Thursday, February 17, 2005
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- marigolds2
- Marigolds2 is an aging hippie looking for a way to live happily ever after while she waits for the end of the world and thinks subversive thoughts. She is stepmother, grandmother, sister, aunt,greataunt, and damn good cook and poet. The planet earth is the only home she knows, and she longs for it to continue to be home to many others long after she is compost.
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What's the magic word in Native American?...BINGO. They will take America back one gambler at a time. Who says patience doesn't pay?
I enjoyed the Nichols article. I agree with his views on Churchill and free speech. Universities are supposed to be places of thinking and debate, places that encourage an exploration of self-awareness. How can you do this if you aren't exposed to different ideas? By arguing against the methods of MLK and Gandhi, Churchill tramples on one of my most sacred beliefs. Yet I'm interested in what Churchill has to say; how can I understand my own point of view if I don't listen to those in opposition to it? My sacred assumptions need to be challenged, tested now and again.
The tragedy of the Churchill incident is how it will put a dampen on free speech in campuses all over the country. Churchill was made an example and no doubt many educators have toned down their lectures or at least thought about it twice after what happened to him.
I'm sure by now you know that UC President Elizabeth HOffman has resigned, the Churchill brouhaha being one of the reasons:
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=7832912.
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