"The market is the policing mechanism." Ahhh. This would be nice if it were true. There are plenty of people who attend school for a certain program, but have to put up with tenured professors who indoctrinate rather than teach. It is not a true free market.
"That's the exact position you advocate. " Nice straw man though the statement is wrong. Apparently you did not read my response. Here. Let me give it to you again. "Ideally, the university would police itself. If students complain that a prof isn't teaching, the university should investigate. If true, then they should urge him or her too. If complaints continue, they should take harsher actions. If they do not take action, then it would be the job of State to hold someone in the administration accountable." Now, let's look at your theoretical class. "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." Some key words you mentioned are DEBATE and PRESENT. You have missed my point completely because I am saying there are some professors who would not allow debate or the presentation of the arguments, but they would give their one side of the argument. As far as your hate speech theory goes. Sure. Whatever. That professor is still teaching. The school president didn't agree with her, but said he agrees with her right to say. Plus, if someone is smart enough to get a PhD then I believe they would be smart enough word their rants in a manner that would keep them from jail. Even David Duke can do this and he isn't a doctor. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:228825 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
