Every so often, something brings up the debate about free speech and censorship. When you think about it, we are all censored in some way everyday. Chances are, even the most outspoken among us (myself included) tempers what they say depending who is present at the time.
However, in the case of this story, some dimwit teacher decided on their own what news source is considered reputable instead of a particular writer or feed. Let's brand the whole Toronto Sun (often the bane of my existence for some stupid, short-sighted, clueless writers like Ms. Blatchford) as being unreputable instead of balancing the good and bad side of the paper.
And then, they compound the idiocy of the whole thing by making me embarassed to be a Catholic. The principal actually questions the morality of the paper because it contained a Sunshine Boy and Girl? As the saying goes, don't throw stones when you are living in a glass house. Let's not be talking about morality when the very institution you stand for covers up and pays off people to cover up some of the most immoral acts in society today.
Plain and simple, they were wrong. The teacher does not even have the nads to stand up in public for what he/she supposedly believes in. If you cannot stand up for your convictions, just how much do you believe in them?
CANOE -- CNEWS - Media News: Fan of Sun penalized by teacher
Thursday, March 10, 2005
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Ashamed to be a Catholic? hell, I'm ashamed to be Canadian after reading that one. I can understand the teacher having an issue with Frank or National Lampoon, or the National Enquirer, but the Toronto Sun??
That's a clear case of teacher bias influence on student output. Shame on the school for that.
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