12-18-2013, 08:29 PM
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-...073194.php
Did you know a San Francisco elementary school suspended a student for wishing an atheist teacher a merry Christmas?
No?
That's because it didn't happen.
But an Internet hoax had people across the country believing it did, resulting in e-mail tirades and more than 75 phone complaints and veiled threats of violence against the fictitious teacher or the actual principal. And taxpayers picked up the tab for beefed-up security and staff time to deal with the phony story.
Did you know a San Francisco elementary school suspended a student for wishing an atheist teacher a merry Christmas?
No?
That's because it didn't happen.
But an Internet hoax had people across the country believing it did, resulting in e-mail tirades and more than 75 phone complaints and veiled threats of violence against the fictitious teacher or the actual principal. And taxpayers picked up the tab for beefed-up security and staff time to deal with the phony story.