School Sued for Punishing Teens Over MySpace Pix

[unknownroad]

Originally Posted by RACER X

October 30, 2009
And the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that students can be disciplined for activities that happen outside of school, so long as the school can prove the activities were disruptive or posed a danger and that it was foreseeable the activities would find their way to campus.

I wonder what case that involved (I was searching for about 15 minutes and couldn't find the precedent)... I suspect it was something gang-related or otherwise criminal, as opposed to sexually suggestive photos, but who knows.

My knee-jerk reaction is that the case is bullshit, but after re-reading it I see that they were only suspended from sports, not from classes. That involves a different set of legal standards since it's voluntary. While I'm on the ACLU's side in principle, I think they're pissing into the wind on this one.

[wildchild]

look at athletic codes. it clearly states that things you do outside of school if immoral/unethical/or illegal will keep you from playing.

i think it is crap but it's there in most schools.

glad the school lost this one. they should focus on doing their job of teaching.

[Hydrant]

Originally Posted by wildchild

look at athletic codes. it clearly states that things you do outside of school if immoral/unethical/or illegal will keep you from playing.

i think it is crap but it's there in most schools.

glad the school lost this one. they should focus on doing their job of teaching.

There have been some athletes in this area that have been kicked off of teams because they had some pictures on myspace of facebook that showed them drinking.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by RACER X
October 30, 2009
And the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that students can be disciplined for activities that happen outside of school, so long as the school can prove the activities were disruptive or posed a danger and that it was foreseeable the activities would find their way to campus.

Not a very surprising attitude, given that the average Supreme Justice is like 75 yrs old.

[Smittie61984]

Pics god damnit!!!

Times like this I wish I had Myspace and such during highschool (or was into it and was as big as it is now) because it has to be so easy to get teenage ass with the interwebz. But then stories like this make me happy I didn't have youtube and shit to post my retarded shit.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

Pics god damnit!!!

Times like this I wish I had Myspace and such during highschool (or was into it and was as big as it is now) because it has to be so easy to get teenage ass with the interwebz. But then stories like this make me happy I didn't have youtube and shit to post my retarded shit.

troof

[TYEster]

Maybe it's just me, but when in time did posting things on MySpace/Facebook are now used against a person? Does NOTHING go unpunished?

I guess we no longer even have freedom on the internet, or rather what "freedom" we thought we had. Society just gets weaker everyday.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by TYEster

Maybe it's just me, but when in time did posting things on MySpace/Facebook are now used against a person? Does NOTHING go unpunished?

I guess we no longer even have freedom on the internet, or rather what "freedom" we thought we had. Society just gets weaker everyday.

You have the freedom to say what you wish, within reason. You also have the freedom to pay the piper when the bill comes due. If you take part in a passtime that has a code of conduct attached to it and are dumb enough to shout to the four winds that you've broken said code, you then have little right to cry about it.

If you don't want to be "punished", then don't make a public admission of guilt.