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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 04:39 PM
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Three students face expulsion over anti-Bush protest

http://www.wvec.com/news/hampton/stories/wvec_local_112305_hu_protest.65cbe4b.html

Three students face expulsion over protest

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Mark Bennett says he was among those passing out the ‘Drive Out Bush Regime’ flyers and spreading the word about a protest gathering. But then campus police showed up.

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Hampton University’s code of conduct says peaceful, non-violent demonstrations are allowed on campus as long as permission has been given. Each student much sign it.

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"If they're going to practice their freedom of speech, they have to have permission.”

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Bennett explained why he’s part of the effort.

"They can send you to Iraq in a quick second. But, they can't send you to New Orleans when they needed it, so it's like his views are messed up."

There will be a hearing to decide any discipline for the students accused of violating the university’s code of conduct.

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MindPilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 04:43 PM
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1. Every time I think it can't get any more Orwellian...it does
Edited on Wed Nov-23-05 04:46 PM by MindPilot
"If they're going to practice their freedom of speech, they have to have permission.”

That line sounds like it's from a Monty Python skit.
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Qibing Zero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 04:50 PM
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3. Seriously. Dead seriously. =/ nt
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 04:58 PM
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6. Yeah, Orwell was about 2 decades off.
1984 should have been called 2005. :evilgrin:
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Rob H. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 05:01 PM
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7. "...they have to have permission.”
I'm pretty sure there's a permission slip floating around out there somewhere. What's it called again? Oh, yeah: The United States Constitution.
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DemInDistress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 04:47 PM
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2. wow..you need premission today to express Your Freedom of
Speech....Give me a Fugggging break.Man I cant wait until the 06' elections when the Democrats will crush these lying pieces of shit and
kick their asses out of DC..
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slaveplanet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 04:54 PM
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4. You know, ...Permission???
They can say all people of color are now slaves... that doesn't make it so....We have a goddamn Constitution.

Students need to be aware of what they're signing onto, before they willingly sign away their rights....


that contract is an illegal contract... and the school needs to be taken to task.

How can Ideas be freely discussed in class with rules like that?

How many other schools have such rules as a prerequisite for incoming students?
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slaveplanet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 04:54 PM
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5. kick
Edited on Wed Nov-23-05 04:56 PM by slaveplanet
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BJW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 05:04 PM
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8. New DEM Platform--No More Free Speech "Zones"
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MindPilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 05:17 PM
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9. Agreed!! All a Dem has to do for a campaign speech is
read the Bill of Rights. If they want to hang ten of something in public schools and buildings, how about the BoR?


BTW, your avatar, isn't that the guy on the tailgate of that truck?
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BJW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 05:58 PM
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10. Let's do this--how do we get DUers on board to
push dems to have a campaign platform including posting BoRs in all classrooms???

sorry, but I don't get what you meant about the guy on the tailgate? I'm a little dense today...
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MindPilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-24-05 10:39 AM
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16. Referring to the "Image on truck's tailgate appears to be Jesus" thread
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=5433023
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 05:59 PM
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11. "If they're going to practice their freedom of speech, they have to have..
"permission."

AHHH! George Orwell, SAVE US! Your nightmares are coming true.

:puke::puke:
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Shakespeare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 06:19 PM
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12. the irony of that statement....
....overwhelms me.
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Art_from_Ark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 07:40 PM
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13. So now passing out flyers is the same as a "demonstration"?
Campus cops are often not the brightest bulbs on the law enforcement board.
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ellenfl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 08:25 PM
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14. the aclu should know about this. eom
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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-05 08:25 PM
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15. It's a private/independent wingnut school. I hope it doesn't take
any federal or state funds. (Oh, and I love the Emancipation Oak on its home page.)
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