Kieran is obviously a hero. The school seems to be wanting to tell people they should do slow suicide with tobacco &/or extreme alcohol, so they don't interfere with corporate profits. How irresponsible is that? People like Kieran can save lives.

Maybe Kieran is famous.
Maybe someday there will be a "Trivial Pursuit" question about him.
I wonder if it will be
"What 15 year old from Wawota Saskatchewan demonstrated for Freedom of Speech and Canabis Awareness?"
or
"What 15 year old from Wawota Saskatchewan duped thousands of people around the world into thinking that he had a case about Freedom of Speech?" (the Cannabis Awareness was just a bonus for the SKMP)

It doesn't matter, does it? The tiger's out of the cage now, and regardless of what happens, it has opened the debate everywhere, and so accomplished the original objective. In spades.

Look, we are tired of the ad hominem attacks in here. If you can document your facts, put up or shut up. Otherwise, don't expect to stay around long, unless every news agency and newspaper in Canada are dupes, and you are the only person who "knows what really happened". So prove your smear campaign or apologize. Notice the school board, and principal backed down. I bet if they were "in the right", they would have fought to prove the validity of their reaction to what occured. If you cannot post actual facts, please stop wasting our bandwith. Mikey Evans, Chairman< Oakland County NORML

you telling her to shut up because she has some valid points, pathetic... they've obviously already read the thread, so i guess these questions weren't answered.

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If you can document your facts, put up or shut up.

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I know you are just a kid Deago, so you have reading comprehension problems.

Saying something which isnt true is slander. Printing it is Libel. Both are legally actionable, even printing it "ON THE NET". Accusing people of things you can't prove qualifies for both, depending on the venue.

Asking anonymous, slanderous, and libelous people for "proof" of their accusations is what adults do, to avoid having to contact lawyers and police. The reason you don't understand that my questioning is for those persons protection, is because you are a kid, and don't really understand how the world works. Until you do, you should stay in the kiddy pool, this one is a bit too deep for you, obviously. Mikey Evans, Chairman, Oakland County NORML

I only hope that one day my child will question authority the way Kieran has. Whether he's standing up for the benefits of marijuana having tried it or not is not the question.
I'm impressed, fully. And I find myself wondering why there has to be people, no matter what the issue, who come around in an accusatory fashion to stir the pot, as it were.

Two negative insider letters. The first letter writer seems to be the wife of the school bus driver, Bob, and works as a teller for the Royal Bank in Wawota. The second is the principal of Wynyard Composite High School, so he's sticking up for his buddy.


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http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/letters/story.html?id=d8796ab6-4dfa-4ee2-a744-179da8605a35

Newshawk: CMAP http://www.mapinc.org/cmap
Pubdate: Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Source: Regina Leader-Post (CN SN)
Contact: letters@leaderpost.canwest.com
Contact: http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/letters.html
Website: http://www.canada.com/regina/leaderpost/
Author: Linda Birnie

Wawota: 'Real story' not told

I recently read a letter to the editor in regard to the incident at Wawota
School, published in the Leader-Post June 27 and written by a second-year
law student at the University of Western Ontario.

I cannot believe that a law student feels he can give legal advice based on
what he has read in the media. Maybe a little fact-finding for the true
story would have been in order before he gave advice! It is my understanding
that Mr. King's suspension from the Wawota School was not a result of what
he said, but for not obeying instructions to leave the school on June 12.

The media is consistently stating that Wawota school administrators have
refused to comment on it. I am sure that the administration would love to
tell the true story, but did anyone ever stop to consider that it is its
duty to protect the privacy of all students, no matter what the issue? Isn't
it a shame that, by doing so, they are subject to what could be considered
character assassination! I am a citizen of Wawota with no children attending
school, but I am totally concerned about how the media is slandering our
school administrators.

Linda Birnie Wawota



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http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/letters/story.html?id=3c431935-8893-46b8-bf1f-1d2d8938f15d

Newshawk: CMAP http://www.mapinc.org/cmap
Pubdate: Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Source: StarPhoenix, The (CN SN)
Contact: http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/letters.html
Website: http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/
Author: Blair Pope

Don't criticize principal for upholding standards

Re: Reality check needed in Wawota (SP, June 26). Randy Burton seems to have
all the answers to the dilemmas of weighing the right to free speech versus
the responsibilities of in-school administrators.

Staging a walkout during the school day and disrupting classes was the
apparent reason behind the suspension of Kieran King, not to muzzle anyone's
right to share an opinion.

I can imagine the field day Burton would have had if the administrator did
not oppose the student leaving the classroom for such a purpose? Would this
have been construed as supporting the use of marijuana?

It is discouraging for educators to be admonished for doing their job. It is
also a shame that the Marijuana Party would use this boy and this incident
to further its cause.

As a group, school administrators are held to a higher ethical standard than
others. To find a colleague publicly chastised for upholding those standards
is disheartening. It is a good thing Burton found his niche in a field other
than education.

Blair Pope

Wynyard