Freedom of Speech

The kids at Colorado State University provide a lesson in free speech. Kids, everyone knows you are allowed to print 4 letter words. It just depends on how you want to align your newspaper. Should it stand beside Hustler and Penthouse Magazines or are you aiming higher.

The Rocky Mountain Collegian published an editorial on page 4 of the paper Friday which read "Taser this ... F*** Bush."

The expletive was spelled out.

"I think they went over the line a little bit, but it's free speech and they're allowed to write what they want," one student told 7NEWS.

Collegian Editor David McSwane said a group of seven student editors discussed the statement for several hours before agreeing to publish it.

"We felt it illustrated our point about freedom of speech," McSwane told 7NEWS. "I think we could write 250 words and ramble on and I don't think anyone would pay attention."

Ok, the real issue. They were too lazy and untalented to draft something that someone would actually want to read, so they printed the four letter word instead.

Can you imagine editors of the Wall Street Journal or the New York Times saying "I don't think anyone is going to read this George Will or Thomas Friedman article. It is really just too long and boring. How about this little attention grabber instead? That'll look great on your resumes.