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- From: Ted.Ketcham@f6.n346.z1.fidonet.org (Ted Ketcham)
- Sender: ufgate@puddle.fidonet.org (newsout1.26)
- Newsgroups: k12.chat.teacher
- Subject: RE: Freedom of speech
- Message-ID: <33667.2B3F16DD@puddle.fidonet.org>
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 92 22:59:34 PDT
- Organization: FidoNet node 1:346/6 - Macs BBS, Spokane WA
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- I read Topping's original diatribe, but was unable to determine exactly what
- inappropriate postings he was alluding to over on K12SeniorChat. Curious, I
- took a random tour there, and found nothing particularly objectionable, which
- I must admit, was a bit of a dissappointment, given Frank Toppings' promise
- that there were evil doings being done.
-
- Seriously, Frank, if you still lurk here, or Gordon, or Ken, are there
- pedophiles making inappropriate suggestions in Sen.Chat? As someone who will
- ultimately try to convince administrators that this BBS stuff is the best
- thing to happen to education since the invention of recess, I'd like not to be
- surprised by controversy. I know administrators who have dedicated their
- careers to avoiding any decision that might get them criticized. It crossed
- my mind, as I read Frank Topping's posting, that had I been "touring" K12Net
- with one or two of our district's less courageous decision makers, we'd be
- pretty much finished at about that point.
-
- So, for those of us who work in districts that rank "freedom of speech" a
- distant second to "freedom from conflict," what's the story?
- TWK
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