How can I convince the school board to unblock? I need it to research my assignments. They have also removed books from my library such The Da Vinci Code and The God Delusion because it is "unwanted content". How can I convince my school board otherwise? This is a school in the USA.
Religion & Spirituality - 11 Answers
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1 :
Nonsense. I don't believe you.
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Sounds like censorship to me. I don't know if their actions are legal, but they are certainly ethically questionable, and you may be able to drag them to court over the establishment clause on this one. Not sure what the legal precedent is, I'm not a US citizen. Personally, I would not allow my children to attend a school with such bigoted and censoring attitudes. (I'm assuming it's a public school?)
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Fine example of Christianity taking a huge dump on the Constitution
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If the school collects public funds, they can't do that. But I assume your school isn't completely ignorant of such things, and you attend some religious private school. Uhh, I would say that if the religious position actually has merit, it should be able to stand up against even the harshest criticism. The truth never has to be afraid and censor the opposition.
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Freedom of Speech and expression, something the US. prides itself on having when reality it does not if it does something stupid like that...I also don't believe you...
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Sounds like a job for the ACLU or use a proxy server.. try www.proxify.com
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Take the facts to someone at the ACLU and let them have a look (school board minutes, etc).
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If you can't find a way to convince them then I suppose you can try another site that provides information like wikipedia. I'm sure wiki is not the only online encyclopedia around even if it is really helpful. It's really tough to convince a school board on your own. Your best bet will be a petition consisting of a LOT of students.
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It's a school. You're under age. You have no rights. Get used to it. It's not for long anyway. Soon you'll be an adult, and then it will be your turn to tell kids what to do.
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You don't need Wikipedia to research your assignments. There are plenty of other informative websites out there. Why, there's even this thing called a 'library', full of things known as 'books', which are just full of useful information. I'll bet your school even has one.
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Christians are generally absolutely terrified of knowledge. Ask them what they are afraid of. In the grand marketplace of ideas they should feel confident, right?
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