Lawmaker Reads Crude Web Posts at School

[Rhino]

Lawmaker Reads Crude Web Posts at School

Friday, February 09, 2007

WRENTHAM, Mass. — A state senator used foul language in a talk to high school students in his district, but defended himself by saying he was just repeating what some students wrote about him on a Web site.

Sen. Scott Brown was discussing his stance on gay marriage during an assembly at King Philip Regional High School on Thursday when he decided to share the comments written about him and his family posted on a facebook.com page dedicated to a pro-gay rights history teacher at the school.

Brown, a Republican from Wrentham, opposes gay marriage.

"I hate scott brown" and "scott brown ascends from the underworld," were two of the tamer comments on the site. Others contained profanities.

Some of the comments were aimed at Brown's daughter, Ayla Brown, a former American Idol finalist.

He read the comments verbatim, even naming the students who wrote them in some cases, witnesses said......http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Feb09/0,4670,SenatorBadLanguage,00.html

[Riverboat]

Did anyone say "That's so gay?" cause I hear that a lot, like, you know, when I assign work or, you know, like, when they so have to take a quiz and they, uh, you know, didn't really prepare for it.

[Wolfcounsel]

It would give me an uplifting feeling to have some pamperbutt use that expression on me.

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

Hmmm, this sounds vaguely familiar somewhat. As I have observed when visiting another site, once one's words enter the internet atmosphere they can be captured by others and repeated. Perhaps these children should not be saying things they don't want coming back to haunt them. Seems only fair for the state senator to reveal THEIR names when they have been using his and his family's to disparage.

[DeclinetoState]

Do the kids have parents? Do the parents pay attention to what their kids are doing on the Internet?

[DoctorDoom]

... once one's words enter the internet atmosphere they can be captured by others and repeated.Doom's Law #11: Never post something on the Internet that you don't want the world to know.

[pinqy]

So, what's the issue? Someone is offended that kids who wrote obscenities heard their own obscenities? That's about the dumbest thing I've heard. What, are they afraid the kids didn't know how to pronounce them before?

[DeclinetoState]

What, are they afraid the kids didn't know how to pronounce them before?Probably.