Your First Amendment rights to self expression apparently don't include making threats against the US President, an offense under federal law. A Sacramento student was pulled out of biology class and questioned about comments and pictures on a Myspace page. Of course, count on the ACLU to say that it wasn't a real threat so it's protected speech under the First Amendment.
At least her parents admit that what the child did was wrong--then they screw it all up by saying the Secret Service overreacted by even interviewing their cherub.
u know that some kids would go back to class and be like "dude, i just got investigated by the secret service....im a threat to national security.....hu hu hu, awesome."
ReplyDeleteand then after the situation hits national news, some kids would be like "hu hu hu, im a start"
freakin kids these days
I seem to recall that a socalled nice college girl from Cali was kidnapped, brainwashed and joined her good buddies in the Sybionese Liberation Army in a bank holdup. I am sure she was once a nice girl too. Nice girls sometimes do stupid things. Stupidity should always be rewarded.
ReplyDelete"Cherub"... wonderful sarcasm.
ReplyDeleteDoes this student go to rio? and is there and article/news about it where you can see who it is?
ReplyDeleteThe article says McClatchy.
ReplyDeleteI've got a nice long piece on this -- I guess the spoiled little brat and her over-indulgent/under-involved parents think she should have ben ignored because she is an upper middle-class/rich white girl from a good home in a nice neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteI think Hinkley came from a good home in a nice neighborhood, too.
My further thoughts here.
http://rhymeswithright.mu.nu/archives/200604.php
It's Sad that a 14 year old girl would have such hate on her site.
ReplyDeleteFirst off she needs to learn to respect her elders.
I think that it is is despicable for anyone to have a website with the words "Kill Bush", but I realize that it is protected speech.
Protected or not, I think that the secret service is doing a fine job paying this girl a "visit".
I would feel the same way about them visiting someone with similar comments about Hillary, or Bill Clinton.