The student sued in Federal district court and won. The First Amendment is central to our concept of freedom. The problems of bigotry and discrimination sought to be addressed here are real and truly corrosive of the educational environment. But freedom of speech is almost absolute in our land and the only restriction the fighting words doctrine can abide is that based on the fear of violent reaction. Back issues of the Computer and Academic Freedom News are available via anonymous ftp from ftp.eff.org.
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I would love to get copies of the shorter banned notes.