G'day Ray,
Anthony wrote:
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That's the theory, anyway. In practice maybe there isn't enough of that to outweigh the detriments, which would be what, the libel? If anyone wants to do a pseudo-scientific study on what portion of articles on schools contains libel, instead of us all just trading anecdotes, it would help.
Perhaps if each person in the thread examined and reported on the situation for his own district. (Or part of a district if it's really big or group of districts if it's really small) Choosing a pre-defined locale could give better perspective on the problem. Number of schools at each level; how many have been vandalized, etc.
I guess those of us who aren't American or Canadian should just bow out now, then ...
(Perhaps instead of the term-with-specific-political-meaning "school district" you really meant "geographical region"?)