censor 'em while they're young

[JuneInJax]

The story speaks for itself....


http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/020106/met_20971688.shtml

School suspends 5 for Internet criticism

A Catholic spokeswoman says the postings on Myspace.com violated the school's value system.

By , The Times-Union

Five students have been suspended from a Jacksonville Catholic school for posting negative comments about a teacher and the school on an Internet site, school officials said Tuesday.

Assumption Catholic School Principal JoAnn Leskanic said the teacher discovered a Myspace.com page with negative comments about him about two weeks ago. When school officials visited the Web site, they found the offending comments. Another link listed in the "friends" section of the page contained a picture of the church and linked to another page that contained derogatory comments about the school.

School authorities questioned every Assumption student who was listed as a "friend" and had an identifiable picture on the pages. In all, about 30 students were interviewed with a parent present, school officials said.

Five middle school students were suspended. Leskanic refused release their names, specifics about the objectionable material, the length of the suspensions or when they went into effect.
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[OneBlueSky]

1. yup, teach 'em early that the Bill of Rights is "just a piece of paper"

then, when they grow up, they won't have any false expectations about their rights to free speech . . . because they won't have any . . .

scary . . . but certainly not unexpected in BushCoWorld . . .

[tritsofme]

2. Its a private school

You get what you pay for.

[EFerrari]

3. Violated the school's value system?

How much does that school get in Federal funds every year to violate their students' privacy and civil rights?

[tritsofme]

4. I would imagine none.

Its a Catholic school.

[EFerrari]

5. I don't think it's that simple any more since BushCo

appropriated the "Christian" vote. They've found a lot of ways to funnel Fed funds to their constituency. But. someone else probably knows more about this thank I do.