Attack on Liberties for the digital age

[Brothaman2k]

...In January, he was kicked out of school, his virtual paper trail of musings about boyfriends and visits to clubs a clear sign to administrators that, despite repeated warnings, Guinn's activities were in violation of campus conduct codes stating that behavior must "affirm and honor Scripture."

As more and more students turn to websites such as Facebook and MySpace to chronicle their lives and socialize with friends, they also are learning that their words and pictures are reaching way beyond the peers for whom they were intended. And some, like Guinn, are paying a price. In the past few months, college, high school and even middle school students across the USA have been suspended or expelled, thrown off athletic teams, passed over for jobs and even arrested based on their online postings...

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/internetprivacy/2006-03-08-facebook-myspace_x.htm

Let me preface my objection to this kind of thing with some stuff that won't be politically correct to some of you, but I'm gonna say it anyway. I don't agree with homosexuality. I am a Christian and thus I believe it is a sin.

That being said, here's the thing. This is the United States of America. I'm under no obligation to agree with you and vice versa. My right to believe what I believe and your right to believe the exact opposite is garaunteed to us in WRITING. It's the beauty of our constitution, the same one that has be crapped on by this administration for years now. No matter what I believe about anybody elses life style I believe at the core of my being I owe them the same respect I demand of others when it comes to my beliefs. And without that mistake America is just another country, not the concept it was envisioned to be by the men that founded it.

This kid being kicked out of this University for what he does on his OWN TIME is a violation of his civil rights and of the constitution of the United States. I very much believe in personal responsibility and the concept that you need to be cautious about the information that you share with people you don't really know, but whatever he said, he had the RIGHT to say it.

See unlike your average Republican that (claims) to believe the same things I do, I don't think it's ok to just pick and choose who the constitution applies to based on whether or not I agree with the position the person takes. I've taken enough civic/history classes to know that by protecting the rights of those I disagree with I'm actually protecting my rights from those who would have mine taken away because they disagree with me. My faith is meant to be spread by me modeling it in my life so that others can see and wonder how they can do the same, not shoving it down other people's throat

I guess I'm writing this to say I'm sick of having my believes hijacked by those who believe their faith in my savior is a lisence for them to judge and look down their noses at everyone.

I'm sure this university is private, but like all universities, they recieve public funds if for nothing more than student loans and grants. They should be cut off until this student is allowed to re-enroll in school.

Case closed.

[mmonk]

1. Yes, unconstitutional.

Government oppression.

[lauren_victoria]

2. I myself have a myspace,

It's a great networking site, and a good way to keep in touch. But lately around my town schools have talked about banning the use of Myspace, even in our own personal houses. Because of instances where student's talked about a teacher or other students in a degrading manner. It may not be right, but it is our choice and our right to say what we feel. I have even heard of administrators going through kid's profiles and punishing them for things they have said. It's absurd. We aren't accessing the site from school, it's at our own house at our own time. I realize it's public information when we post anything on the internet, but it still doesnt change the fact that schools or the government shouldnt be able to regulate what comments, or messages we leave our fellow peers.