[mysterio]

In before the myspace hater hysteria.

[gdani]

Oh, yeah. Bewaaaaaareee the eeevvvillllll MySpace.

Idiots.

[theDentist]

MySpace is a bad place for kids, but frankly any kid who decides to fight this in court will win.

[Millee]

And here comes the ACLU! (bleech!)

[Post-Neolithic]

Can you say UN-Constitutional. Typical liberal-think. Will be thrown out as soon as it hits the courts.

[TomGuy]

Dumb move on the school's part -- trying to impose rules on students' home life.

[marsapan]

I think myspace.com has gotten out of hand, but this decision is not a school's responsibility.

[Calpernia]

New Jersey schools are also taking over behavior 24/7, including summers:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1804820/posts
Flap Over Jersey Schools Regulating Student Behavior 24-7

Notice post 17:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1804820/posts?page=17#17

The new national guidelines have changed the role of parents to STAKEHOLDERS of their children.

[Calpernia]

ping

[keat]

St. Hugo of the Hills

Hmmmmm.

[ishabibble]

The school did this. That's fine. WHERE ARE THE PARENTS?

The bumper crop of daycare babies on MySpace is so scary that there is absolutely nothing else that fills me with such despair. Our young girls are living in cyberspace, totally disconnected from reality until they meet some jailbird creep pedo who wants to understand them. For confirmation, just look at feminism false godess Oprah's Oxygen TV channel. You've never seen such debasement of women as that two bit cable BS. Oprah was way bad before, now she is a criminal, IMHO. The real Oprah is a severely messed up pathetic woman on every level. Just watch that junk cable station for an hour. Pukin' on your shoes ugly!

Give the officials at St. Hugo a medal for drawing a line in the sand. Some 12 yr. old girls might actually make it to teenager with virginity intact. What a concept...

[RockinRight]

I don't think I will want my kids on myspace.

However, a school has no right to keep a kid from having one at all, which this basically says. That's a parenting job, not the school.

[USMCPOP]

It burns me when government, schools and religions try to control peoples lives. It goes against the very grain of freedom. Why do they think they are better qualified to run my life and guide my children than I? They'd be better off spending some time saving their own souls.

[MEGoody]

I assume since this appears to be a private school that the parents have bought into this restriction. If so, then not a problem. But if not, BIG problem.

[sean327]

MySpace is gay, but this is just stupid! What someone does in the privacy of their own home is no one else's damn business!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Fierce Allegiance]

St. Hugo of the Hills Catholic School students were informed recently that under a new school policy, Think First, Stay Safe, the use of MySpace.com will be prohibited at school and at home.

It's a catholic school, they can impose this if they want.

Geez, that was the second line of the article. Doesn't anyone read the article anymore?

[arizonarachel]

I think myspace is fine for people like me: in their 20's (or older) and looking for old high school friends, or keeping in touch with friends back home. I won't allow my son (or subsequent children) to be on myspace. But by the time he's old enough, I don't know what kind of weird stuff will be out there!

[Ace of Spades]

There's nothing in the Constitution preventing the school from doing as it pleases. However, there's also nothing in the Constitution guaranteeing the school's religious tax-exempt status. They want to act like a typical private organization? Fine, they can pay taxes like one.

[Marysecretary]

Our Christian school forbids it as well.

[Centurion2000]

the school just screwed up, they can revoke this policy or they are going to get their a$$es sued off.