BF2S Forums did i do the right thing?

ThomasMorgan wrote:

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:

TMo:

I think his school only distributes it and his press team has to pay for the making the papers etc. But is the school allowed to stop it? Can you please give me a link to a law that says it because I am very curious.

If there is a contract between the school and the newspaper, then I cannot say because obviously I don't know the terms of said contract.  However, I would be extremely surprised (and, in fact, I would guarantee that this isn't the case) if the school had no rights over the paper whatsoever.  So, with that said, if it can be found that a breach of contract occurred, the school can break off the contract entirely, thus halting the distribution of the paper and even possibly going as far as to ban its presence on campus.

If there is no contract between the school and the newspaper, then the school can do as it pleases, as it can with any other form of literature.  If a piece of literature is deemed inappropriate for the classroom, it can be barred from school grounds.

I doubt it would go this far over one article, but you get the idea.

As far as I know, there is no law that states the (or any) school must distribute a school paper.  The only law I was able to find is that public schools are barred from editing articles written in said papers based on opinion alone.  I.E. Editorials cannot be edited for opinion-based content, unless that opinion is proven to be an attack against others.  In this case, I can easily see it being deemed as such.

ThomasMorgan wrote:

Ender2309 wrote:

ThomasMorgan wrote:

If there is a contract between the school and the newspaper, then I cannot say because obviously I don't know the terms of said contract.  However, I would be extremely surprised (and, in fact, I would guarantee that this isn't the case) if the school had no rights over the paper whatsoever.  So, with that said, if it can be found that a breach of contract occurred, the school can break off the contract entirely, thus halting the distribution of the paper and even possibly going as far as to ban its presence on campus.

If there is no contract between the school and the newspaper, then the school can do as it pleases, as it can with any other form of literature.  If a piece of literature is deemed inappropriate for the classroom, it can be barred from school grounds.

I doubt it would go this far over one article, but you get the idea.

As far as I know, there is no law that states the (or any) school must distribute a school paper.  The only law I was able to find is that public schools are barred from editing articles written in said papers based on opinion alone.  I.E. Editorials cannot be edited for opinion-based content, unless that opinion is proven to be an attack against others.  In this case, I can easily see it being deemed as such.

thats the thing though. they've tried several times to pull issues or to pull the paper, and i can guarantee that there is a law floating out there somewhere.

every single time they've tried, they've lost.


and i fail to see how it could be deemed a personal attack, seeing as that would really only be justified by outright saying "XXX is a stupid slut." all i said was quite literally, shut the hell up already, and grow up.

Like I said, it depends on what grounds they try to pull the paper.  Although I must admit, I'm extremely surprised your paper isn't screened before going to the presses.  That's another thing, if it is screened, and your article is seen as appropriate, then the school has no leg to stand on since they had their chance to edit/pull.

Also, I doubt you said "shut the hell up already", and if you did, how is that not a personal attack?

ThomasMorgan wrote:

Ender2309 wrote:

ThomasMorgan wrote:

Like I said, it depends on what grounds they try to pull the paper.  Although I must admit, I'm extremely surprised your paper isn't screened before going to the presses.  That's another thing, if it is screened, and your article is seen as appropriate, then the school has no leg to stand on since they had their chance to edit/pull.

Also, I doubt you said "shut the hell up already", and if you did, how is that not a personal attack?

as far as "quite literally goes," i was talking more about meaning than actual content.

as far as screening, thats what the class adviser is for.

and, once again, the school doesn't get to edit/pull papers.

trust me, if it goes on the pages, its not going to be something bad. again, class adviser.

...does the class adviser represent your school?

ThomasMorgan wrote:

...you never said there was a teacher present, let alone that it was a scheduled class.  If that's the case, and she sees all the articles beforehand, then this debate was pointless.  The school has no argument if its own representative let the paper go to press.

ThomasMorgan wrote:

Ender2309 wrote:

ThomasMorgan wrote:

...you never said there was a teacher present, let alone that it was a scheduled class.  If that's the case, and she sees all the articles beforehand, then this debate was pointless.  The school has no argument if its own representative let the paper go to press.

i assumed that much would be accounted for...

it was interesting, though.

Haha, no no.  When I wrote for my school paper (and was Senior Editor, fyi, which is how I know all this random crap about school papers), it was on our own time, after school.

cospengle wrote:

I love all the legal speak in this thread, but the question raised was "did I do the right thing?".

Right and legal are not the same thing[/obvious statement]

It sounds to me like you didn't like her or didn't like the way she behaved and so you made fun of her in a public way, which is not "nice" (as you described it). She sounds like an airhead though, so I'd say she's fair game. But that doesn't make it "right".

Anyway, it's all speculation from everyone but Ender since none of us know what was in the article. BTW What was the rally for and why do you sound so disappointed about the wrestling team being sidelined?