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The Day of Truth is scheduled for April 14, 2005. This is the day after GLSEN (The Gay, Lesbian, Straight Educational Network) will sponsor the "Day of Silence." GLSEN’s Day of Silence encourages students to remain silent throughout the day and not respond to teachers or school administrators. It is part of their overall strategy to change how our
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"A fundamental right of the people that the government must not lie or refrain from full disclosure. “Truth” also has more subjective meaning in our culture, as various groups contest over what they deem to be the ultimate “truth” of a situation. For instance, the phrase “All men are created equal” existed as “truthful” at the same time that the United States endorsed slavery. Many abolitionist groups, then, argued against the truthfulness of this statement in regard to racial relations. Also, what is "truth" in one historical period can become very problematic later, like the scientific "truth" in the 19th century" I think this pertains to the current issue at hand.
"propositions, statements, sentences, assertions and beliefs have been offered as appropriate bearers of truth or falsity. Understanding truth is filled with difficulty. Philosophers have explored the possibility that truth is: a correspondence between what we say and how things are; a matter of coherence between statements and a background of settled beliefs; an ideal limit which enquiry will approach; a feature of assertions which function well in enquiry or in life more generally; a matter of giving a truth definition for a language; a redundancy, because 'It is true that p' is equivalent to 'p'; or disclosedness of being. Some of these theories are compatible and might be integrated in a more comprehensive theory. On some accounts, each proposition is true or false on its own, while others adopt a holistic view. The relation between meaning and truth is of central philosophical concern." I always did like this one.
And technically since you are under the age of 18 and in a public institution you don't have the right to free speech. I don't remember the court case but it basicly ruled that you don't have the right to say or do anything if it disrupts the educational process, and the school decides what is disruptive. And one day is a real pathetic attempt to change anything. I think that's the problem with people, one of them anyway, they want everything to be accomplished in a day. Now if you the majority of you guys decided to take a vow of silence until things changed something might be accomplished. Imagine all the media coverage and public support that you would get if you this silent treatment for 3 months+.
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