Re: [PEN-L] Churchill Fallout: It?s About Academic Freedom

["michael a. lebowitz" <mlebowit@xxxxxx>]

I agree with Carrol's points. It should have been Ward Churchill's
position and, even more, the position of Colorado university faculty
and the AAUP.
        michael
At 18:04 26/05/2006, carrol wrote:
> Carrol Cox wrote:
> >
> > Here is the principle that the case establishes, and it is a vicious
> > principle:
> >
> > The _origin_ of an investigation, no matter how illegitimate, no matter
> > how poisonous and contrary to all concepts of academic freedom, is
> > irrelevant.
>
> Let me put this another way: what the Committee _should_ have done,
> assuming that the Committee was actually committed to the principles of
> academic freedom rather than to pacifying outside political pressure.
>
> There report should have not been more than one or two paragraphs in
> length.
>
> First Paragraph: An inquiry into the source of the call which created
> the Committee.
>
> Second Paragraph: The Committe rules that there existed no legitimate
> reason to convene this Committee. We therefore dissolve the
> investigation.
>
> Carrol

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