tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30409206.post2405213557771108920..comments2024-01-14T00:50:25.555-08:00Comments on The Cool Justice Report: Liberty Will Trump Illegitimate AuthorityThe Cool Justice Reporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073992081523946106noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30409206.post-26394879468548995272007-10-16T14:09:00.000-07:002007-10-16T14:09:00.000-07:00Concerning Freedom, Role Modeling and Teach Your C...<B>Concerning Freedom, Role Modeling and Teach Your Children Well</B><BR/><BR/>Indeed, cherishing/respecting constructive values and morals is what eventually nurture freedom as a whole, therefore constructive freedom of speech as well.<BR/><BR/>Constructiveness emphasized.<BR/><BR/>There are certain ancient traditions of knowledge, which are reluctant and often will not allow transmission and the acquirement of their teachings, simply for the fear that the recipient(s) may not be sufficiently well equipped to absorb constructively.<BR/><BR/>See…knowledge is neutral and so is freedom of speech. It is up (or down) to each and every one of “Us (the People”) to determine, whether to utilize our grand privilege – freedom – constructively or destructively<BR/><BR/>Respectfully,<BR/><BR/>Boaz ItsHakyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30409206.post-51274747451355579272007-10-15T06:11:00.000-07:002007-10-15T06:11:00.000-07:00So the principal objects to being referred to as a...So the principal objects to being referred to as a rubberized, fluid-filled bag … I guess that means that terms like dirigible, water balloon, and used condom are off-limits too.<BR/><BR/>The principal is right, of course; she's not a douchebag. She sounds more like a bloviating, self-important bureaucratic twit. This "respect-me-or-I’ll-kill-you" approach to school management is the last kind of leadership schools need in the 21st century. "The beatings will continue 'til morale improves" is funny; the principal's actions in this matter are decidedly not funny.<BR/><BR/>Nowhere do we learn exactly what the conduct was to which the principal objected so strenuously. Are students not allowed to feel disdain for administrators? Are they not allowed to express that disdain in writing, even if that expression is in juvenile terms? And was that conduct, whatever it was, so egregious as to warrant official sanctions?<BR/><BR/>We have made a federal case, literally, out of a private expression of adolescent exasperation. The administrators should have gotten their comeuppance in Federal court but Judge Kravitz, a Bush-43 appointee, did not provide it. Nice going, Your Honor: all that stuff the kids learn about the First Amendment really is only history, isn't it? It's not real; it's not now. Thanks for the free civics lesson.<BR/><BR/>Still, I think the lasting victory will belong to Avery. She won the class election and can honestly list "Voted class secretary, 2007" on her college applications. And the administrators in Region 10 will forevermore be known as "Principal Douchebag" and "Superintendent Schmuck." <BR/><BR/>Savor your victory, ladies: you earned it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com