Political correctness has run amok. A high school kid in Kansas City, Mo. was suspended for 10 days for saying the word "noose." Kids in the band were talking about knots to tie up band equipment , and this kid said he could tie a noose. A black kid overheard and said he was offended. So, the school authorities suspende the first kid for making a racially insensitive remark. I wonder how we are supposed to know what words offend some members of society. As a society we are going to have to tell people to stop being so thin-skinned.