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Originally posted by Mike F+May 28 2005, 09:32 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Mike F @ May 28 2005, 09:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-CaptainCrunch@May 28 2005, 12:38 PM
The kid was a moron, this has nothing to do with him protesting or making a social statement, he's an idiot.
I'm shocked that he's in school at all.
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Bit of an overstatement, no? Plus, typically these "Most likely to..." captions are done by the yearbook committee or someone other than the student.
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This has nothing to do with freedoms, or freedom of expression.
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Not allowing the caption "Most likely to assassinate Bush" is limiting a student's freedom of expression, the issue is whether it's a reasonable limit.
Personally I think the Secret Sarvice's investigating it as a threat falls under the heading of "Having nothing else to do that day...", however the school's choice to black it out as inappropriate for an official school publication is fine with me. [/b][/quote]
There's a big difference between "Most likely to drink a ton of beer" or most likely to be unemployed for life and most likely to kill the president.
Especially after the events of Columbine and other school incidences the school has to take something like that seriously.
The secret service dosen't have a choice, if there is even a mention of killing the president they have to investigate. Its the law not a option.
And yes, it was a moronic and irresponsible thing to put into a year book, and not even real funny.
And something like that to me dosen't even warrant an argument of freedom of expression unless your going to tell me that it wasn't a joke but a political statement.