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RE: French court says site cannot grade teachers
How can you possibly argue that this is like yelling fire in a crowded theater? How is that in any way relevant? There are plenty of websites which make it their goal to review other people's professional work. Should I not write my scathing critique of a bad book on Amazon.com? Should I hold my tongue when criticizing my country's President online? Because it's like yelling fire in a crowded theater?

What you are talking about is slander. If there is slander on the website (which is not the same as saying something bad, it has to be a false or unsubstantiated accusation), then the teacher can take legal action against the STUDENT or other individual who posted the slanderous information in the first place.

This is ridiculous. The entire Internet was founded by the idea of the free and unrestricted dissemination of information. What now, if a citizen slanders someone else on a TV show, will the French government shut down the entire TV station? I thought the French people were all about freedom and l'egalite? Must freedom be so carefully manicured?
Posted by: TheSimulacra   Posted on: 03/04/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Teachers do not want their poor performance's  mrlinux | 03/03/08
Kids tell others ...  Prosthetic_Lips | 03/04/08
Actually, one could conclude that  Boot_Agnostic | 03/03/08
Why don't you also have...  zkiwi | 03/03/08
Well then how do you weed out teachers...  mrlinux | 03/03/08
What qualifies student to judge?  DarbyOhara | 03/04/08
Students are well-qualified to judge teachers  kckn4fun | 03/04/08
Don't be abusrd  athlon | 03/03/08
Ahhh free speech  tom.toughill@... | 03/04/08
Free Speech  voska1 | 03/04/08
Product Reviews  p0figster | 03/04/08
I agree mostly  Boot_Agnostic | 03/05/08
RE: French court says site cannot grade teachers  bruce.greiner@... | 03/03/08
Please,  jbobby_2000@... | 03/03/08
A potentially rude american happy  batch | 03/04/08
You are not rude!!  jbobby_2000@... | 03/05/08
This court ruling is rude.  TheSimulacra | 03/04/08
RE: French court says site cannot grade teachers  kguzzi@... | 03/03/08
Well I do not know where you went to school...  mrlinux | 03/03/08
Who put the evaluation  magallanes | 03/03/08
There's a solution: no grades at all!!  vic_peacock | 03/04/08
RE: French court says site cannot grade teachers  LordLiverpool | 03/04/08
Same with bad physicians  Boot_Agnostic | 03/04/08
For those who say it defames  Boot_Agnostic | 03/04/08
What is life?  roberto_maietta@... | 03/04/08
Host it in America  bweir13 | 03/04/08
French Court was ethically in the wrong  Dr_Zinj | 03/04/08
Simple Answer  dsides@... | 03/04/08
RE: French court says site cannot grade teachers  yid_witch@... | 03/04/08
RE: French court says site cannot grade teachers  TheSimulacra | 03/04/08
RE: French court says site cannot grade teachers  fleshban@... | 03/04/08
RE: French court says site cannot grade teachers  ali.thinks@... | 03/04/08
RE: French court says site cannot grade teachers  jbobby_2000@... | 03/05/08
Again, the system can be constructed  Boot_Agnostic | 03/05/08
I support ratemyteachers.com  John Musbach | 03/08/08

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