dont bogart that joint my friend,

DAVE'S NOT HERE MAN

I'd hit it

Win or lose he has 5 years worth of material to use for a book.

Still glad to see that freedom of speech is being taught in the same schools that limit it.

Wait... what was the article about again?

If he does not win then America is not the thing that the founding fathers dreamed of.

But they probably didn't dream of a short-bus riding chimp for president either

I'd hit it ;)

damn straight

damn i am too slow

The School Board also has it supporters, the National School Boards Association and the American Association of School Administrators.

What a shock.

NO MAN, IT'S ME! DAVE!

"oh teh noes, he made a comment about pot and jesus, well, we better sue him"

I love it when someone's 15 minutes of fame goes into overtime - what a country!

Here's hoping the school board loses. I bet they have settled long ago had they chosen to.
Ken Starr, pro bono. There's a joke in there somewhere.

Wait, was he on school property?

If not, why has it gotten to this point?

i just did a J for that kid

hope he wins the case, his dad marries an asian babe, taxpayers get their $100k back, and the principal gets fined heavily (i see shes already "former" principal). also, i dont really like ken star.

/not just a free-speech issue, we do have a serious and looming shortage of bong hits for our savior.
//water to wine
///oregano to white widow!

the supreme court will say, and i quote "no harm no foul, students do not leave thier right to free speech at the school house gate."

Tinker Vs. Des Moines (1968)

then a federal representative will forcibly remove the large stick from the ass of the school district.

Hold on, I'm all about the free speach bit, but the kid pulled this stunt at a school sanctioned event. If he wants to play hippie then he can do it when other people can't enforce their own rules. This kid hasn't got a leg to stand on, and I'm really surprised this has managed to reach the Supreme Court.

Timdesuyo: If he does not win then America is not the thing that the founding fathers dreamed of.

But they probably didn't dream of a short-bus riding chimp for president either

Troll, troll, troll your boat...

Whoa...they chased him into Asia? How have I missed this for the last four years?

I_am_jesus: then a federal representative will forcibly remove the large stick from the ass of the school district.

Well, if that's the case then this is just the preamble to one of the biggest personal injury lawsuits in history. If they violated his civil rights, and the SCOUTS says that's so, then I think you can safely go to court to sue for that very thing, and not worry about losing.

shipofthesun

yes and rightly so. According to the article and what i have read, his family was more or less forced into exile, they deserve vindication at the hands of the state. Perhaps finally schools will realize that thier purpose is to educate, not to instill morals.

If the school district had simply apoligized and admitted to over-reacting none of this would have happened.

I'm with whoever said there is a severe lack of bong hits for Jesus.

*Lights bowl

Can't we all just get a bong?

I_am_Jesus
But it doesn't look like the school district has anything to apologize for. The kid's at a school sanctioned event, and decides to put up a pro-drug use banner. Seeing as how that is obviously not the school's stance on the issue, they take it down. It's not a violation of free speech, it's the school enforcing their own stance.

Again, if this kid wanted to play hippie outside of this event, and just chose a random day to put up his banner, no problem.

I_am_jesus: If the school district had simply apoligized and admitted to over-reacting none of this would have happened.

As if that would have ever happened. Institutional pigheadedness and attorney's covering their asses.

And then there's also the bit of, if the moron hadn't put up his sign in the first place, then none of this would have happened.

A_Spaid_Is_A_Spaid: Again, if this kid wanted to play hippie outside of this event, and just chose a random day to put up his banner, no problem.

Again I ask, was he on school grounds?

If not, then the school can STFU.

MayorYana: "oh teh noes, he made a comment about pot and jesus, well, we better sue him"

FTFA:
David Crosby, attorney for the School District, said there is a public perception that the School Board started this case. Crosby said the district is merely defending itself.

FTA: "Both sides in the case say they are misunderstood."

Wrong. This is possibly true for the bong-hitter, if the amount of discriminiation he claims to have faced actually took place. But the school and its representatives aren't misunderstood, they're just flat-out wrong. Irregardless of the importance of discouraging drug use, it is vastly more important to support the right to free speech this country was founded on. I fail to see why this fact is so hard for others to understand.

shipofthesun
No, I don't think he was on school grounds, but the event was being sanctioned by the school. If you take a field trip to a museum and put up the same banner, then the school board would probably do the same thing, or a teacher would come over and take the banner down, since the kids are there on behalf of the school.

obviously when you are on school grounds you have no right to freedom of expression. i thought the courts have ruled on this type of case before?

im all for saving a few bong hits for jesus, but use common sense. the school isnt going to let you have your own opinion, your supposed to represent theirs.

I love Fark.com. When I first saw TFA, I said to myself "As egregious and outrageous as this is, some authority-fellating little sheeple is going to come on here and defend this". I was not disappointed.

A_Spaid_Is_A_Spaid: No, I don't think he was on school grounds, but the event was being sanctioned by the school. If you take a field trip to a museum and put up the same banner, then the school board would probably do the same thing, or a teacher would come over and take the banner down, since the kids are there on behalf of the school.

Were they part of the event? That is the question in my mind. If so, they it's a little grey. If not, then the school can STFU in a hurry.

FTA:Crosby said reports of harassment against the Fredericks by the district are exaggerated.

Not untrue, but exaggerated. Yeah. I think we know what knid of people we are talking about here. It seems that the school knows they are wrong, but won't or can't admit it.

Dad?

Schools have far too much power over their students..

Or Not enough..

/one of those, not sure which..
// schools, the first ?
/// buddhist monasteries the second ?

Ironic that David Crosby is defending against a drug issue. steven stills on the 'pro' side?

I'm always amazed at people who want to yell "Free Speech! Free Speech!" and file lawsuits when something like this happens. What a waste of everyones' time and taxpayers' money. The kid pulled a dumb stunt; which I'm sure he thought was terribly clever. End of story. Now he wants to make a federal case out of it? (pun intended) His First Amendment rights weren't violated. The First Amendment protects people from government reaction or retribution when what they are saying is against said government; or not very nice about the government or its policies. It doesn't guarantee that someone will be able to say anything they want to say at all times. Maybe he missed that part of political science class while he was suspended.

Hey, you farking idiots:

HE WASN'T ON SCHOOL GROUNDS!

"Frederick was suspended in 2002 after he unfurled the 14-foot-long banner -- a reference to marijuana use -- just outside school grounds as the Olympic torch relay moved through the Alaskan capital headed for the Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/01/scotus.bonghits/index.html

DonnaDMK

its more of a case of a school overstepping its jurisdiction in my opinion.

The kid pulled a dumb stunt; which I'm sure he thought was terribly clever. End of story. Now he wants to make a federal case out of it? (pun intended)

im sorry, i missed what you were making a pun of

A_Spaid_Is_A_Spaid

the schools specific rule about promoting drugs is not relevant to anything. Simply because the school has a policy does not make it legal.

If a school demands human scarifices on fridays, human scrifices will still be illegal, and we would probably still be here having this very same conversation except about human sacrifices.

school have WAY too much power these days.

i_am_jesus

yeah, i remember in my high school's hand book basically said in print that parent's decisions and methods of parenting are suspended in favor of whatever the school says and the parent is expected to work with the school towards this goal etc.

Vexed Thespian: Sorry; I actually meant; and should have said; ' clichè ' for "making a federal case out of it".

it is certainly a matter of free speech...i dont understand how it isnt? He is being punished by the school ( a govt. institution) for "promoting" something that the school is in opposition to. It could be seen as a sort of protest, yet there was no profanity, "fighting words" were not uttered, there was no slander or libel involved (except perhaps on the part of the school) and normal classroom activites were not disrupted. Not to mention the event took place on private property (trespassing case?) i would think the only people with the right to remove such a banner would be the homeowners association.

this is most certainly a textbook example of censorship and a violation of free speech.

was gonna make a sly comment about harry potter


gis for "harry potter bogart":


/don't know, don't care
//wait, yes i do
//WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT

I'd hit that