I bet Lance Armstrong sure wishes he had added you to his legal defense team, just think of all the troubles you would have solved for him (I get your point though, just also pointing that that yes, drug use in some situations can definitely be illegal).
I think you may have traces of a bunch of different things in your sysyem.
Noted that you have more sympathy for a racist joke teller's "rights" than an innocent man who was murdered.
Love the passion of this post.
Who is justifying his death? Show me one comment that says he deserved to die. It's a fact that he had drugs in his system (and I don't really care about that, let people do what they want). But you're just putting words in other people's mouth and creating a strawman argument by saying people are justifying his death. This is one of the few cases where nearly everyone agrees his death was unjustified.
Then why bring up that he had drugs in his system?
Great post but in court it will not be irrelevant. Anything that slows his respiratory function is of great interest to the court as well as any previous violent behavior. We all agree that he should not have died and that the cop was way out of bounds and will be prosecuted.
Got it. Thanks for the reply.
While it is sad, those who choose to do so, are entitled to their opinion. Basically we need to remember what zman said. I should read it before I post.
Where does the student code of conduct come in? That is assuming such behavior would be against KSU's code of conduct.You have a source for any of this or are you just making it up as you go? I already provided one court case that is relevant to this situation. Here's three more sources that agree that the first amendment applies to public universities. As long as someone is not inciting violence, they can say what they want.
State of the Law: Speech Codes
www.thefire.org
You are being redirected...
www.adl.org
.
Speech on Campus
www.aclu.org
While I appreciate your points, I am looking at the impact. I am asking this question, because I don't know the answer. Is the administration able to ask the student to cease and desist? I am trying to sort out where the line is between freedom of speech and offending others. I would think at some point their could be counter charges of the administration failing to provide a safe and stable learning environment.
Just saying it was a joke, isn't proof that it was a joke.
Our entire criminal justice system is based on "the eye of the beholder", the jury. As it should be. There is almost never hard evidence of any thing which is claimed to have occurred.
thanks. I can't believe i thought i would understand that document. .
Can you highlight and tell exactly which part of the tweet was inciting violence or is expulsion worthy? Whether wrong or right (he's wrong, and an idiot), you can't go around punishing people for non-violent statements that speak their opinion.
Respectfully, are you eating paint chips? It could only be a joke. He was a drug user he was dead for a month, he was now then drug free for a month. I love dark humor. The world would be such a better place if we could respect people's rights to make "too soon" jokes. RELAX. If people don't enjoy them, at a time like this no less, then it is more that I feel sorry for them because their existence is humorless in many ways.