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Happy birthday DESMOND MILES!!!

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Desmond Miles (born 13 March 1987) was a traveling hermit, and a descendant to various lines of ance

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There would be more than some ACLU case going on, like a murder trial, if a school did something like this to my daughter.

Seriously, who do these people think they are? I don't care if they think they are preventing a "24" style crisis going on, you cannot force a child, let me state again, a minor to do anything without the consent of a parent. I don't care what the grounds are. Just like a criminal has a right to a lawyer, a minor has a right to a parent in an instance such as this. Not to mention that in no way would I be giving over a password to ANYONE without a warrant. PERIOD. PERIOD. Can I say that again any louder?

If there was any kind of content up there that would cause some earth-ending scenario, fine… it gets taken down and the student disciplined, but again, not at the hands of some school official and his/her pet cop. (might i add i have the utmost respect for law enforcement officers, just not ones that violate the rights of a child)

If a situation like this arose surrounding my child, I'll handle it from the personal side. I probably wouldn't even demand my child hand over their password, more so oversee them removing said post, writing an apology post (if merited) and likely removing priveledge to the computer in order to post further. The school is more than welcome to exercise their power to suspend, expel, or whatever within the limits of what they control, but my child is MY child, not theirs.

Just my $0.02.

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Up against the Wall! Should district be allowed to demand middle-schooler's Facebook password?
A 12-year-old Minnesota girl was reduced to tears while school officials and a police officer rummaged through her private Facebook postings after forcing her to surrender her password, an ACLU lawsui…

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I would really like to plant my foot square in the center of the arse of the genius who came up with this idea. Ugh… My least favorite time of the year.

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Yes! I love these games.

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The announcements are over, and the countdown is complete. We bring you the first official trailer for Assassin’s Creed III. Several years in the making, Assassin’s Creed III takes you back to the American Revolutionary War, but not the one you’ve read about in history books. Watch it now, and share with your friends.

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