SpiesOnline links to a posting at the ACLU website. The following is an excerpt from the posting.
Ryan Dwyer, now in 9th grade, created a website in April 2003 that contained criticisms of his school, Maple Place. He created and maintained the website on his own time from his home computer. The site contained a "Guest Book" in which visitors to the site could register comments about the site or about the school. Ryan voluntarily included a statement on the Guest Book web page that no posting should contain profanity or threats.Nevertheless, after school officials discovered the site, they suspended Ryan for a week, banned him from playing on the baseball team for a month, and did not allow him to go on the 8th grade class trip. They also would not permit him to take Honors English and Honors Algebra placement tests that were being administered in another school district during his suspension, and did not announce his award for a high SAT score when similar awards were announced.
I'm certainly glad that the school administrators nipped this terrible free speech thing in the bud. Once free speech raises its ugly head in our country, who knows what's next. Maybe free speech could lead to people at baseball games eating hotdogs, drinking beer and screaming at the ump or, even worse, free speech could lead to an open exchange of ideas. I'm telling you, this free speech thing could lead to the destruction of Western Civilization as we know it.
I'm also glad that the school administrators were on the ball and took time from their busy schedule of cruising the porno sites to deal with a matter that affects national security.
Posted by John at December 21, 2003 07:14 PM | TrackBackNOTE: I've got better things to do than erase the childish, immature, psychotic, obscene comments from looney Roger Weidner and his gang of illiterate morons, so just put your opinions at the Johnhays.net Forum.