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Court Finds For Student In Web FOS Case
An anonymous reader writes "A student who brought a suit against his middle school has been awarded a settlement after two years of legal battles. USAToday reports that the suit was brought after the school leveled harsh disciplinary measures against the student, based entirely on comments made to his website guestbook." From the article: "Grayson Barber, who handled the case on behalf of the ACLU, said the school presented no evidence that Dwyer's comments were threatening or disruptive of school activities. 'Our schools should encourage debate and political engagement rather than punishing students who provide a forum for free expression.'"
$100,000 isn't bad for your first website.
1) Create website with guestbook
2) Wait for some idiot to post disparaging comments about his school.
3) Get suspended (woohoo! four day weekend!)
4) Get the ACLU to sue the school for him
5) Profit! At taxpayer expense!
No student loans for this kid, eh?
You have two hands and one brain, so always code twice as much as you think!
Yep, they taught their students you can get big $$$ when you abuse the authorities.
"Who is the Journal of Quantum Physics going to believe?" --Stephen Hawking
Insightful? How much is *your* freedom of speech worth?
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I'll shut up for $50,000
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Gimmie 50 cents and I won't tell you
I mod down so you can mod up. Your welcome.
You snicker, but I see the Senate confirmation hearing for a future political position.
Senator: Sir, I have before me posting alledged to be by you on a computer web service referred to as slashdot. Are you familiar with that?
Nominee: Uh, yes Sir.
Senator: Are these postings labelled as from one 'FukMonkey345' yours?
Nominee: Sir I can assure you that was a long time ago.
Senator: Sir, remember you are under oath, I have evidence here that you claimed that you 'Welcome the nerd overlords?' Who are these folks?
Senator: You also stated that 'In Soviet Russia they own you'? What is this commie loving talk?
Senator: Do you have a prejudice against us old people? There are frequent references in the record to 'In Korea only old people use...'.
Senator: Finally, what did you mean when you claimed 'All you base are belong to us'?
That's really so nice of you to point out my error. Have you considered posting on "Colon: News for Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation Nerds"?
Or maybe instead of your friendly spelling advice, you could give me advice on the best spell check for my web browser? Remember, make fun of a man's spelling and you feel superior for day, but teach man to spell and you can feel superior for a lifetime.
TW
Nominee: I agree that these posts look a little troubling, Senator, but please, Sir, let the record show that at least I got the first post.
"We can't have a generation of children grow up with unrealistic expectations about their rights. In the interests of an efficient national economy, we need the school system to teach students to respect authority at all times for their own good."
For the love of God, I hope you're being sarcastic. If not, we're going to have an entire generation who would vote an idiot into the White House, sell their children to Haliburton, and think that it's their God-given right to drive huge SUVs.
It's good to use your head, but not as a battering ram.
I am NOT defending my spelling or grammar. I AM pointing out that when I bang out a quick reply on a real-time forum without any spelling or grammar checker that I will almost always make mistakes. And I'd like you to cut me some slack, or, alternately, suggest some kind of technology (isn't this "News for Nerds"?) that may assist me.
And finally: I fucked up my spelling. I'm really, really, sorry. Now could you please attack the substance (or lack thereof) of my post so we can have one of those healthy, on-topic debates I keep hearing about.
TW
Because a Catholic school, or any type of private school, should not be allowed to treat children as it's posessions.
There's plenty of time for that when the student graduates and is owned by their employer.
Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility. - Ambrose Bierce
So what you're saying then is that American English is 18th Century leet-speak? Fascinating.