[640] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: University Rights: Point of Information
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher D. Beland)
Sat May 12 19:55:03 2001
Message-Id: <200105122354.TAA08411@Press-Your-Luck.mit.edu>
To: Presley H Cannady <revprez@MIT.EDU>
cc: mit-talk@MIT.EDU
In-reply-to: The events that comprise the history of the universe.
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 19:54:54 -0400
From: "Christopher D. Beland" <beland@MIT.EDU>
> Brigham Young makes no pretensions to be a "liberally enlightened"
> institution.
Dartmouth has no pretense of tolerating certain classes of speech
which it deems harassing. Neither does MIT.
Neither institution claims to support absolute free speech; most
people don't. They support free speech inasmuch as it protects
legitimate academic freedom. Dartmouth has decided that the attitude
underlying Zeta Psi's speech harms academic freedom (especially for
its female members) more than it helps.
It's guess it's easier to criticize strawmen than people who
legitimately disagree with you.
-B.
