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Posted by CN Staff on August 30, 2006 at 12:37:00 PT By Beth Bragg Source: Anchorage Daily News 
Juneau, Alaska -- When it comes to Bong Hits 4 Jesus, here's some Advice 4 Dummies: If the phrase poses such a threat to the health and future of any teenager exposed to it, then stop making a federal case out of it.If the Juneau School Board, in its infinite stubbornness, is so worried that the message waved on a banner four years ago at a nonschool event will lead high school kids down the path to illegal drug use, why does it insist on giving the message such tremendous exposure? Google "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" and you'll get 14,100 hits. Included among them is proof positive that the message has become part of the vernacular: It has its own Wikipedia entry. And all Joe Frederick wanted was to catch the eye of a TV cameraman. Frederick is the man who, back when he was a senior at Juneau-Douglas High School, made a 10-foot banner to wave as the Olympic torch relay passed through Juneau. A true Alaska artist, he used butcher paper as his canvas and duct tape as his paint to craft the sign that now waves in perpetuity: Bong Hits 4 Jesus. The school principal, Deborah Morse, went nuts -- even though Frederick wasn't on school property, wasn't at a school-sponsored event, wasn't under direct supervision of school employees and wasn't representing the school in any way imaginable. Nor did he cause a disruption at school. School officials admitted as much to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Lawyers for Morse and the school board argue that Morse's confiscation of the banner and suspension of Frederick were justified because the poster was inconsistent with the school's mission to teach a healthy, drug-free lifestyle. Complete Title: School's Fight To Censor Poster Ensures We'll Never Forget It Snipped: Complete Article: http://tinyurl.com/k6td7 Source: Anchorage Daily News (AK) Related Articles: Bong Hits 4 Jesus’ Case To U.S. Supreme Court? School Board Stands by Plans To Appeal 'Bong Hits' To Supreme Court? Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
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| Comment #9 posted by mai_bong_city on August 30, 2006 at 15:59:55 PT |
| and i pray for peace soon. thank you for being my family. mbc [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #8 posted by whig on August 30, 2006 at 15:47:06 PT |
| Personally I seem to be alternating between strains, and learning their differences. Maybe he'd have done that. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #7 posted by Max Flowers on August 30, 2006 at 15:29:29 PT |
| What would Jesus smoke? My guess is that he would lean toward the familiar Afghani type strains of his home turf of the Middle East. In fact, no, I bet he would go straight for the Red Lebanese hash. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #6 posted by FoM on August 30, 2006 at 15:26:37 PT |
| Thank you. It seems like the right way to deal with drugs. If a friend said hey be careful a person listenened. If they didn't listen at the moment it was in their mind and would stay there and nag at them and in time they would most likely straightend up. Yell, scream, curse, threaten and I guarantee they wouldn't listen. It's just human nature. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #5 posted by whig on August 30, 2006 at 15:14:56 PT |
| "Google "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" and you'll get 14,100 hits." I come up #14 at the moment. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #4 posted by greenmed on August 30, 2006 at 15:11:13 PT |
| As always, your observation is worth much more than 2 cents, FoM. Young adults (I shouldn't have referred to them as "kids") are naturally drawn to new experiences as they open up to the world, and there is something about the culture of cannabis that is protecting and nurturing in just the way you said. People caring for People. Community is the greatest gift. We are bless'd. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #3 posted by FoM on August 30, 2006 at 14:24:35 PT |
| Back in the 70s we talked about drugs, their use and side effects. If you saw a friend going a bit too far you told them it might not be a good thing if they keep up that pace. It was always a suggestion never a threat. Suggestions always work better then threats of punishment if a person doesn't listen. Just my 2 cents. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #2 posted by Sinsemilla Jones on August 30, 2006 at 14:19:07 PT |
| If he can do for pot what he did for fellatio, I might have to consider it. I wonder if anyone has ever thanked him for doing more to popularize oral sex than the movie Deep Throat. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #1 posted by greenmed on August 30, 2006 at 13:20:18 PT |
| "The Alaska Association of School Boards, which is funded in part by dues paid by member schools, decided last month to give the Juneau School Board $15,000 to continue the fight. But if the school district loses, it will have to pay Frederick's attorney fees. Doug Mertz, Frederick's lawyer, figures each side has racked up $100,000 worth of expenses so far, with another $35,000 to come if the Supreme Court takes the case. But, he said, the district's insurance policy should cover all but about $25,000 of the various expenses." --- This is such a frivolous suit and waste of money. No wonder SAT scores are dropping. That may be the objective, after all ... a docile, compliant, uninformed, unthinking Public. Who could possibly benefit from that? Each time I hear prohibitionists cry out "WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN?" I must say I tend to agree with the sentiment, but for entirely different reasons. Children should be educated rather than indoctrinated about drug use. Give them an accurate and (dare I say) scientific understanding of drug action, rather than propaganda, and get out of the way. Kids today see through propaganda like no generation before. Stop underestimating them - they will rise to the challenge. [ Post Comment ] |
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