> JB wrote: > The government is already involved. It is a Public University, funded > in part by tuition and fees and a lot of government money.
They're involved in subsidizing the costs but the organization should still be free to create its own value proposition. The market is the policing mechanism. > Now, I don't want thought police in the classroom monitoring > professors. That's the exact position you advocate. Can you imagine the cost and size of the legal document to define exactly what is and isn't "thought police"? And then the associated lawsuits? It would cost taxpayers billions every year. > Let me give you an example of why I disagree with this. Suppose a > another holocaust and all of the Jewish people in Israel and the world > should be executed. This is already covered by hate speech and educational promise vs. delivered is covered by tort law. (1.) Any person publicly advocates the murder of another in any forum. That's hate speech and the person is subject to prosecution. No new laws needed there. (2.) If, say, a class is European History but little to no European History is taught rather it's a bash Democrats class, that's a tort and the university is subject to be sued. No new laws needed there. Let's take a more realistic case, a PoliSci class regarding modern American politics. The course description is: "A moderated but contentious debate surrounding modern American politics and the most current political topics. The instructor will present one side of American politics and the students will asked to present the other. Grade will be determined by the quality of the student's arguments based on history, philosophy, and clarity." That's an illegal course in your world. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:228816 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
