[PEN-L:11191] Re: On censorship

[Ajit Sinha <ecas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 08:38 PM 7/7/97 -0700, you wrote:

>Ajit, I think you have misplaced the question.  If the person is a Nazi-
>skinhead-type, there is no point to trying to change him/her (the few
>pyschological breaks that do occur are not where your energy needs to be
>placed).  These people need to be DEFEATED.
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>Now, leaving the person in the class may be productive as a means of
>educating others in the class how to DEFEAT this person (and I don't
>mean the "instructor" doing it; the class as a whole will probably do a
>much better job).  But sometimes such a person can be so disruptive that
>it really is exactly that--a disruption of learning.  So, as my second
>point, I wouldn't judge without being there what would have been best to
>do. Paul
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I think that's a good point, Paul. But my comments at the workshop was
highly appreciated. At least I felt that way. ajit
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