The Senate today will amend Rep. Shirley Walters “cyberbullying” bill in a way to make it accetable to sane members of the Senate. As Delphi says, a better amendment would neuter it completely.

This remains a bill designed by and for school administrators. It’s still about salvaging the wounded pride of Greenwood school marms (rapped by a federal court for cracking down on a parody website) and I’d be willing to predict it will first be applied famously to shut down, not bullying of other students, but criticism of a principal, superintendent, etc. These are the weasel words that will be used: “substantial disruption of the orderly operation of the school or educational environment.” Count on a principal believing that making fun of him on the Internet disrupts “orderly operation.”

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