[lbo-talk] Mr. Churchill

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>Why?  If, say, a bus driver drives his bus recklessly, or if a 
>doctor performs a crappy procedure in a reckless manner - most 
>people would agree that these workers should face a disciplinary or 
>even legal action for their miscounduct.  Why are the symbol 
>manipulating professions different? 
>
>I am just posing it as a hypothetical question.  I understand that 
>Churchill is being singled out and what's at stake here is not his 
>sloppy writing but censorship - which does require a strong defence. 
>But let's suppose that a university does institute a fairly balanced 
>system of punishments for mental / research workers who willfully 
>publish crap.  Why is this wrong?
>
>Wojtek

Careful what you wish for.  There are a number of public school 
teachers here.  Do you think that comments made here -- including 
yours -- look any better than Ward Churchill's essay -- in the eyes 
of Fox News, state senators and representatives, university regents 
and trusties?
-- 
Yoshie

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