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To: KonKilo who wrote (69383)	5/30/2008 2:31:35 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541933

Good luck with your daughter. When you return, consider that freedom of speech does not mean freedom to speak anywhere you like. Many people confuse that crucial point; I can list dozens of places in every city and town in America where you and I do not have an unlimited right to stand up and say and do what we like. Many don't allow us in at all, and many others only on condition that we limit our behavior to their rules. Some folks on SI have the same beef. They won't recognize that SI is like any other community. You can't go into the library and scream your head off, and the bank probably won't let you go anywhere except the lobby. And so on and so on. Religious people can practice their religion in any private facility they control. They can stand on the street corner and pray and sing all day and all night. They can write and publish about their religion daily if they choose. I don't see an abridgement of freedom of speech, just limits on conduct in a certain facility. That's how the world works.

To: KonKilo who wrote (69383)	5/30/2008 2:35:54 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541933

this is a case of Federal law conflicting with Freedom of Speech Kids in school don't get to say whatever they want whenever they want. Schools are places of learning and speaking is as specified by the staff. Kids, generally, are supposed to shut up unless the teacher calls on them. That even includes whispering, where the rest of the class can't hear. No violation of freedom of speech in that.