[610] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Dartmouth and Zeta Psi
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Prez H. Cannady)
Sat May 12 13:42:45 2001
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Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 13:32:45 -0400
To: Rebekah Wahba <rwahba@MIT.EDU>, mit-talk@MIT.EDU
From: "Prez H. Cannady" <revprez@MIT.EDU>
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I'm not terribly surprised. College administration
nation wide is filled with horrific examples of baby
boomer apologists seeking to rationalize their
constitutionally protected behavior thirty to
forty years ago and at the same time quash campuses
with their politically correct garbage.
I'm surprised by this quote here:
"Zeta Psi undermined fundamental values we hold dear."
- President James Wright
I find it interesting that in the absence of an
moral absolutism on Dartmouth campus that Wright
would be even able to identify a single value
for the fun of it, let alone several Zeta Psi
allegedly broke.
The lack of respect for constitutional guarantees
on private campuses is disheartening and cancerous.
Sure, Zeta Psi probably pissed off a lot of women
with their newsletter. Sure, Zeta Psi probably has
some misogynists amongst their ranks. Do any of
these constitute taking prior action as if we
were dealing with a rape in progress? Hell no.
If a man wants to talk about his sexual exploits
and how little respect he has for women, go ahead
and let him. Hell, if he can flow sign him and hook
him up with some tight production -- he's got
something young folk nation wide will go out and
buy. If I don't like it, I don't have to read his
writing, listen to his music, or pay attention to
him. Hell, I can go on the warpath and fight him
within my constitutional limits anywhere I go.
But know, Dartmouth -- and I imagine some folks
here at MIT -- enjoy playing dirty pool when it
comes to protecting their sugar coated delusions
about what reality is and what makes up values.
Anyone who's read from me knows I value the First
Amendment as highly as any other part of our
constitution. Hell, as far as I'm concerned we
could've cut it down to three -- the right to
mouth off, to buck shots, and do anything on your
own property -- and we would've been pretty well
off. Still, it seems that these days nobody has any
respect for the document that makes our nation the
greatest on Earth. I'm reminded of episodes with
students, administrators like Carol Orme-Johnson
or something or other (y'know, people who couldn't
tolerate a dissenting viewpoint about favorite restaurants
let alone the limits of offensive speech), and faculty.
Perhaps in the end they have a point, that we can
remake the world into a peaceful, respectful atmosphere
where the only value is to show deference to your
neighbor. Then, I'm reminded of the cold reality
that runs this world -- all of mankind has fallen
short of the glory of God.
I hope that MIT, MIT's Zeta Psi chapter, and the national
governing body of Zeta Psi will reject the zealous
pursuit of political correctedness and stand against
anything like what happened at Dartmouth -- should
it reappear there, here, or anywhere else.
That's my word on it, peace.
Rev Prez
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Acting Chairman, College Republicans
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