I would say that that professor was wrong, and that he was anti-free speech. However, to use the *government* to repress free speech in turn would be even more wong.
On 2/21/07, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was definitely burned with this. My major, Geology, was the only science > degree requiring Technical Writing as core curriculum. There allegedly were > 3 professors teaching this class each semester. However, two would always > drop out on the day before classes started leaving only a single, extremely > anti-military professor. > > I was a student whose tuition, books, fees, and a small stipend was paid for > by the US Army. Because of that, I was required to wear the uniform of the > day, usually utilities, when on campus. most professors were OK with this, > however my Technical writing class was a living hell, all 4 tiimes I had to > take the class before I was able to pass it. The only reason I finally > passed the class was that every one of my papers was graded by the English > department chairman. It took 18 months of complaints and a congessional > investigation to finally make that happen. To prove a point, I turned in 14 > of the 16 papers from my first sememster for the one I passed. > > This professor did his best to repress speach he did not like, my wearing of > the uniform of the US Army. Dana - this is the type of bastion of free > speach you want to defend? > > >Two problems with your approach Dana (as amazingly capitalist as it > >is, if you don't like the market, don't spend your money) - > > > >1. At some schools and especially at the higher levels you don't have > >a choice to not take a core course from a particular professor. > >2. Universities have a concept of tenure which means that you opinion > >doesn't matter. > > > >The issue does indeed have two sides and they're not completely > >mutually exclusive. The thing that the legislation is trying to > >address is the fact (and this is a fact) that many colleges politik on > >one and only one side and actively work to supress or drive out any > >person or group that holds an opposing opinion. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:228596 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
