It has been brought to the attention of GHS (German Honor Society) that language used on material promoting their event at the Spirit Week carnival has been taken exception to in at least one case.  The phrase used in advertisement has been billed as one which could be considered offensive by the complaining party, and furthermore labeled as harassment.  This nature of complaint comes as somewhat of a shock to us, as the incident transpired over two weeks prior to the “problem” being brought to our attention.  
	Despite any sort of revolt to our advertising, GHS would like to state that we stand by our choice of words, and find the slogan “Hit the Fat Kid, You Won’t” to be harmless and fitting for all the purposes it served.  We do this for the following reasons:  Never prior, and at no time during the event were we instructed to not include and/or discontinue use of the sign.  Likewise GHS takes, and has always taken, a less formal approach in the workings of an honor society and the sign helped serve as advertising to increase patronage to GHS’ booth activity.  Frankly it succeeded in doing so, until now, without difficulty.
	It is true that GHS was in charge of their booth without the group advisor present, but we see no lack of responsibility or authority at the carnival in any part.  Our advisor was legally obligated to be in an area other than the carnival, and faculty was certainly well represented at the gathering, many even taking part in the GHS egg throwing event itself.  There were zero attempts during the running time to have our sign removed, furthermore those running the booth received no complaint about the slogan or its slang use.  Had we been told any number of people felt they were being harassed by the sign it would have been removed immediately.  Harassment, after all, does not take place until it has been motioned that the gesture is not appreciated.
	A typical honor society is run in a manner that members of GHS consider mundane and uninspired.  We try to take a more interactive and casual approach to our practice.  Sticking by these values we found the ultimately used phrase to be not only fitting for our event, but also very catchy.  The individual to whom the eggs were being directed, Mr. Matt Termini, is not ashamed of his physical stature and specifically requested the phrase.  This phrase was meant to apply to Matt as he worked in the booth .  The honor society made sure to specify this by use of the article “The” meaning used before a singular noun that denotes a particular, specified person or thing.  One would need to be hard pressed to consider that GHS was selling eggs to throw at any overweight person the buyer see fit.  
	GHS shows no animosity towards any one or group of people.  We assert that not using politically correct terminology was a choice made to increase patronage and draw attention to our attraction.  The words used were used in good humor and for no reason other than to sell our privilege.  We consider any offense taken to stem from over sensitivity on the part of the allegedly afflicted and support our standpoint by saying  that nowhere in the United States constitution does it state that one has the right to not be offended.