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WeAz
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 Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:34 pm High court hears 'Bong hits 4 Jesus' case |
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| Quote: | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Supreme Court Monday debated the case of a high school principal who suspended a student over a "Bong Hits 4 Jesus," banner displayed at a school-sponsored event.
The free-speech case tests the limits of student messages officials could try to suppress. |
http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/03/19/free.speech/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
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Oddbeani57
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| Sat Mar 24, 2007 4:21 pm |
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Even as a Christian, I think this is hilarious.
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Lord Borg
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| Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:07 am |
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I suppose one might find this comical, however, this was a school sponsered event, in this area, advertisment of things like drugs, alcohol, and cigaretts/tabaco is a no-no, whether you're in school, or at a school sponserd event.
So...where's the problem in the suspension?
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WeAz
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| Fri Mar 30, 2007 9:22 am |
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Because it wasn't a school event. The teachers let them go outside to see a rally of some kind.
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Monkey
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| Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:55 pm |
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It's almost sad that they're still fussing about this.
The kid wasn't on school property, the faculty had little reason, much less right, to trash his sign. I can imagine what this must be doing for his resume in the future "Any criminal record? Well, actually..."
If he's smart, he'll find a way to capitalize on the whole escapade; there are, no doubt, people out there who would be happy to sport a "Bong hits" shirt or cap.
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Lord Borg
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| Sun Apr 01, 2007 4:19 pm |
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It was a School Sponsered event, accoriding to the artical. Depending on the schools, rules, the Princible was more then justified. At the schools I went to, even sponsered events, you had to adhere to a certain set of rules, and a banner like that, would have broken them.
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Monkey
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| Sun Apr 01, 2007 4:26 pm |
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I don't recall whether or not that was mentioned back when it happened.
I'll look into some archives of my paper about it.
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Valathous
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| Sun Apr 01, 2007 4:44 pm |
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While it's probably in the context of weed, he never specifically mentioned it, did he? Bongs can be used for regular / flavoured tabaccos. Typically not the case, but unless drugs are specifically mentioned, they can't assume the context of the sign in order to suspend him, IMO.
Either way, I laughed when I read this, lol
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