Tia Leschke

> << So then would you agree that the boy who has requested people to help
> him out by calling his school to complain about him being on detention
> is actually in the wrong? >>
>
> Pretty much, yes.
>
> He can poster his whole house. He can put picket signs on the lawns of
any
> friends' families that agree to have them. But legally, he doesn't have
the
> right to paper the building.

The key question is under what circumstances a student *is* allowed to put
up posters. If he was disciplined because of the political content of his
poster, then the rule would have to be no political posters. If students
are allowed to put up posters with political opinions, then all political
opinions should be allowed.
>
> IF you think he has that right, what if what a student chose to put up was
> sexist, racist, dishonest, harmful, inflammatory war-mongering? What if
> what he chose to put up was scatological humor about camel jockeys?
Where's
> the line? What "rights" DO you want schools to have?

If they don't cross the line into illegal activity, and students are allowed
to put up political posters, then the boy should have the same right, even
if the principal disagrees with his politics.
Tia