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04-29-2002, 12:33 PM
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Free Speech for High Schoolers
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<a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=4&u=/nm/20020426/od_nm/banner_dc_1" target="_blank">Bong hits 4 Jesus</a> The high school kid was suspended for holding up a banner saying "bong hits 4 Jesus" during the Olympic Torch Relay in Juneau. (I'm not sure what this actually means, but it sure sounds like a challenge to authority.) It was not on school property, but the kids had been released from class to pack the crowd. The basis of his suspension was the school's anti-drug policy, but - Quote:
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04-29-2002, 12:37 PM
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One of the articles I read on it claimed it was a common slang phrase among snowboarders in the area.
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04-29-2002, 12:39 PM
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If school let them out early for the parade, and school administrators or faculty were there, and may have been more like a field trip where they were still legally "in school" and under their supervision.
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04-29-2002, 01:02 PM
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Was he taking drugs at the time? Otherwise, I don't see how he violated the anti-drug policy.
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04-29-2002, 01:10 PM
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My question is how Jesus enters into it - does it make it worse (sacrilege) in the teacher's eye? |
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04-29-2002, 03:08 PM
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No, Toto, it wasn't sacrilege. In fact, there isn't much of a church/state issue here at all. It was purely a question of the school's anti-drug policy, and whether it covers pro-drug speech at off-campus events.
I'll tell ya, I had to report this story on the air last week. It's not often I say the words "Bong hits for Jesus" -- repeatedly -- in the line of duty. |
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04-29-2002, 03:35 PM
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It's not sacrilege to associate Jesus with bong hits? What is this world coming to!?!
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04-30-2002, 07:48 AM
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04-30-2002, 08:59 AM
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The kid should just say he meant bong as in a deep ringing sound, as of a bell.
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04-30-2002, 09:57 AM
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[ April 30, 2002: Message edited by: Godless Dave ]</p> |
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