Student Suspended For Posting Photo Of Principal Breaking The Law
from the seems...-backwards dept
Earlier this month, we had the story of some students who were suspended for videotaping their teacher lose his temper. The punishment seemed somehow backwards (even if all the attention later resulted in videos of those same students destroying property coming to light as well). Here's another case that sounds quite similar. A high school student photographed the school's principal smoking on school grounds, in violation of state law and posted it to the web. He also passed out fliers around the school pointing to the website -- which seems to be the argument the school is using to suspend him. The principal is claiming that the suspension was for "harassing and slandering her and being a disruptive influence." Of course, since it appears she actually was breaking the law, then it seems the slander part is tough to show. Of course, part of this points out a cultural change that people need to get used to: the fact that you can be watched and recorded almost anywhere at any time.
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Additionally, I could be wrong, but I'm fairly certain that it's 'libel' and not 'slander'. Libel refers to published works (I imagine fliers and websites qualify), while Slander refers to spoken words. You'd think, as a principle and supposedly educated person, she'd know this. :P
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Smoking is still legal you PC's
Smoking is a LEGAL product.
If all these uptight people want to ban smoking from school propert, public places, etc then make the damn things illegal ...
( I know, you can't because it wouldn't work any better than prohibition )
Booze & fatties are a much bigger problem in this country but thats socially acceptable ... smokers are treated like second class citizens even though through cig taxes they are paying a fair portion of taxes that you non smokers would otherwise have to pay.
If all the smokers stop, someone else will take on that tax burden.
BTW ... I'm a non-smoker. I just believe in people's individual rights to do as they choose.
Id some woman can kill her baby with an abortion why can't I choose to harm myself with a cig or a joint for that matter ?
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Re: Smoking is still legal (provided you meet cert
CIGARETTES are a legal product, provided you meet certain criteria.
SMOKING is a legal ACTION, provided that you do it in a location where it is legal.
It is not legal to smoke on school property, just like it is not legal to drive on the sidewalk.
The principal knows this, or she should be dismissed for incompetence.
And yes, smokers have the right to spend money to kill themselves however they please… but they do not have the right to kill me while they are at it.
To say nothing of the stench that comes off of a smoker. Yugh.
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Re: Smoking is still legal you PC's
Seems rather simple. Otherwise it seems to me that your saying that smokers have the choice to go round directly effecting other peoples health without those effected having a say in the matter.
To take it one step further... would it be OK for me to decide to blow myself up - I guess so after all its my choice. However, is it OK for me to blow myself up in a crowd of people?
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the moral of the story is...
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