Stupidity does not adequately explain why they are considering bringing charges of a "hoax bomb", or sent this letter home with the other students: http://www.irvingisd.net/cms/lib010/TX01917973/Centricity/Do... [PDF] Therefore, malice.

There's a variant of Clarke's third law which applies here: "Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice."

Stupidity is not an excuse for being an asshole.

In this case, we're dealing with malicious stupidity. Edge of the razor?

Power corrupts. As such we should always assume malice when dealing with people in power.

Hanlon's razor is bullshit when it comes to bureaucratic institutions shifting blame to cover their own asses

That's for dealing with authentic human beings, not with mindless order-followers.

"Two things can be true" - me

It seems more like some kind of quiet collective insanity to me.

A wise tool to be employed by the malicious.

Hanlon's razor doesn't apply to politics.

Hanlon's razor is a pretty stupid quote here, there definitely is no need to distinguish stupidity from malice here. The people responsible for this mess should probably lose their jobs. (Based on the story as it was presented here)