Oh let's get all hot and bothered about something else for a while. Sam, I am saying this as a friend, take two Valium first. But....
On another list we're having sort of a stupid argument. Check it out. Read the article. Then read the link and tell me how many times he uses the word Nazi and what he is referring to. Thanks Dana > Families want college to cancel speaker > > By WILLIAM KATES > Associated Press Writer > > January 28, 2005, 4:55 PM EST > > SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Families of victims of the World > Trade Center attacks want an upstate New York college > to cancel the speaking appearance of a controversial > professor who has compared the victims to Nazis and > said they got what they deserved. > > "This is not free speech. Free speech requires an > element of responsibility," Cynthia Brennan said in a > protest letter she sent to Hamilton College trustees > upon learning the school had invited Indian activist > Ward Churchill to speak on campus as part of a Feb. 3 > panel discussion titled "The Limits of Dissent." > > Brennan's brother-in-law, Joseph Coppo, was killed in > the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Coppo's son Matthew _ > Brennan's nephew _ is one of the 1,750 students who > attend the small liberal arts college in Clinton, 40 > miles east of Syracuse. > > "A university is ... a marketplace of ideas founded on > legitimacy, not on vile characterizations of victims > as a means of engaging in cheap self-promotion," said > Elliott Scheinberg, whose wife Angela died in the > attacks. He also protested to the school. > > Thomas J. Meehan of Carteret, N.J., who lost his > 26-year-old daughter in the attacks, said Churchill > uses "dangerous" words that "bring out the evil in > mankind." > > "By his own words, he exceeds the `Limits of > Dissent,"' Meehan wrote in a letter to college > officials. > > Hamilton College spokesman Michael DeBraggio said > Friday the school has received a "significant" number > of e-mails, letters and telephone calls from angry > families but said no one was counting them. > > The school has no plans to withdraw its invitation to > Churchill, an expert on indigenous issues and chairman > of the ethnic studies program at the University of > Colorado in Boulder, DeBraggio said. > > DeBraggio said administrators "sympathize" with the > families and agree that Churchill's views are > "repugnant and disparaging" to many people. He > repeated, however, that the school is committed to the > free exchange of ideas and diverse opinions and > believes it is an appropriate part of the liberal arts > education process. > > Meanwhile, Hamilton College President Joan Hinde > Stewart has appointed a panel of five faculty members > to review the Kirkland Project for the Study of > Gender, Society and Culture, which is sponsoring the > panel. In December, Kirkland Project coordinator Nancy > Rabinowitz created more controversy by inviting 1960s > Weather Underground radical Susan Rosenberg to campus > to teach a short writing course. Rosenberg withdrew > following weeks of protests and debate. > > Asked if the protest over Churchill's appearance > prompted the review, DeBraggio responded: "The program > has had the same director for eight years. She is > going on sabbatical next year. It was good timing." > > The panel will make its recommendations by the end of > May, he said. > > In Colorado, where Churchill also has come under > renewed criticism, Colorado University officials said > his views don't represent the opinions of anyone > affiliated with the university but that he had a right > to express them. On Thursday, two Colorado congressmen > called on Churchill to apologize. > > Following the Sept. 11 attacks, Churchill wrote an > essay, "Some People Push Back: On the Justice of > Roosting Chickens," that hailed the "gallant > sacrifices" of the "combat teams" that struck America. > > He said the World Trade Center victims deserved to die > because they were a willing part of "the mighty engine > of profit." > > "True enough, they were civilians of a sort. But > innocent? Gimme a break," Churchill wrote. > > Churchill went on to describe the World Trade Center > victims as "little Eichmanns," a reference to Adolf > Eichmann, who organized Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's > plan to exterminate Europe's Jews during World War II. > > ___ > > On the Net: > > Churchill's essay: > http://passionbomb.com/words/push_roost.htm > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145453 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
