.<\/p>\n<p>  &#8230;plans for the grant never unfolded, and Blue Springs has returned \\$132,000 of the money unused. Officials concede today they never found much of a &#8220;problem&#8221; at all associated with the Goth culture, and instead have developed a new understanding and acceptance.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A little good news to start the day, for once.<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/patriotboy.blogspot.com\/2004_05_01_patriotboy_archive.html#108571597228126023\" title=\"Jesus' General: Where's a goth when you need one?\">Jesus&#8217; General<\/a>, via <a href=\"http:\/\/atrios.blogspot.com\/2004\/05\/final-goth-solution.html\" title=\"The Final Goth Solution\">Atrios<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two years ago, in a rather ridiculous display of small-minded stupidity, the town of Blue Springs, MO earmarked $273,000 of their education budget to combat Goth culture.Thankfully, word comes now that the project essentially went nowhere, and more than half of the money is being returned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2028],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-2537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-links"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2537\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}