[JABBERBONK]

Hate to break this to you but a "parody" is not slander nor defamation, but protected speech.

[Keith in Iowa]

Simply saying it's parody does not make it so.

[skr]

The juvenile delinquent created a phony profile. It doesn't say that he indicated it was a parody in the profile. I hope the principal countersues and that a person's reputation is given due consideration. Freedom of speech isn't unlimited, and pretending to be someone else is fraud.

[wintertime]

You have taken MY dime and used it to indoctrinate YOUR child into a religion, and to imprison the children of the poor. Jabberbonk

Jabberbonk,

If this is protected speech, then the government school principal is in a tough situation.

There are two responses needed here: Parental and school response.

If I were this kid's parent there would be serious consequences for this little punk.

If this were a private school and I were the principal, this child would have been expelled immediately.

Ah,,,,but now we have ***government*** schools and this is why this case is not straight forward.

All schools must restrict free speech, if they didn't chaos would reign. So...how can government own and run schools that must restrict speech and still respect the First Amendment rights found in our federal and state constitutions? Answer: Government schools can't!

Government schools must trash the First Amendment if they are to maintain order, and if they relent their is chaos.

Solution: Begin the process of privatizing universal K-12 education.

[wintertime]

Jabberwonk,

I am very sorry. The quote I cut and pasted is not from you.