http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/25755/drunken-pirate-says-be-careful-what-you-post-online;_ylt=ArzZdJO2ICS3X3UO_sKTNfAFLZA5
Since we have touched on MySpace, Facebook, and other sites a couple of different times this term, I thought this might be relavent. I am interested in finding out YOUR opinion: Is it fair for a school, in this situation, to take away a student's potential degree because of pictures on MySpace? If you read the article it goes on to say that the reason for the removal of the student's degree was not because she had a beer in her hand, but because the caption under the picture read "Drunken Pirate." In fact, the cup that she was drinking out of was just that, a cup. Not a beer can, beer bottle, liquor bottle, or anything that is related to alcohol. I am not saying that she wasn't drinking, however, how can they prove that at that time she wasn't drinking, say, Capri Sun?
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I'm frankly appalled at the hysteria over these sites. I've done a lot worse in my youth, but it just wasn't photographed or videotaped, and no, I'm not going to elaborate. It's almost like these behavior police think students have invented new practices. Are they kidding? And if you have a business, why don't you do something to up your profit instead of worrying about what people have done or are doing in their private lives. You know, J. Edgar Hoover was wearing women's underwear on his own time (or who knows when), but he did his job. Well, that's my opinion--or maybe it's just the drugs talking!
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