Thursday, December 17, 2009

For "Meeps" Sake

By Jessi Rannochio

A news channel reported one night last week that Danvers High School parents were all called because students were using the word “meep” and the school wanted to ban the word because they believed it was used in vulgar content.

“It has nothing to do with the word,” Principal Thomas Murray said. “It has to do with the conduct of the students. We wouldn’t just ban a word just to ban a word.”

Murray didn’t continue to say what content the student were using it in but he did say that the kids weren’t using the word to harass or bully other students. He justified the reason for calling the parents as “were an attempt to stop some sort of “disruption” being planned on Facebook.” This Facebook “disruption” never actually occurred though.

The word “Meep” is a sound that Beaker uses on The Muppet Show. It’s not a bad word, its not a vulgar term, so why ban it?

This is the first question I asked myself and the only reason I can think of is that they do it because they can.

When you give someone the power of a principal or a “top dog” then sometimes they get a big head and think they can do what they want. Banning the word “Meep” takes away the student freedom of speech. They should have the right to say “Meep” when ever they want.

DHS newspaper interviews Sophomore Melanie Crane referring to what “Meep” means and she states “No one really knows.”

“Meep” is defined in the Urban Dictionary as “the most versatile word in the English language, or in fact any language” so why ban it?

It really frustrates me when authority takes away minors rights because at this point in our life we just have to take it and accept what they’re saying because we are minors, but I think something need to change and we should be able to always be able to fight back for ourselves. Clearly that’s not always the case.

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