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Interesting article:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100...40209134854.html?mod=WSJ_hps_sections_opinion
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100...40209134854.html?mod=WSJ_hps_sections_opinion
How Free Speech Died On Campus
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Don't really understand the Fordham case as an issue of free speech.
Repubs invite Ann Coulter.
School prez excercises his freedom of speech and criticizes the move albeit from a bully pulpit.
If anything it's the Repubs who should be criticized for showing all the backbone of an ant and caving into the prez.
The Prez sounds like a putz, but I can't say he's guilty of censorship here.
Repubs invite Ann Coulter.
School prez excercises his freedom of speech and criticizes the move albeit from a bully pulpit.
If anything it's the Repubs who should be criticized for showing all the backbone of an ant and caving into the prez.
The Prez sounds like a putz, but I can't say he's guilty of censorship here.
Sure sounds like some pressure was exerted by the President of Fordham. Free speech is an ability and which may lead to an exchange of ideas, even ones you do not agree with.
He may not be guilty of censorship but it is clear that he intended to influence the group by use of his position and not his personal opinion. Seems like a little intimidation in play.
He may not be guilty of censorship but it is clear that he intended to influence the group by use of his position and not his personal opinion. Seems like a little intimidation in play.