What is your reaction to this?

The parents of an Ohio boy who was expelled this month for creating a phony MySpace profile that described his middle school's principal as a child molester have filed a federal lawsuit claiming that the 13-year-old's free speech rights have been violated by education officials.

read more at: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0221081principal1.html

 

hmm...This is an extreme action for 13 years old kid.

 

I can't imagine the horror the principal must have experienced until now.

 

Is that real? Well.. I hope the parents get turned down. 'Freedom of speech' doesn't mean spreading slander. It's meant to give you the ability to express yourself. "Age old tradition of making fun of the principal" or not, chances are the kid knew that creating a strong rumor that the principal is a child molester would potentially get him fired or jailed.

The kids only mistake was being too overt about it. You have to be subtle when ruining someones life, the fake profile was far too unbelievable.

 

FDJustin, it's real, yes. It's in the news headline today.

 

If it was my kid that princeple was beat up by me by now ....

 

Kids are getting more and more stupid these days...

 

extreme action. Too extreme

 

If a 13-year-old kid is pulling schemes like this now, God only knows what kind of
trouble he will cause when he's an adult. What he did isn't illegal, but I believe the
kid should be disciplined somehow.