Word: pranking
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...third thing we say is we cannot be diverted from what is most important about this act of vandalism by debating whether it was a prank or an act of racism or anti-Semitism. The absence of some of the explicit evidence of a hate crime, such as slogans or swastikas, does not alter the implicit experience of many who feel the consequences of the crime most directly...
...final word to the vandals. Perhaps you would deny any racist or anti-Semitic motivation. Perhaps you believe you were just letting off some steam with a harmless prank. That you could continue with such illusion and ignorance bespeaks a need for a response full of both candor and compassion...
...honor. It had become more than a prank," he said...
ALTHOUGH SOME contend that the perpetrators did not know the implications of their actions, I disagree. The degree of effort, planning and malice that went into the vandalism make its explanation as a drunken prank or an act of random destruction seem empty and contrived...
...practical joke gone awry that helped bring Salomon down. In an elaborate form of hazing, Mozer reportedly persuaded a Salomon customer last February to submit a bogus $1 billion order for 30-year Treasury bonds. The idea was to shock the novice trader who received the order. But the prank backfired: the deal went through, and the unauthorized purchase landed on Salomon's books...