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Tough to go against a little mermaid! Admitted. I receive an unfair positive treatment.  I was not aware of the protective behaviour that name seems to evoke - not that I mind ....  Even if I spend a good deal of time studying what your link brings up, Johnny Cool, it's very hard for me as a foreigner to understand what the problem is deep down. Is it correctly deducted that some professors are reprimanded to the degree of being fired because of certain remarks that someone finds offending? Does this boil down to being some sort of defense on the side of the educational institutions against law suits that might be brought up by the offended party - even as a preemptive action? I can understand that certain remarks can offend, but we cannot go through life wrapped in cotton wool, can we? It is as if Political Correctness started with one little seed and not all that long ago. I think I first noticed an instance of the phenomenon happening in Connecticut in the late 1980s and me not understanding how the tough Americans all of a sudden changed their stripes, and now there is a jungle of must-nots, can-nots, dare-nots and what-have-you-nots. Nobody wants jerks everywhere, but mimosas can be bothersome as well. So what can be done? I understand that http://thefire.org/ works to make life somewhat more multifacetted than Political Correctness wants. Where would Political Correctness stake out its own limits? Will it expand and expand and .... - until you have to toss and turn and chew every sentence before it passes your lips and so that not even Political Correctness itself can keep Politically Correct? |
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Why don't you guide it back on topic then, greg2342? We could have an interesting exchange of views if people were interested and not gagged themselves, couldn't we? And where are you from, by the way? canada |
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Thanks little mermaid - for stamping on sparks before they ignite.  Lawrence Good one, Lawrence! Tough to go against a little mermaid! Basically what some folks are saying here is about various Universities (internationally as well) use of so-called *speech code* which resrticts students rights to free speech. Kinda crazy when certain Professors can go nuts and spout off outrageous statement in classes or anywhere on campus with impunity! That is really bad news.  Here is a real example about students: ---------------- While over the years we at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) have dealt with hundreds of examples of universities violating student rights (check to see if your school is one of them), the following 12 colleges have distinguished themselves for showing particular hostility to freedom of speech. Some schools have earned this distinction by refusing to undo punishments of students and faculty for their free speech, others by engaging in ongoing campaigns against student speech, and one for regulating student speech to the hilt. Private religious colleges like DePaul make the list because they promise free speech but fail to deliver time and time again. (As for schools like Liberty University and Brigham Young we explain our position here.) Is your college censoring speech, too? If so, let others know in the comments section. http://thefire.org/ university of oregon story about the tribesman is interesting, outcome eludes all rationality and context and the school just plebs it up, behaving like idiots, not a very good rationality example for the kids. |
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