The real question is why they hired such a nincompoop in the first place. Having hired him, they should let him say what he likes.
John On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:28:39 +0100, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
