There are bad ideas and there are BAD IDEAS.
For example, it's a bad idea to suggest the Braves need to bring back Chief Noc-a-Homa and his teepee when SunTrust Park opens next season. It's a BAD IDEA to put that idea into words and publish them for public consumption on a legitimate media website.
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But just how bad of a BAD IDEA was Macon Telegraph columnist Bill Shanks' column Tuesday suggesting a return to ignorant and, for many, offensive imagery at Braves games next season?