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.
aparently this use of satire was deemed questionable enough by the school administration to warrant notifying the authorities. as i said previously, be questionable and expect to be questioned.