RIP School Survival Forums
August 2001 - June 2017

The School Survival Forums are permanently retired. If you need help with quitting school, unsupportive parents or anything else, there is a list of resources on the Help Page.

If you want to write about your experiences in school, you can write on our blog.

To everyone who joined these forums at some point, and got discouraged by the negativity and left after a while (or even got literally scared off): I'm sorry.

I wasn't good enough at encouraging people to be kinder, and removing people who refuse to be kind. Encouraging people is hard, and removing people creates conflict, and I hate conflict... so that's why I wasn't better at it.

I was a very, very sensitive teen. The atmosphere of this forum as it is now, if it had existed in 1996, would probably have upset me far more than it would have helped.

I can handle quite a lot of negativity and even abuse now, but that isn't the point. I want to help people. I want to help the people who need it the most, and I want to help people like the 1996 version of me.

I'm still figuring out the best way to do that, but as it is now, these forums are doing more harm than good, and I can't keep running them.

Thank you to the few people who have tried to understand my point of view so far. I really, really appreciate you guys. You are beautiful people.

Everyone else: If after everything I've said so far, you still don't understand my motivations, I think it's unlikely that you will. We're just too different. Maybe someday in the future it might make sense, but until then, there's no point in arguing about it. I don't have the time or the energy for arguing anymore. I will focus my time and energy on people who support me, and those who need help.

-SoulRiser

The forums are mostly read-only and are in a maintenance/testing phase, before being permanently archived. Please use this time to get the contact details of people you'd like to keep in touch with. My contact details are here.

Please do not make a mirror copy of the forums in their current state - things will still change, and some people have requested to be able to edit or delete some of their personal info.

School Survival Forums / The Lounge / General Talk / Philosophy, Politics & History v / Freedom Of Speech

Poll: Should Australia Have Freedom Of Speech?
yes
no
I don't care
[Show Results]
 
Post Reply 
 
Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Freedom Of Speech
Author Message
Nah Offline
Pariah

Posts: 890
Joined: Sep 2007
Thanks: 0
Given 4 thank(s) in 4 post(s)
Post: #1
Freedom Of Speech

I am astonished. I just checked the Australian constitution, and anywhere else i can find, and Australia does not have freedom of speech. anywhere. we have freedom of religion, and the right to a trial, but other than that, nothing. This sucks. Now i cant use this at school when i get yelled at for talking. We need to change this.

PS I got the Dux award at school today, along with Hannah. For the first time, they had a tie.
12-19-2007 03:26 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Darthmat Offline
Fanatic

Posts: 10,661
Joined: Jun 2007
Thanks: 0
Given 41 thank(s) in 35 post(s)
Post: #2
 

Yes, they should.
I highly suggest Mobb Deep's albums The Infamous and Hell on Earth, if you have not listened to it yet.
12-19-2007 10:33 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Vatman Offline
Foreplay in Ink

Posts: 2,701
Joined: Feb 2007
Thanks: 2
Given 98 thank(s) in 67 post(s)
Post: #3
 

No, their accents annoy me.
Some cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
12-20-2007 01:05 AM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
happy fool called Nigel Offline
Pariah

Posts: 945
Joined: Oct 2007
Thanks: 0
Given 6 thank(s) in 6 post(s)
Post: #4
 

Vatman Wrote:No, their accents annoy me.


Your the one with the fucking accent.
They in the sea being burnt, they in the burnt ship drowned.


[Image: nigelsmex.jpg]
12-20-2007 05:36 AM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Rebelnerd Offline
Fanatic

Posts: 8,781
Joined: Aug 2005
Thanks: 0
Given 113 thank(s) in 97 post(s)
Post: #5
 

if you have freedom of religion, just say that God told you to criticize the government. Biggrin


seriously though, that's crazy. a modern, influential, industrialized country like Australia doesn't have freedom of speech? what bullshit.
I think Buenaventura Durruti is a pretty cool guy. eh kills fascists and doesnt afraid of ruins.
The quickest way to kill a revolution is to wait for it.
12-20-2007 05:46 AM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Albatross Offline
Pariah

Posts: 718
Joined: Apr 2007
Thanks: 0
Given 2 thank(s) in 2 post(s)
Post: #6
 

We don't actually have freedom of speech, it just says so on the constitution, if I say what I want I'm labeled a psychopath and told forcibly to shut up or get suspended.
12-20-2007 10:34 AM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
happy fool called Nigel Offline
Pariah

Posts: 945
Joined: Oct 2007
Thanks: 0
Given 6 thank(s) in 6 post(s)
Post: #7
 

Jean Moulin Wrote:We don't actually have freedom of speech, it just says so on the constitution, if I say what I want I'm labeled a psychopath and told forcibly to shut up or get suspended.


The consitution aplpies differently to Minors, especially in a school setting.
They in the sea being burnt, they in the burnt ship drowned.


[Image: nigelsmex.jpg]
12-20-2007 10:40 AM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Rebelnerd Offline
Fanatic

Posts: 8,781
Joined: Aug 2005
Thanks: 0
Given 113 thank(s) in 97 post(s)
Post: #8
 

that's expanding more and more these days though. you can say whatever you want...as long as you don't feel like having privacy or making any airplane trips anytime soon.
I think Buenaventura Durruti is a pretty cool guy. eh kills fascists and doesnt afraid of ruins.
The quickest way to kill a revolution is to wait for it.
12-21-2007 05:48 AM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
jesa Offline
Defiant

Posts: 8
Joined: Dec 2007
Thanks: 0
Given 0 thank(s) in 0 post(s)
Post: #9
 

Rebelnerd Wrote:that's expanding more and more these days though. you can say whatever you want...as long as you don't feel like having privacy or making any airplane trips anytime soon.
Laugh
[Image: me.jpg]
12-21-2007 03:49 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Guest
Unregistered

 
Thanks:
Given thank(s) in post(s)
Post: #10
 

Freedom of speech is not expressly guaranteed in the Australian Constitution but the Supreme Court has, on multiple occasions, held that freedom of speech is implied in the constitution. Also, Australia has ratified the United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights which expressly includes the freedom of speech.
01-01-2008 06:01 AM
Quote this message in a reply
monkey Away
Fanatic

Posts: 1,830
Joined: Jan 2008
Thanks: 0
Given 26 thank(s) in 17 post(s)
Post: #11
 

well my impute is dancin banana's and a vote yes Banana Banana Banana
Had to move on. Account is dead.
01-24-2008 10:43 AM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
youvebeenthunderstruck Offline
Fanatic

Posts: 4,448
Joined: Dec 2006
Thanks: 0
Given 21 thank(s) in 19 post(s)
Post: #12
 

happy fool called Nigel Wrote:
Jean Moulin Wrote:We don't actually have freedom of speech, it just says so on the constitution, if I say what I want I'm labeled a psychopath and told forcibly to shut up or get suspended.


The consitution aplpies differently to Minors, especially in a school setting.

No it doesn't.
01-24-2008 10:48 AM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
i-am-the-liquor Offline
Fanatic

Posts: 2,127
Joined: Jun 2007
Thanks: 0
Given 8 thank(s) in 7 post(s)
Post: #13
 

give em freedom of speech
I dont mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am,so thats how it comes out.- bill hicks
01-24-2008 11:22 AM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Gorebell Offline
Revolutionary

Posts: 112
Joined: Jan 2008
Thanks: 0
Given 1 thank(s) in 1 post(s)
Post: #14
 

Odd little poll, I do hope that one vote for No was sarcastic...
01-26-2008 05:58 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Trekkie_Aspie Offline
Fanatic

Posts: 1,151
Joined: Jun 2007
Thanks: 6
Given 120 thank(s) in 87 post(s)
Post: #15
Re:

youvebeenthunderstruck Wrote:
happy fool called Nigel Wrote:
Jean Moulin Wrote:We don't actually have freedom of speech, it just says so on the constitution, if I say what I want I'm labeled a psychopath and told forcibly to shut up or get suspended.


The consitution aplpies differently to Minors, especially in a school setting.

No it doesn't.




Whether it does or not on its own, if you couple it with the UDOHR, 'no distintiction of any kind', it doesn't apply differently.
If I seem rude to you, please call me on it gently.
One thing (among many others) school couldn't teach you.

((Google Asperger's Syndrome))

stupid article
02-12-2008 05:57 AM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Post Reply 


Possibly Related Threads...
Thread: Author Replies: Views: Last Post
  Death Threats and the Freedom of Speech NowhereWoman 0 1,128 02-06-2011 12:18 PM
Last Post: NowhereWoman
  Freedom of speech? Z? 20 5,806 05-31-2010 10:28 AM
Last Post: Squittle
  Is propaganda exercising freedom of speech? Swift 9 3,679 01-22-2009 12:28 AM
Last Post: .xstrike-anywherex.

Forum Jump:


User(s) browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)

Contact Us | School Survival | Return to Top | Return to Content | Mobile Version | RSS Syndication