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Hey everyone,
There is a blog out there called cleanupdhs.blogspot.com that has some posts concerning the DHS student newspaper, "The Squall." The blog has a beneficial premise, in that it allows discussion on issues facing the school, but as it is there is no open dialogue due to the chronic censorship. So comments that are made in response to posts are only put up if it is in agreement with the administrator of the blog. At the top of their blog they say “Comments Welcome,” what they really mean to say is: comments welcome… but only if you agree with us. The whole point of this blog is to let people exercise their right to the FREEDOM OF SPEECH. Not everyone agrees on everything that happens at the high school, and that’s ok, whether you agree with us or not, we want to know. But please, although the point of this blog is to let everyone’s voice heard without censorship, we ask that you be mature about your comments. So feel free to post comments about anything we post on our page, or anything posted on cleanupdhs.blogspot.com because we want to hear all sides of the matter. COMMENTS WELCOME (and we mean it.)

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

"Please don't take any of this as a personal attack." ... Really?

Ok. So, every time I look at CLEANUPDHS it makes me more and more angry. The entire blog is basically telling everyone what to do, and not letting anyone who disagrees with them get a word in.

They said to a staff member of The Squall, “I appreciate that the articles in The Squall are for the most part, excellent. You guys are doing a great job. Please don't take any of this as a personal attack. Far from it.” But, that is a blatant lie. They rant about how inappropriate the paper is, that’s what got the whole blog started. And please, “Please don’t take any of this as a personal attack?” That is ridiculous, I can’t speak for everyone on staff, but I take it all VERY personally. I help produce The Squall, so if they insult it, they insult me.

In the same post they say, “What is to stop a different student journalist from printing porn? Seriously. Think about it. The answer is nothing.” NOTHING? Does this person REALLY think that the students that are a part of The Squall are going to put porn in it? That is just about the most ridiculous thing that I have ever heard. She also obviously doesn’t realize that to obtain porn you have to be 18 years of age or older, meaning that we could no longer even distribute The Squall to almost all of the student population. And I am offended that she thinks a staff member would do that, and that other staff members would stand around and let it happen. To me, that is a PERSONAL ATTACK.

And what is all this talk about LAWYERS? Really? Common, all these people are doing is hiding behind a bunch of court cases and laws to make themselves sound smart. The real thing their trying to accomplish is to make sure that the students no longer have a voice. They don’t think The Squall is appropriate for their daughter, so instead of telling her that she can no longer read the squall, they think that no one’s kids should be able to write or read about what they deem inappropriate. We think this way, therefore everyone should think this way.
The Squall is an award winning paper that I’m very proud to be a part of. And I couldn’t ask for a better Journalism teacher. I’m so sorry that there are people out there that think so highly of themselves, that they have to try and ruin our paper for everyone.

A DHS Squaller
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