Morse vs. Frederick

EOC WEEK 5
This is one of those times I’m going to have to agree with the Courts decision. Although, I wouldn’t have been offended by the banner displayed by Frederick, it was done in poor taste, and definitely at the wrong venue. I feel as though he truly believed he had the right to display his sign, but why at this event, and what was his motivation? Did he see himself as making a major blow for the Legalization of Marijuana? Nonetheless, he received what he had coming his way.
The sign that was displayed by Frederick was meant to get attention and show his views on the issue, I wonder if a High School is the best place to do this. I support freedom of speech, but there is times where some things just aren’t appropriate, this is call morals. He was asked to take the banner down and refused to comply that sounds like a suspension a me. I think Frederick had an obscure understanding of the first amendment and truly felt he was going to make his contribution. The 1st. Amendment reads as follows: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances”. However; if he was truly committed in his beliefs he wouldn’t have went across the street to do it. This tells me he knew he shouldn’t of use a school as his stage.
I find it funny that it became such a deal, Frederick a student told by a Principal to remove disruptive material for a school sanctioned event. “A minor on the schools watch cased closed”.

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You have a persuasive argument, valid points, and I agree with you on some of your statements. This is one of those things, where depending upon which side of the fence your standing, determines how you view the playing field. I wish I could see things as black and white as you do. I agree it is up to us to change the things we deem unnecessary, and sometimes they do change, but at a snail’s pace, and sometimes too little too late. I know that things aren’t always going to be perfect, and we do have a lot of privileges that others don’t get to enjoy, I guess all in all; the justice system to me is a teenage kid that needs constant supervision, and every now and then put on a time out. I appreciate you pointing out some of our not so finer moments in the toddler stages of American law.
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Oh too true; I feel as though you and I share the same ideology on the justice system as we know it today and as it will always be. I like how you touched on some points that I would liked to have explored. Somehow America is becoming un-American as though it was feeding on itself. I wonder if there will ever be the right formula for a world, without the need for rules and restrictions, or two separate policies for the have and have knots. The system as we know it is faulted and you definitely have a good grasp of where our nation is heading if we don’t stop and notice the world around us. The question I truly want to know is do you think there will come a time where everyone as a whole will say, things need to change. The odds of this happening are slim to none; but one can hope.
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