Australian Teachers Try To Shut Down Website

DeathElk writes "New South Wales teachers are attempting to have a website based in the United States closed down due to "defamatory" content. The site in question encourages students to rate teachers at their school, which obviously results in some colorful content. Now the story has hit the media, with some insightful quotes such as "The president of the NSW Secondary Principals Council, Jim McAlpine, said the Federal Government should block access to 'scurrilous American websites'."

Comments

Another reason to live int the USA? (trolling!)

[meburke]

So what? Australians aren't guaranteed freedom of speech in their Constitution. Students wouldn't be considered enfranchised citizens if it was guaranteed, since it's perfectly legitimate to discriminate against residents by reason of age. Who wants to live in Australia?

P.S. (The USA is on the way to becoming Australia.)

Poor buggers

[rikiller]

I do feel bad for teachers though. They only get 12 weeks a year annual leave, plus public holidays, start at 8:30am and knock off at 3:30pm, earn $10000+ a year more than me, having to teach 6 year olds how to add 1 + 1. Poor teachers...Poor me...