ACLU Defends Girl's Vulgar MySpace Parody of Her Principal

[Dos Equis]

ACLU Defends Girl's Vulgar MySpace Parody of Her Principal
Tuesday, June 02, 2009 

PHILADELPHIA —  The lawyer for a Pennsylvania school district says it should be able to discipline a middle school student for posting a photo of her principal on a Web site portraying him as a pedophile.

The Blue Mountain School District in Schuylkill County argued before a federal appeals court in Philadelphia that the principal's career could have been damaged.

The American Civil Liberties Union argues that students enjoy free-speech rights off-campus that protect such parodies, however vulgar.

An ACLU lawyer told a three-judge panel that parents, not schools, should be monitoring the behavior of students when they're not at school.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,524737,00.html?test=latestnews

[Hedgehog]

ACLU Defends Girl's Vulgar MySpace Parody of Her Principal
Tuesday, June 02, 2009 

PHILADELPHIA —  The lawyer for a Pennsylvania school district says it should be able to discipline a middle school student for posting a photo of her principal on a Web site portraying him as a pedophile.

The Blue Mountain School District in Schuylkill County argued before a federal appeals court in Philadelphia that the principal's career could have been damaged.

The American Civil Liberties Union argues that students enjoy free-speech rights off-campus that protect such parodies, however vulgar.

An ACLU lawyer told a three-judge panel that parents, not schools, should be monitoring the behavior of students when they're not at school.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,524737,00.html?test=latestnews

The ACLU is right in this instance.

The girl should not be disciplined by the school.

She should instead face investigation by the legal system for defamation of character .

[Dos Equis]

The ACLU is right in this instance.

The girl should not be disciplined by the school.

She should instead face investigation by the legal system for defamation of character .

I think it depends on the school's code of conduct.  This appears to be a public school, so I doubt the school regulates conduct outside of school hours. 

[Hedgehog]

I think it depends on the school's code of conduct.  This appears to be a public school, so I doubt the school regulates conduct outside of school hours. 

That was how I reasoned basically.

It's just about addressing her through the proper channels.

[Hugo Chavez]

The ACLU is right in this instance.

The girl should not be disciplined by the school.

She should instead face investigation by the legal system for defamation of character .

That's just up to him, civil not criminal and he might have a case and there's not shit the ACLU can do about that.

[24KT]

That's just up to him, civil not criminal and he might have a case and there's not shit the ACLU can do about that.

I don't think the ACLU cares whether he has a case or not, ...just that the school district not overstep it's bounds

[240 is Back]

The ACLU is right in this instance.

The girl should not be disciplined by the school.

She should instead face investigation by the legal system for defamation of character .

100% correct.

I guarantee if that principal sues and wins 20 grand from the parents, that girl will get way tougher punishment at home.