frank theriault wrote:
>On 7/25/06, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>I will defend the guys right to get up on a soap box, or write on the >>Internet, but I do not think he should be given official sanction or tax >>payer dollars to do so. Are we required to support every crackpot who >>wishes to tell us about his hallucinations? >> >> > >It rankles me that people use the "not with my tax dollars" argument >to try to muzzle academics whose views don't coincide with theirs. > > And it rankles me to hear that academics deserve some special place in the universe. I started out in acedemia in public funded projects and programs. Later I funded many college projects/programs world wide.. It was not my general experience that academics derserve consideration in the public funding arena.. There are always exceptions, but, in my experience, the exceptions are seldom dependant on "public funding" to deliver their message..... so to speak. And, I will always defend a tax payer's previledge to offer guidance at to how public funds are spent ... especially at the polls. Of course, this is just one person's opinion.......... Otis >I didn't realize that part of the deal with public funds going to >universities was to allow the public to set curriculum, or otherwise >tell profs what to say (or not to say). > >In fact, I thought that tax dollars going to post-secondary >institutions was all about recognizing that the particular values and >freedoms of academia were worth preserving and promoting, not so that >the government or the people could use that funding as a platform to >promote personal or popular agendas or censor unpopular thoughts. > >I guess I'm naive. > >cheers, >frank > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
