- An author writing about or commenting on university rules on faculty speech or student speech should particularize. Quote the regulations accurately; provide any necessary context; enunciate any legitimate questions about principles of freedom of speech or freedom of assembly meticulously.
- Inflammatory references to “thought police” are generally intellectually dishonest. Few of the commentators who fling around this catchphrase are actually familiar with the writing of Eric Arthur Blair.
- Universities exist to influence thought. Influencing thought – teaching, learning -- is their reason for being.
- Having or developing some sensitivity to the power of language is part of cultural literacy. Dismissing ... more »
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Monday, August 28
Logic 101: academia, freedom of expression, and "speech codes"
by
margieburns
on Mon 28 Aug 2006 03:40 PM EDT
Macbeth Act IV, scene 3
by
margieburns
on Mon 28 Aug 2006 09:15 AM EDT
Sticks deeper, grows with more pernicious root Than summer-seeming lust, and it hath been The sword of our slain kings: yet do not fear; Scotland hath foisons to fill up your will. Of your mere own: all these are portable, With other graces weigh'd. As justice, verity, temperance, stableness, Bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness, Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude, I have no relish of them, but abound In the division of each several crime, Acting it many ways. Nay, had I power, I should Pour the sweet milk of concord into ... more » |
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