The pudding is served. The proof awaits. One passage in the dean's long message that troubles me is her statement that students' belief that "some points should not be up for argument," and need not be argued or even heard, may be "appealing in some other context." In what context is it legitimate to squelch, and not respond to, opposing views? Statements like this, and the facts Steinbach still has her job and no students will be punished for their Gestapo tactics, makes me wonder if the dean's heart is fully in the fight for freedom to be heard. Jim Dueholm
Well put. I always enjoyed Stephen Jones' book "And Others Unknown" about defending Timothy McVeigh. The man immolated a reasonably promising career in Oklahoma politics to uphold the highest ideals of the legal profession....
The pudding is served. The proof awaits. One passage in the dean's long message that troubles me is her statement that students' belief that "some points should not be up for argument," and need not be argued or even heard, may be "appealing in some other context." In what context is it legitimate to squelch, and not respond to, opposing views? Statements like this, and the facts Steinbach still has her job and no students will be punished for their Gestapo tactics, makes me wonder if the dean's heart is fully in the fight for freedom to be heard. Jim Dueholm
Well put. I always enjoyed Stephen Jones' book "And Others Unknown" about defending Timothy McVeigh. The man immolated a reasonably promising career in Oklahoma politics to uphold the highest ideals of the legal profession....