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However, I'll start to believe that even as fine and virtuous an institution as Gonzaga is actually concerned about the true education and citizenship of its students when it puts as much panic and PR into addressing the larger questions of sportsmanship and civilized, hospitable behavior towards everybody else in attendence at a game. When things said by Gonzaga students to opposing players, visiting fans and officials are addressed with equal vigor, then my PC alarms will finally fall silent and I'll applaud their efforts as an attempt to truly educate. But as long as the university's furor is reserved only for attacks against special groups, my cynicism will continue unabated. All animals are equals; some animals are more equal than others.
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Sigh...I guess I'll just go watch Queer Eye.
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This is an explosive subject. I worked at a Private College for 14 years and my job had interactment with scores of Professors, Doctors, Presidents, Presidents' Wives, Deans, Fundraisers, etc. If you send your child to College thinking that they'll be taught a moral guideline for living.....you are in for a major surprise. IMO, and this is a BIG generality, I thought the guys I use to eat lunch with in Construction Trailers had better moral fabric than the aforementioned Group. Pat Conroy is an author that loves basketball and writes a lot of novels. The Great Santini, Lords of Discipline, My Losing Season, etc. I like his work. He had problems when he was at the Citadel with plebe system where they kick the crap out of you for 2 years. Yet, he writes of his great love and respect for the Honor System taught at the Citadel. He mentions something to the effect that, "you could leave anything in an unlocked Dorm Room and it would still be there the next day". Students must never lie, cheat or steal. You won't find that at XYZ University. After reading about the Citadel's Honor System, I thought that Colleges like the one I worked for missed the boat by not "teaching how to live honorably" rather than "how to think". Reflecting upon it, how many "great thinkers" are just complete wastes as human beings? The same experience that gave me these opinions exposed me to many gay people. I found them to be some of the finest folks I ever worked with. When I was "young & dumb" and use to be a basic "dumb jock" I made the same stupid comments & jokes as anybody. Now, I just can't find it in my heart to pick on these people. Losing 80 lbs. - that's an accomplishment! Your a better man than me! |
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I think people are a little quick on the first amendment, PC trigger. Essentially the article says that two advisers "implored students" to stop and a number of classes talked about the controversy. Would you argue that those advisers have the first amendment right to say, "show some class you morons!?"
You might want to save some vitriol for when they kick the students out (which is a different conversation) or demand that they shout sayings in support of gay marriage. As a public school teacher in California, I am bound by law to protect students from feeling discriminated-against or harassed based on race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual-orientation - and students don't have to be directly in the line of fire to feel discriminated against so I have to cover all bases. I will admit that 95% of my energy goes into protecting discrimination directed at women and gays. I would be happy to stand up equally for whites, blacks and baptists but the students don't seem to choose to direct their speech in that direction. I am a strong beliver in the first amendment and have helped my journalism students serve Freedom of Information Act papers on the school district (not a particularly comfortable experience). I also support the right of students to go out and start a junior Klan if they wish (no violence allowed). They can also use the rights set forth by the constitution to stand on the corner and yell, "the constitution sucks!" But a school has a right to decide how it will deal with discrimination and the measure is not whether someone decides to go start a fist fight. [Edited by bebanovich on Feb 15th, 2006 at 01:56 PM] |
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Bebanovich,
I feeling pretty descriminated against that you're lounging around in California rubing elbows with Cher & Liv Tyler and I'm stuck up here in frozen Massachusetts with my rusty snow shovel. You probaly even get to Ref outdoor games! %^*(&^$# Crow |
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Like you wouldn't go "I Got You, Babe" on Cher if she gave you the chance!
Truthfully, she is kind of creepy. Since I first saw her...I've aged 40 years and she looks better! There's something wrong with that..... |
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