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Aims - Nov 14, 2007 5:43:36 am PST #2182 of 10001

Shit's all sorts of different now.

I'd defer to free speech

And I admit, there's a part of me that thinks, "You're under 18. You have no free speech yet."

Which, not entirely rational, I know, but it seems that if the kids are practicing their "free speech" by having pictures of themselves taken with things that are illegal, they give that up. In Michigan, it is illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to possess a firearm in public unless they are under the direct supervision of an adult. If it is true that those pictures were taken on school grounds, with no adult supervision, then the school should be considered public and the kids should not only be expelled, but arrested also. And if the gun laws can't hold em, get them for the drugs.

Dana - Nov 14, 2007 5:49:53 am PST #2183 of 10001

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Huh. It's not just that I'm sleepy. I actually feel kind of sick. It took me quite a while to figure that out.

Stupid allergies. Stupid weather. 85 degrees in the middle of November is a bit much, even for winter-hating me.

Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 14, 2007 5:51:21 am PST #2184 of 10001

"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Happy Birthday ChiKat!

I finally have movers booked, so now I am going to see if I can get a walkthrough of the new apartment today to take measurements and draw out my floorplan grid.

Gudanov - Nov 14, 2007 5:55:12 am PST #2185 of 10001

Coding and Sleeping

Well if the kids have actually done something illegal then game over. If they really didn't do anything strictly illegal, then I'd call it matter of if this was done at school.

On the surface it sounds like the parents should be upset with the kids, and not suing the school regardless of free speech or whatnot. I don't want to condemn the parents though as there may be details that I don't know about.

Frankenbuddha - Nov 14, 2007 5:56:07 am PST #2186 of 10001

"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Birthday happies, ChiKat!

Gudanov - Nov 14, 2007 5:58:02 am PST #2187 of 10001

Coding and Sleeping

Ghost video in CNN latest news.

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CNN has made a bug walking on a camera cover national news.

sarameg - Nov 14, 2007 5:59:57 am PST #2188 of 10001

Please tell me not to go next door and appropriate some cookies. They'll just make me feel sick. I have no idea why I want them.

Jesse - Nov 14, 2007 6:00:06 am PST #2189 of 10001

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I am really not into being at work today.

You know if the school ignored the pictures and these kids went Columbine on the school, then someone would have pointed to those MySpace pictures and say "someone should have done something".

I don't know anything about this particular situation, but I will say that suspending kids doesn't actually do anything to stop them from coming to the school to do bad things, if that's what they want.

Jesse - Nov 14, 2007 6:00:47 am PST #2190 of 10001

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh, and apparently I missed two different sets of cupcakes yesterday! WTF.

Gudanov - Nov 14, 2007 6:02:24 am PST #2191 of 10001

Coding and Sleeping

Oh, and apparently I missed two different sets of cupcakes yesterday! WTF.

Maybe you have some sort of mental block that prevents you from seeing cupcakes. Have you had bad experiences with cupcakes in the past?

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