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gopherus (User)
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Re: HERALD POLL: Students and free speech 1 Year, 3 Months ago
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Commie_Pinko wrote:
I noticed the poll results were overwhelmingly in favor of all out free speech. so if this poll accurately describes the attitude of your average Utahn then why were gay clubs in schools banned?
Isn't that a form of free speech also and what about burning the flag, isn't that free speech too?
Why not let the little racist kids wear Nazi uniforms to school also since we are advocating drug usage here.
The promotion of drug use (which I'm not sure that "Bong hits for Jesus" really is) is the promotion of an individual liberty. A Nazi uniform is the promotion of both hate and violence against a particular group (ok, groups as they didn't just target Jews) of people. Violence is not an individual liberty as the cost to others is easy to measure directly. Inciting violence (or yelling fire) is not protected speech.
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Re: HERALD POLL: Students and free speech 1 Year, 3 Months ago
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I HAVE RESET THE POLL RESULTS BECAUSE TWO OF THE THREE QUESTIONS WERE VIRTUALLY THE SAME. PLEASE VOTE AGAIN IF YOU LIKE.
Randy Wright
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James (User)
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Re: HERALD POLL: Students and free speech 1 Year, 3 Months ago
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dailyherald wrote:
The Supreme Court recently considered a 2002 Alaska case involving the question of limits on the free speech rights of public school students. In a 5-4 vote it said that school principals could punish students for making statements that could be "reasonably" construed as advocating illegal drug use.
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"As Justice Stephen Breyer warned in his dissent on the First Amendment aspects of the case, the majority opinion could be used to prohibit a student from making a critical comment about an anti-drug film or to keep students from discussing whether people with glaucoma should smoke marijuana for pain relief. A student talking about how an American Indian church uses peyote for religious purposes might risk punishment"
True Stories!
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Another older guy voting for Obama
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