---------- From: Eric Cordian[SMTP:emc@artifact.psychedelic.net]
Peter Trei writes:
There's also a blacklist on the Web of people in academia who have publicly stated less than glowing support for Bush's war against "evil."
Where is it? [...] It was released by ACTA, formerly the NAF, run by Lynne Cheney, formerly arch-conservative Bill Bennett's heir at the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the wife of the federal government's favorite cardiac patient, Vice President Dick Cheney. [...] You might want to wade through http://www.goacta.org/ and see if you can find the report. I took a quick look, but my javascript and .pdf patience levels were quickly exceeded. [...]
Well, http://www.goacta.org/Reports/defciv.pdf doesn't actually name names, but the quotes are given enough attribution that, at least on a given campus, the speaker is probably identifiable. For example... 2 2 . "What the U.S. calls counter-terrorism is terrorism by another name. Operation Infinite Justice-the Bush administration's code name for proposed military action against terrorists - is 'cowboy law.'" Professor of linguistics, MIT. ...isn't too hard to identify. On the other hand, ACTA has specifically condemned the U of NM for their punishment of Berthold (which started this thread). http://www.goacta.org/Press%20Releases/11-14-01PR.htm AMERICAN COUNCIL OF TRUSTEES AND ALUMNI DEFENDS UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PROF Controversial Comment on Terrorist Attack Is Not Grounds for Punishment WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 14, 2001) -- The American Council of Trustees and Alumni today came to the defense of University of New Mexico professor Richard Berthold who is under investigation by the University for remarking: "Anyone who can blow up the Pentagon has my vote." "Professor Berthold's comment is certainly crude and debatable, but it is not punishable," said Anne D. Neal, ACTA's Vice President and General Counsel. "While we clearly disagree, academic freedom requires a free exchange of ideas-no matter how controversial." [...] "There is a big difference between criticizing someone's comments, and punishing those comments," said Neal. "It is the responsibility of a university to teach that the right way to counter ideas with which one disagrees is with more speech, not less," said Neal. -- end of quote - Peter Trei