[MD] Free Speech? What next?

[ian glendinning]

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 <marshalz at charter.net> wrote:
> At 03:26 PM 6/25/2007, you wrote:
> >
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> >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
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