tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4830202261410894303.post6272398186865206046..comments2023-08-24T09:29:50.314-05:00Comments on One More Political Blog: What a Day at the Court: On Morse v. FrederickDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17728585939626103570noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4830202261410894303.post-79069305992277819792007-06-25T22:08:00.000-05:002007-06-25T22:08:00.000-05:00It's obviously not easy to draw a line between wha...It's obviously not easy to draw a line between what should be acceptable and what shouldn't in a school environment. I think one way to try to gain some insight is by asking "does this speech actually work to <I>inhibit</I> the school's goals or does it simply <I>not conform</I> to the school's goals?" I think there is an important difference here. Speech can be contrary to administrative goals without actually disrupting the achievement of those goals. And that's what I think we see here. "BONG HiTS 4 JESUS" is clearly not the kind of "anti-drug" speech the school would like to promote, but at the same time, it can't be reasonably argued that it creates a disturbance of such magnitude that the school's anti-drug goals are actually hindered. So, here we run into Justice Souter's question: is any speech that isn't directly in line with school goals disruptive? I would like to think not.Fzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15034922789050800712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4830202261410894303.post-66100713249821596672007-06-25T20:12:00.000-05:002007-06-25T20:12:00.000-05:00"The kid was, to put it bluntly"Haha. You said "bl..."The kid was, to put it bluntly"<BR/><BR/>Haha. You said "blunt." <BR/><BR/>No, in all seriousness though, this one is tough for me. I am a huge advocate of free speech, which means there are going to be things said you obviously don't agree with. I mean...I don't like Ann Coulter's hatetalk, but she's still allowed to Skeletor around and make speeches. Unfortunately, since it was in a school setting, it's difficult to allow something like that. I mean, is drunkenly writing Nazi symbols on a friends head counterproductive speech or free speech? It's all debatable out in the open, but in a school setting, the school has the annoying, tryannical as it may be, final say.BrandonIsADorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03682564948944399113noreply@blogger.com