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{"commentId":271967,"authorDomain":"TheObserver1"}
A good decision.
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- 7 votes
#1 - Wed Aug 30, 2006 11:33 PM EDT{"commentId":271995,"authorDomain":"tysonhamrick"}
I'd have to disagree. I don't really think that giving a 13 year-old the right to wear whatever he wants to school is the right thing to do.
{"commentId":271995,"threadId":"39795","contentId":"345817","authorDomain":"tysonhamrick"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":272090,"authorDomain":"vas"}
Tyson, I don't think your characterization is at all accurate.
This wasn't a question of whether T-shirts or clothing with slogans or images on them are banned en mass -- that's a a different controversial issue. This was about banning a specific T-Shirt with a specific message.
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":272143,"authorDomain":"tysonhamrick"}
I still think it sets a bad precedent. Schools have enough to do without having to worry about getting sued because of enforcing an already set school dress code.
Just my opinion of course, I have no say in it whatsoever.
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":272235,"authorDomain":"ryanobrien"}
I'm not American, but even I believe the constitution supersedes any school dress code. Just because this person happened to be a minor, attending elementary school is no reason to suspend his basic rights as a US citizen. Good for him for having the global awareness to wear it in the first place. And I double that for him showing he understands what it means.
On the other hand, you're right. The school has enough to worry about so they shouldn't be bother kids who are clearly within their rights and causing them to resort to such measures.
We've gotten way to comfortable blaming people who question authority. A scary trend.
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":274940,"authorDomain":"someone"}
I also think it sets a bad precedent. I don't think middle school children need to be exposed to images of cocaine and martini glasses. Does this mean all drug or alcohol related clothing is now allowed, or just the anti-Bush shirt? Would disallowing a pornographic t-shirt also be a violation of free speech?
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":272055,"authorDomain":"sciolaro"}
{"commentId":281445,"authorDomain":"chadism"}
Does anyone know whether this was a public or private school? To me that has EVERYTHING to do with whether this was a good decision.
A private school should be entitled to censor whatever it wants to on it's own property (campus). It can't tell a student what to wear off the campus but should certainly be allowed to set a dress code and use discretion when needed.
HOWEVER, a public school, which is paid for by tax dollars, has no precedent to pick and choose what to censor. It has to be based on the majority rule of the people (and therefore courts).
A catholic school should obviously be able to require its students to attend mass once a day.
A public school should obviously NOT be able to do this.
Same with hilarious and wonderful shirts that make fun of a total psycho...or offensive T-shirts that I don't like.
This is why I will not send my daughter to public school if I can avoid it.
-Chad
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