well the kid must have been a bush supporter attacking him unfairly!
Oh, come on. He was just expressing himself, like it says in the constitution. Free speech!
Seriously, "liberal education" doesn't "go wrong." It starts out that way and goes "more wrong."
Funny thing is it happened while a lib was taking Q&A. It happened on a college campus, but yet the implication is that it was Bush’s fault. UNBELIEVABLE THE FANTASY LAND THESE PEOPLE LIVE IN.
No one has the freedom to disrupt
they aren’t articulate enough to express their opposition to Bush based on the issues, so they resort to vulgarity.
I thought kids went to college so they could learn how to express opinions without vulgarity.
He was not only an embarrassment to himself but to his mother and father as well.....but then again, I don't think libs are prone to embarrassment for their actions.
They want your feedback!
To: University Community and Collegian readers
From: J. David McSwane, Editor in Chief
Re: Collegian editorial
On Friday, September 21, the The Rocky Mountain Collegian editorial board printed a statement bashing President Bush in its Opinion section in an effort to highlight the importance of free speech on a college campus. In doing so, the editorial board and I realized the statement was controversial and unpopular among some students and community members.
This letter should serve as an explanation to readers who were offended and upset by the editorial statement. While the editorial board feels strongly with regard to first amendment issues, we have found the unintended consequences of such a bold statement to be extremely disheartening.
As a student-run publication with a proud 116-year tradition of serving Colorado State University Students and the surrounding communities, it is our responsibility to uphold the standards set by my predecessors. We intend to continue this tradition.
As local and national media will inevitably jump on this controversy, I strongly urge the university community to try and understand that the intentions of the students on staff, including me, were not to cause harm, but rather to reinforce the importance of free speech at our great institution. My staff and I are extremely proud to be CSU students and members of this amazing community, and it is my sincere hope that our readers understand our intentions were not malicious.
The First Amendment is at the very core of what we do as a newspaper. We as journalists wish to celebrate it, utilize it and, sometimes, defend it. The Collegian editorial board, a group of seven student editors charged with determining a staff editorial for each issue, voted to run the editorial statement. This vote was a split vote, but the board as a whole as agreed to stand behind this decision and to continue the Collegian tradition.
Finally, we are available to any students or community members who wish to voice their complaints, feedback or opinions regarding this issue. Please don’t hesitate to send your letters to letters@collegian.com or by submitting them online at www.collegian.com.
Sincerely,
J. David McSwane
Editor in Chief
Welcome to the real world, kids. The reverse side of the free-speech coin is living with the consequences of your speech. The Constitution says only that THE GOVERNMENT will make no laws abridging free speech, it doesn't say that the citizens have to put up with your nonsense and act as if you haven't said anything at all.
(Know you cannot shout 'fire'; but surely hate speech endangers one; as much as a riot in a crowed room.)
Education today does not even try to be the 'light' it should be; rather; it is abysmally and Liberally, ignorant and dark.
Too many 'lights out' across our Country; where authentic education, should be turning them on.
It is a failure of our egalitarian society to expect high standards from children, the corrupt, or those degenerate in their dotage.
But while we are ever hopeful that they will “straighten up and fly right”, all too often, children behave like children, the corrupt remain corrupt, and the degenerate elderly behave atrociously.
In this case, just because he is performing the job of an editor, it is obvious that without adult supervision, this adolescent has abused the privilege afforded him. What should become a permanent part of his record is that he was given responsibility prematurely, and did not properly use it. In turn, this cannot speak to his eventual behavior as a responsible adult, just that he is not a responsible adult yet.
This is the same reasoning that would legitimately result in refusing either of the Clintons authority or responsibility. Not because they are immature, but because they are corrupt. Despite their entreaties, they are not unlike convicted felons, who can never again be given authority or responsibility.
Unlike children, who can be tested to determine their maturity, the Clintons have demonstrated themselves socially defective or even antisocial. But our society should no more romanticize their activities, nor give them any more chances, than it would to John Gotti.
Lets see how “free” free speech is at CU if the words
FU@K MUHAMMAD
I am sure the President of CU would THEN step in.
He shouldn’t be fired because he used a vulgar word in an editorial. The entire editorial board should be fired for being hopelessly stupid.
Now THAT is what I call free speech.
Never ever ever read the opinion section of a college newspaper. I’m a freshman at Ohio State and I mistakenly read an editorial in the opinion section—the ignorance and liberalism in it was astounding. It makes your blood boil.
Luck Fiberalism.
Free speech is not...