Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Internet: The end of forgetting


NYTimes

Four years ago, Stacy Snyder, then a 25-year-old teacher in training at Conestoga Valley High School in Lancaster, Pa., posted a photo on her MySpace page that showed her at a party wearing a pirate hat and drinking from a plastic cup, with the caption “Drunken Pirate.” After discovering the page, her supervisor at the high school told her the photo was “unprofessional,” and the dean of Millersville University School of Education, where Snyder was enrolled, said she was promoting drinking in virtual view of her under-age students. As a result, days before Snyder’s scheduled graduation, the university denied her a teaching degree. Snyder sued, arguing that the university had violated her First Amendment rights by penalizing her for her (perfectly legal) after-hours behavior. But in 2008, a federal district judge rejected the claim, saying that because Snyder was a public employee whose photo didn’t relate to matters of public concern, her “Drunken Pirate” post was not protected speech.[...]

3 comments :

  1. This is almost comical that Eidensohn the self styled Rabbi who brands himself as "Daas Torah" is now a champion for free internet speech and expression >>>>sure say whatever is on your mind Daniel the USA Gov will protect your rights.
    The ultimate judge You will have to answer along with all the people , families, children, students lives you have wrecked and have murdered with your with your fingers, keypad, underhanded sneaky tactics and enablers. They will all line up to greet you >>what will be your plea in Baid Din Shel Maloh "RABBI STERNBUCH SAID IT WAS MUTTAR"?

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  2. Nit Gleich-

    And WHO are you???

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  3. r eidenson never claimed to be a rabbi...he is a phd pschologist...i know he treets difficult cases
    (poor) without fee...which makes him a bit of a tzidik...

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