shempmcgurk wrote: >--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> >>wrote: >> >> >>>>--- In [email protected], Rick Archer >>>> >>>> >>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> >>>>wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>MUM faculty and staff have been ordered not to participate >>>>> >>>>> >in > > >>>FFL. I >>> >>> >>>>find >>>> >>>> >>>>>that amusing. Imagine Harvard issuing a directive to faculty >>>>> >>>>> >>and >> >> >>>>staff not >>>> >>>> >>>>>to engage in the ³CambridgeLife² Yahoo group. And imagine >>>>> >>>>> >what > > >>>their >>> >>> >>>>>reaction to such a directive would be. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>Mmmm... I could imagine where Harvard might "strongly >>>> >>>> >recommend" > > >>>that >>> >>> >>>>faculty and staff members not participate in some radical >>>> >>>> >>>discussion >>> >>> >>>>forum, >>>> >>>> >>> >>>You can? >>> >>>I can't even in my wildest dreams imagine Harvard recommending >>> >>> >in > > >>>any way, shape or form that ANY of its faculty abstain from ANY >>> >>> >>form >> >> >>>of intellectual endeavor. >>> >>>Spare Egg, the mere fact that you suggest this is a reflection >>> >>> >on > > >>>you: you come across as a cult member willing and able to >>> >>> >justify > > >>>ANY kind of silly cult instruction. >>> >>> >>Heh, in this day and age, participation in certain kinds of >>discussions would DEFINITELY get you a visit from the FBI, at the >>very least. >> >>As I said, I don't count FFL as rising tothat level by any >>conceivable means, but just because the bar is an inch of the >> >> >ground > > >>(if not lying flat) for MUM faculty, doesn't mean that it doesn't >>exist at all for Harvard faculty. >> >>Even prior to 9/11, hanging with certain people and certain groups >>would certainly be frowned on by any university (or any business >> >> >for > > >>that matter). >> >> >> > > >So, you're putting discussion of the kinds of things we do here on >FFL on par with criminal activities? > >How silly. > > > > Only to the extremely paranoid. I back during the 1960's FBI agents at the "be-ins" my band played at getting bored and instead of taking pictures of the crowd taking pictures of the girls in bikinis instead. :)
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