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U.S. Kids Don't Understand First Amendment
l4m3z0r writes "This rather alarming article discusses a study of high-school students in which they were asked about censorship, protected speech, and other aspects of the first amendment. The results are extremely worrisome: "Only half of the students said newspapers should be allowed to publish freely without government approval of stories." and this "Three in four students said flag burning is illegal. It's not. About half the students said the government can restrict any indecent material on the Internet. It can't.".."
Studies show that US schools produce idiots like me. It's a wonder that fast food chains of the nation are still standing.
My comments may be crap...but they are my crap...and I am brave enough to stand by them...Never post as AC!
...eighty percent of the same group, when asked to locate the USA on a map of North America, pointed to Canada.
I thought it was Bill Clinton's fault. Now I'm confused.
It's not, but depending on where you live, you might not want to do it anyway unless you want to risk being lynched by an angry mob.
(Just to be sure it's not misunderstood, that was a rather cynical comment, but there is more than a grain of truth in it.)
quidquid latine dictum sit altum videtur.
> Others say that communism fell because no one wanted to wear Bulgarian shoes :)
With money I got from free market economy, I bought sneakers. These are from Slovakia. They are called "Adidums." They are like "Adidas," but with four stripes instead of three. So for less money, I get extra stripe! It's very good deal.
afaik also burning a flag is the only way to "properly" destroy an old flag
Actually, Mr Know-it-all it's closer to 365.242.
hmmm. maybe now "RTFA" can mean "read the first amendment"?
despite its inherent lack of profanity, i like it.
They're makin' fools of you son!
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Good deal, but don't the shoes wear you?
Bum: Well, there are six schools of begging. Bad musician, messed up vet, cripple, fake cripple, religious zelot, and crazy guy. I think you would do well with crazy guy. :gibberish:
Homer(AKA you): Coke and Pepsi are the same thing! Wake up people!
Bum: Wow, now that is good crazy!
"What place does a "discussion" of oral sex have in high school?"
Hygeine and disease prevention?
Or are facts and reason not welcome in your world?
Reminds me of an old (pre-war) joke:
"The good news is, only 2% of Americans even know where Iraq is on a map.
The bad news is, they're all Marines."
About 13-14 years ago, when Bush was proposing an anti-flag burning ammendment, ran a Sunday cartoon with an American flag and a warning that under the ammendment, it would be illegal for people to throw out or destroy the cartoon.
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World Domination with a plastic spoon since 1984
I used to play cello in Soviet orchestra, now I sell froggie pops, I love free market economy.
God I loved the State!
Radical islam: a coupla thousand.
U.S., in the name of freedom: a few hundred thousand.
we're winning!! w00T!!!!111one
p.s.: anon coward=lamerz.
How did you get humiliated? Did you get your mom to make you crappy cafeteria food? Did they hire somebody to come beat you up?
Man, you really missed out.
And on a related note...this is why teenagers shouldn't vote. There are the very few extremely intelligent ones that do understand the ramifications, but most need a little bit of maturity first.
Dude, by that criteria, most *adults* shouldn't vote.
Microsoft is to software what Budweiser is to beer.
I can't really say :) I'm Canadian. But as to the grasp of humour, you're relying pretty heavily on shared experience to find something funny. I'm aware enough that most of the time I 'get the joke', but there have been a few instances where I've just been left scratching my head. Often I recognize it as humour, but I simply don't share enough of the perspective to find it funny.
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