In case you missed the story buried in the news over the holiday weekend, the future military leaders of West Point are no longer permitted to engage in pillow fighting.
And in case you missed the story behind the story, pillow fighting is a tradition for freshperson cadets ... or WAS a tradition ... until the current class got it a little twisted and weaponized their pillows, leading to reports of “4 concussions, 1 broken leg, 2 broken arms, 1 dislocated shoulder, and several broken ribs", according to an eye-witness tweet on the twitter. Now what was never officially sanctioned but was permitted is officially banned.
This comes three years after the Air Force Academy cadets apparently took things a little too far in their annual "first shirt/first snow" tradition of throwing their sergeants into snowbanks and incited a mini-riot that injured thirty students.
Activity apparently designed to ensure that America is safe from all terrorists who infiltrate sleepovers and snowball fights ... you will be missed.
SNOWBALL BATTLE GONE WRONG:
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/02/14874390-nearly-30-air-force-academy-cadets-injured-as-ritual-turns-into-brawl?lite
PILLOW FIGHT GONE WRONG:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/05/us/at-west-point-annual-pillow-fight-becomes-weaponized.html?_r=0
AND NOW TERRORISTS WILL INFILTRATE SLUMBER PARTIES:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/west-point-bans-cadet-pillow-fights-after-30-injured-n470216
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