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Originally Posted by ArlJim78
the way I read it, he was told to take the banner down and didn't. then
he was suspended.
whatever his message is, in fact he admits he doesn't have one, I wonder how many other avenues he has used in order to express himself and his ideas?, has he passed out leaflets, gone door to door, taken out ads in the paper, written letters to the editor, stood on the corner preaching his ideas, created a website or blog, written a book, gone on local TV, etc. It would seem that all of those are freely available to him and others, and could be used to exercise his free speech. However just because a principle thought a single banner was perhaps not appropriate for a particular school sponsored event we need to be concerned about living in a totalitarian state?
I think people sometimes go way out of there way to be offended or in claiming to be disenfranchised.
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As I said previously, the student was not on school property. The "banner" that he made was his own "property" and it was confiscated.
The event, the running of the Olympic torch, was not initated by the school.
Though I disagree with the "bong hits" part of the message, I don't agree with the Supreme Court's decision, nor did four justices.
On a side note, the T shirts are already being made. It wouldn't surprise me to see many students wearing them to their schools in the future.