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Supreme Court to hear Supremely Stupid FCC case

Am I the only one who sees the contextual differences between the three statements below?That aside, the fleeting expletive policy is just insane. What if Bono had gotten up there, tripped and banged his head and said ‘FUCK!’, which would be a pretty understandable thing to say? The fact is that if hearing [...]

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Nor can you text, whisper, or write in your diary (if your brother might read it)

This is, of course, both crazy and disturbing.  What the school is saying, in effect, is that they have control over all public statements made by students both in school and outside of school.
The argument they are using is that the student posted the statements on a blog that was likely to be read by [...]