#firefly poster

[pampire13]

Wall art ❤ liked on Polyvore (see more firefly posters)

[digitalartforthethinkingmachines]

Firefly Quote (Dark) // Browncoats, Malcolm Reynolds, Captain Tightpants, Nathan Fillion, Stay Shiny, Serenity, Love Keeps Her In The Air

[arttherapyfortheslightlyinsane]

Jayne Cobb // Hero of Canton // Firefly // Geek Art, Low Poly, Browncoats, Adam Baldwin, Stay Shiny

[wraithantilles]

[the-crew-of-serenity-blog]

Yes.

[starkravingchristian]

Excerpts from article:

In a September 16 email message to Miller, Walter explained that "it is unacceptable to have postings such as this that refer to killing." When Miller asked her to "respect my first amendment rights," Walter claimed the poster was not covered by the First Amendment:

Speech can be limited on a reasonable expectation that it will cause a material and/or substantial disruption of school activities and/or be constituted as a threat. We were notified of the existence of the posting, reviewed it and believe that the wording on the poster can be interpreted as a threat by others and/or could cause those that view it to believe that you are willing/able to carry out actions similar to what is listed. This posting can cause others to fear for their safety, thus it was removed.

So the poster of Mal Reynolds saying "You don't know me, son, so let me explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake. You'll be facing me. And you'll be armed." So our hero of a professor sticks up an orange poster warning of facisim (justly in this instance given his first amendment rights have been ignored). Then this happens:

She took down the new poster too, explaining her rationale in a September 20 email message:

The posting depicts violence and mentions violence and death. The campuses threat assessment team met yesterday and conferred with UW System Office of General Counsel and made the decision that this posting should be removed. It is believed that this posting also has a reasonable expectation that it will cause a material and/or substantial disruption of school activities and/or be constituted as a threat. 

We expose children to some really nasty stuff. We let them see race riots in schools. We let them see anti smoking campaigns that make me feel sick to look at. We let them play violent video games. We let them watch movies I wouldn't have been ready for at that age. We let kids grow up so darn fast. We let kids talk trash, they know words I don't! I say this from the perspective of a teacher, and I use we as a broad general reference to Western society, not towards anyone specific and I know many of you on here would be hopeful you could raise your kids to be the light in the darkness. The point is that's kids I'm talking about. But these aren't kids. They're in college. They're practically adults at their youngest and adults more often than not. Grown ups. Who watch TV and movie and graphic representations of many acts I'm not comfortable discussing. This is stepping aside from propaganda about Bin Laden, 9/11, terrorism, etc that actually make clear threats to groups of people.  Okay, so I'm less comfy with the facism poster. I'll admit it. But this is a picture of the leading man from a TV show explaining part of who he was as a person. It's not saying 'I'm going to shoot you'. In fact, it's saying IF I shoot you, and you'd have to give me some just cause, you'd be in the position to shoot me back. I'm not going to attack you when you're defenseless. You'll be armed, and you'll be ready. It could even be used as a statement of operation for this professor: he'll equip you with what you need to pass this class, he won't throw random attack tests or curly assignments at you that you don't have the ability or skills to pass, he'll give you what you need and see how you fair. I'm frustrated because I LOVE Firefly as a TV show, as science fiction and as a group of characters. I'm frustrated because it's not a threat, it's not particularly violent or threatening. I'm frustrated because people should have the right to stick a poster on a door provided it's not actually offensive or overly graphic. Can someone please explain this to me? Because I think this is beyond ridiculous.