Stupid

In a classic example of the misappropriate adaptation in the East of
standards developed in the West, the American University of Beirut has
just enacted an outdoor smoking ban. OUTDOOR!!!! WTF? Today they had
these stupid posters all over the campus. STUPID!!!! Does AUB not have
anything better to do than enact and enforce smoking bans now? Oh, and
hey, how's that security guard gonna catch me running with that
cigarette in his mouth? I said an Eastern misappropriation, but in
fact the typed statement (what the lady's reading) is signed by John
Waterbury, the university's gringo president. The statement says
something about making AUB a healthier campus for everyone. How the
hell is it going to be healthier if there's no smoking outdoors? Uh,
people, second hand smoke is really not a problem unless you're
indoors. AUB may be one of the top research institutes in the Arab
World, but leave it to them to continue on with the high-schoolization
of their treatment of students. I empathize. AUB, quit dicking around
with your students and get your act together on the million academic
items that need improvement.