On Feb 4, 2005, at 10:38 AM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
> Doug:
>> Good question. I thought that essay was a horrid piece of crap, but
>> the guy should be allowed to speak in public and shouldn't get fired.
>
> 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
>
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