I agree Frank. But you have to draw a line somewhere. Academia has to be a bit selective. An intelligent point of view should be at least a prerequisite. There's a big difference between someone whose views don't coincide with one's own and someone who is spouting utter nonsense. Disparate views yes, but I'm not paying for nonsense. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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. > > 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 > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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