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Posted in education, libertarianism, news and links, tagged barber, creative writing, expulsion, freedom, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, guns, involuntary commitment, liberty, offended feelings, school, story, temporary detainment, university of virginia, violence on March 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Think twice before writing a violent story. Steven Barber, a student at the University of Virginia at Wise, was searched, involuntarily committed for three days, and finally expelled from the university, for … hold your breath … writing a story in which a character contemplates murder and suicide.
I don’t know which is more disturbing - [...]
