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United States: Half of a grant given to a town to combat goth
has had to be returned because, surprise surprise, there was no problem to begin with.
But $132,000 of the grant was returned because officials never found much of a problem with the Goth culture, which some students called a fad that most people eventually outgrow.
Slightly more than $118,000 of the money was earmarked for therapy, assessment and case management, and the plans also included a series of town meetings to discuss the issue.
It never happened because referring someone for looking, acting Goth is not a concept that ever got imbedded in people's heads,project manager Allyce Ford said of the therapy proposal.
No news as to whether the cash will now be used to provide therapy for the bigots who though it was a good idea to begin with. $132K of Grant to Combat Goth Returned—Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), 21st May 2004.
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