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who is outlawing words? Highschool newspapers do not enjoy first amendment free speech protection, and nor should they. In the first place, the school is providing the space, computers, faculty adviser, printing facilities, and quite often the operating budget. Are you suggesting that after all they they should have NO say in what goes into the paper? In the second, if you give high school kids absolute freedom of speech you'll end up with a hate filled gossip rag that would make Larry Flint blush. Highschool is the time to guide them in how to express their views - and you can't do that if you have no control over the finished product.
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