Hi Marsha, I think its a complex decision (5 years in the making in the Supreme court).
Free speech we uphold, but it does not mean anything goes anywhere - does it ? In the version of the story I saw the "defendant" was pretty clear it was a cynical opportunistic publicity stunt on their part, with no message relative to the olympic event gate-crashed. As a student there would have been plenty of other opportunties to make that same "free speech" which would not have been impeded by the law. On balance I suspect the court got it right - but as I say I only know what I read in the recent news reports - not a story I was particularly aware of the details in 2002. Ian On 6/25/07, MarshaV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 03:26 PM 6/25/2007, you wrote: > > > > > > > > > >I find this decision just infuriating. How about you? > > > > > >http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070625/scotus-bong-hits/ > > > > > > > >Marsha > > > >[Ron] > >Young people exercising their right to free speech is allways a dicey > >subject, I think over reaction > >causes most of the problem along with most youths testing the > >boundaries, I used to get hauled off > >to the office for wearing an "A.I.M" t-shirt > > > >I liked the companion story about Bill O'Reilly > >http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2007/06/pinhead-16yearold-schools- > >oreilly.php > > Greetings Ron, > > I couldn't get to the url above. I wonder if next they'll try to > muzzle college students. Maybe they have already done that by making > it so hard to get into college in the first place. By the way, I > know a little about A.I.M. from their talks on WBAI. And I have much > admiration for John Trudell from once seeing a documentary of his > biography on a PBS station. His poetry was very moving. - I was > once humiliated and thrown out of school for having a 1/2 inch of my > knee show. Times have changed. I don't believe in bongs 4 teens, > but I think the Supreme Court has gone too far. > > Marsha > > > > > > moq_discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
