Comments on: ACLU sues Murray schools over student expelled for poem http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2006/03/31/aclu-sues-murray-schools-over-student-expelled-for-poem/ Beating Them With Their Own Sickle And Hammer Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:01:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jenée http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2006/03/31/aclu-sues-murray-schools-over-student-expelled-for-poem/comment-page-1/#comment-48841 Jenée Sun, 02 Apr 2006 01:19:45 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.dreamhosters.com/archives/2006/03/31/aclu-sues-murray-schools-over-student-expelled-for-poem/#comment-48841 I happen to be one who doesn't think the student's suspension was justified, at least not based on the information provided here. I didn't interpret the poem as being threatening in the slightest. It sounds to me to be an expression of the sort of fear that I'm sure a lot of students these days have to deal with. The only possible danger I could see being read into this is that perhaps (and it's a big "perhaps") he knows/suspects someone else might carry out deadly actions, thus the comparison of himself to Paul Revere who warned others of impending danger. If this student has exhibited any sort of behavior to indicate he could be a threat to himself or anybody else, then maybe the suspension was warranted. But if he's just an average teenager who was suspended simply for writing a poem on a dark subject matter then I hope the ACLU's lawsuit on his behalf is successful. I happen to be one who doesn’t think the student’s suspension was justified, at least not based on the information provided here. I didn’t interpret the poem as being threatening in the slightest. It sounds to me to be an expression of the sort of fear that I’m sure a lot of students these days have to deal with. The only possible danger I could see being read into this is that perhaps (and it’s a big “perhaps”) he knows/suspects someone else might carry out deadly actions, thus the comparison of himself to Paul Revere who warned others of impending danger.

If this student has exhibited any sort of behavior to indicate he could be a threat to himself or anybody else, then maybe the suspension was warranted. But if he’s just an average teenager who was suspended simply for writing a poem on a dark subject matter then I hope the ACLU’s lawsuit on his behalf is successful.

]]> By: kerwin_brown http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2006/03/31/aclu-sues-murray-schools-over-student-expelled-for-poem/comment-page-1/#comment-48840 kerwin_brown Sat, 01 Apr 2006 11:57:02 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.dreamhosters.com/archives/2006/03/31/aclu-sues-murray-schools-over-student-expelled-for-poem/#comment-48840 I understand where the school is coming from but the ACLU just seems to be stirring up trouble. I wonder how many dead can be attributed to their efforts? I understand where the school is coming from but the ACLU just seems to be stirring up trouble. I wonder how many dead can be attributed to their efforts?

]]> By: Vince Aut Morire » Blog Archive » ACLU Sues in Support of ‘Creative’ ‘Non-Threatening’ Student Poet http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2006/03/31/aclu-sues-murray-schools-over-student-expelled-for-poem/comment-page-1/#comment-48839 Vince Aut Morire » Blog Archive » ACLU Sues in Support of ‘Creative’ ‘Non-Threatening’ Student Poet Sat, 01 Apr 2006 06:13:55 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.dreamhosters.com/archives/2006/03/31/aclu-sues-murray-schools-over-student-expelled-for-poem/#comment-48839 [...] The poem is not included in the story, but Jay at Stop the ACLU received the poem in question in an email: Something bad is going to happen at school, Maybe not to you, maybe to Loni, I’m not very sure, but I know it’ll haunt me For the rest of my life and for the rest of my days, all I will see is a red bloody haze. From Death to Desire, I have to find a heart that I truely addmire. From blondes to brunets, reds and browns, their screams provide me with a crisp, clean sound. I live in horror, terror and fear I feel like I must do something like Paul Reveare. I hear guns go off, bodies drop I just wish this little game would stop. Your heart beats, Your goin in shock, you reach for the glock but tha music stops… [...] [...] The poem is not included in the story, but Jay at Stop the ACLU received the poem in question in an email: Something bad is going to happen at school, Maybe not to you, maybe to Loni, I’m not very sure, but I know it’ll haunt me For the rest of my life and for the rest of my days, all I will see is a red bloody haze. From Death to Desire, I have to find a heart that I truely addmire. From blondes to brunets, reds and browns, their screams provide me with a crisp, clean sound. I live in horror, terror and fear I feel like I must do something like Paul Reveare. I hear guns go off, bodies drop I just wish this little game would stop. Your heart beats, Your goin in shock, you reach for the glock but tha music stops… [...]

]]> By: The Dread Pundit Bluto http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2006/03/31/aclu-sues-murray-schools-over-student-expelled-for-poem/comment-page-1/#comment-48838 The Dread Pundit Bluto Sat, 01 Apr 2006 06:09:27 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.dreamhosters.com/archives/2006/03/31/aclu-sues-murray-schools-over-student-expelled-for-poem/#comment-48838 <strong>ACLU Sues in Support of 'Creative' 'Non-Threatenin</strong> Maybe the ACLU simply doesn't realize the potential for real trouble here because nobody mentioned the name "Columbine". ACLU Sues in Support of ‘Creative’ ‘Non-Threatenin
Maybe the ACLU simply doesn’t realize the potential for real trouble here because nobody mentioned the name “Columbine”.

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