Originally Posted by MrFatbooty
Effigy is a real word in the dictionary, you don't need to keep putting it in quotes like it's some made up term. It's a graphical representation of someone else. A doll, poster, dummy, etcetera. So because the school misinterpreted the drawing and he explained it after the fact, he is equivalent to a criminal lying to cover his tracks? What's to say that wasn't his intent all along and he really was just misinterpreted?
He certainly didn't break the law. There's nothing on the books against political satire, and that's all he did.
Ok, fine..alleged effigy. Better? My point is that just because some 15 year old kid who uses his school work to make a political statement says his work is an effigy doesn't mean it is.