Stupid Censorship, Stupid Security

The 2003 Jefferson Muzzle "winners" are out. This year's crop starts with John Ashcroft and the U.S. Congress, and works its way down through the school board that voted to put Harry Potter on the restricted shelf. Innovation in censorship deserves recognition, read and enjoy. And in other stupid news, the winners of the Stupid Security Competition have been announced. I like that I'm being protected from tea. It makes me feel safe.

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This is not how it should be

[xpurple]

There is a solution.

Visit the Libertarian Party for more information.

Less government == more freedom

Kettle Moraine School District "award"

[Prothonotar]

Although the school administration should have done more to explain to Morgan (and most importantly, her parents) what the problem was, I can't say I disagree with them not wanting her to distribute relgious messages to other students in the class (although they probably shouldn't have made her collect them once passed out).

A public school is a state-run institution, and the children are required to attend (unless they receive an alternative education). As such, Morgan's fellow students were basically a captive audience as Morgan distributed her individually-targetted religious messages to them. Morgan does not have a right to use the public school as an opportunity to hand out religious materials, no matter how naive her intentions were.

Re:Hometown

[dpete4552]

"How is this a troll?"

Because you're an evil unpatriotic bastard :p