Let's Hear it for Totalitarianism!

Another university student is causing a stir by publishing an already widely circulated image on his Facebook page.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Regent University law student says school officials have threatened to discipline him for posting an unflattering photo of founder Pat Robertson on his Facebook page.

Adam M. Key, 23, posted on the social-networking Web site a picture of Regent's chancellor and president making what appears to be an obscene gesture. Key copied it from a YouTube video in which Robertson scratches his face with his middle finger.

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Regent officials gave Key two choices: publicly apologize for posting the picture and refrain from commenting about the matter in a “public medium,” or write a brief defending the posting. He faces punishment that could include expulsion.

Key, a second-year law student, said he refused to apologize and “be muzzled” by the university, so he composed the document, which includes citations from noted First Amendment cases.

Pat Robertson, not for the first time in his career, is quick to show how open his so-called Christian heart really is, and how little he apparently cares for the First Amendment when it doesn't suit his particular needs.
I suppose he isn't savvy enough to realize that by making even the slightest issue of it, more people than ever will see the image he wishes to hide — with every view of the news articles, with every view of a blog entry written about it, more users will surf over to Youtube, or Facebook to see for themselves, and realize what a little man Pat Robertson is.