IMNSHO - hate speech != disgusting or offensive speech. I mean, isn't hate speech supposed to be race related? I guess I just have a problem with this whole hate sppech/hate crime culture.
I mean, I know SHARPs that have been charged with hate crimes simply because they were skins. Made no difference that they were anti-racist. Just they were white and bald headed, and the victim was other than white. No matter what the motivation or situation was. I don't know how we can add additional years to a persons penalty. Why is one motivation worse than another? Why am I a better criminal for killing someone over money, than I am if I kill someone over politics? Shouldn't we treat them the same? -----Original Message----- From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 10:27 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: AZ Repubs: Profs Political Opinions Illegal Well, I could see the nature of the universe and big bang vs creationism coming up in a discussion on limits (via event horizons)... but you are correct, that remark was really meant for classes in the English/sociology spectrum. As for hate speech, yes, there is a line, which was the gist of my story in the other thread -- that whole experience came pretty close imho. But it also illustrates my point here -- in practice, it is extremely difficult to balance out the competing rights. >"Some truths are political. And personal. And still true." > >But, in calculus class, are truths political and personal? While it >may be hard to differentiate these in ethics, philosphy, and politics, >it would seem like there are others where a definitive line could be >drawn. Also, there's that nasty issue of hate speech. If you really >think you're teaching, is it okay? Better not let the gov't stop it >because it's a foot in the door. > >Well, at least you can see that there is somewhat of a problem here. >That is half the battle in my opinion. > >It also seems like sitting back and letting professors funded by tax >payer dollars say anything they want regardless of the class >description is the preferred solution. > >Maybe I should go back and get my PhD. Seems like a pretty good gig. >Say what you want and not be held accountable. Just have to figure >out a way to squeeze it around a full time job, two part time jobs, >and three children. Rochville University here I come. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:229420 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
