Professor in Trouble for Firefly Poster--EDIT: Free Speech WON!
POSTED BY: SAVEWASH
UPDATED: Saturday, December 31, 2011 14:12
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Quote:
Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:
In light of the deaths at Va Tech as well as Columbine etc it was a ridiculously poor choice to make. There are all kinds of worthy quotes that could have been used. We have the right of free speech, doesn't mean we should always use it.
I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"
FORSAKEN original
Yes We Did!
“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” Mahatma Gandhi
Isn't Mal's quote the exact opposite of Columbine and Virginia Tech?
" If I ever come to kill you, you'll be awake, I'll be facing you , and you'll be armed." Not, " I'll be the only one with a gun, and I'll make you lie face down on the floor first."
Sort of, it will be a fair fight, and you'll have a chance to stop me. And I think it's implied, you'll be armed, even if I have to hand you a gun first.
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The poster is inappropriate. Mal's intent is irrelevant. Perception is the problem. People will see a man with a gun talking about killing someone. They won't go any deeper then that. It is a distraction that the University could do without.
I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"
FORSAKEN original
Yes We Did!
“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” Mahatma Gandhi
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There's an excellent video summarizing what happened through the whole thing.
"Always be yourself. Unless You suck." - Joss Whedon
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Good video! Thanks for posting it.
"We need to keep our heads so we can ... keep our heads."
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Excellent indeed, and it does give me a thought, since we're primarily a freedom-oriented folk, us Browncoats...
We ought to keep in contact with FIRE, and have ourselves a little FIRE-Fly palaver concerning the support of free speech in the educational environment, cause I am so down with that, and I don't just mean college professors, I mean everyone - since if a right isn't universal, it ain't a right at all, neh ?
http://thefire.org/cases/freespeech/
Just a thought,
-Frem
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Quote:
Originally posted by SAVEWASH:
Good video! Thanks for posting it.
"We need to keep our heads so we can ... keep our heads."
Second. Good guys won this one.
" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "
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