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Public Figure?
Ok simple question.

How is he a public figure? Was he elected to the position of principal? He may speak to cameras when asked to, but that does not make him a public figure. He was hired as a private employee of the school district to administer the daily activities of the high school. One of which is to discipline students who defame himself, other faculty, the school, or the district.

What is the difference between them writing something defaming on the walls of the school against him or on the web? Punishment is deemed necessary in both cases. It also just so happens that the information went farther than the walls of the school, so therefore so should the punishment.

I have 4 children of my own and if they even considered doing what these boys have allegedly done, then they would deserve to be sued and/or expelled from school.
Posted by: Oregon_Polar   Posted on: 04/09/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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HarHar  ibabadur1 | 04/09/07
Get your spelling straight  Tony R. | 04/09/07
get a life  Brandon_J5 | 04/10/07
Agrred...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/10/07
Mi two! (NT)  Spoon Jabber | 04/10/07
PRINCIPAL  wtl48@... | 04/12/07
of course  Badgered | 04/09/07
"how to best raise their child"  dobestpossible@... | 04/09/07
On the other hand,  justanitguy | 04/09/07
It's Legal to Defame Public Figures in US  mighetto | 04/09/07
Public Figure?  Oregon_Polar | 04/09/07
I think you are correct...  BitTwiddler | 04/10/07
And your school taught what?  john@... | 04/10/07
Parody's  wtl48@... | 04/12/07
check it out  voska | 04/10/07
Sorry, he is NOT a public figure  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/10/07
Man, that's three times!  Spoon Jabber | 04/10/07
Affected his 1st job and his reputation thusly his life  Boot_Agnostic | 04/10/07
Stupid kids  Beat a Dead Horse | 04/10/07
Yes! Have we learned nothing...  Spoon Jabber | 04/10/07
School should not have suspended the student  Dr_Zinj | 04/12/07
Doesn't the mention of incident(s) at school or with school people  Boot_Agnostic | 04/12/07
No, they absolutely should have  Spoon Jabber | 04/13/07
eric trosch  chavo55 | 05/12/07

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