VLVL -- Correcting a Failure in Public Will

[Otto]

Why the USA still aren't a fascist country:

Judge Backs Student's Bush 'Terrorist' T - Shirt
DETROIT (Reuters) - A federal court judge ruled on Wednesday that a
Detroit-area school acted improperly in barring a student anti-war protester
from wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with a picture of President Bush and the
words ``International Terrorist.''

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in March claiming that
the constitutional rights of Bretton Barber were violated a month earlier by
Dearborn High School when it ordered him to either wear the T-shirt inside
out or go home.

In a preliminary injunction, U.S. District Court Judge Patrick Duggan in
Detroit said the school had failed to back its claim that the T-shirt
threatened to create a ``disturbance or disruption'' at Dearborn High.

He also rejected the school's argument that the schoolyard was an
inappropriate place for political debate.

``In fact, as (the courts) have emphasized, students benefit when school
officials provide an environment where they can openly express their
diverging viewpoints and when they learn to tolerate the opinions of
others,'' Duggan wrote in his decision.

Lawyers for the school could not be reached for immediate comment on
Duggan's ruling.

But Andrew Nickelhoff, a lawyer who argued the case on behalf of the ACLU,
hailed it as ``an important civics lesson'' for students across the United
States.

``This case teaches that the First Amendment protects our right to express
our opinions, and that sometimes we must have the courage -- as Brett Barber
did -- to defend our rights,'' Nickelhoff said in a statement.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-rights-shirt.html

Schüler darf Bush "Terrorist" nennen
Ein amerikanisches Gericht hat einem Schüler das Recht zugestanden, seine
Meinung auf der Brust zu tragen. Bretton Barber hatte ein T-Shirt getragen,
auf dem US-Präsident George W. Bush als Terrorist bezeichnet wird.
http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,268048,00.html

image:
http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,grossbild-244905-268048,00.html