Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 00:59:15 -0500
From: NekkidLnch-AT-aol.com
Subject: Re: Me on Updates on Cornell... (fwd)


Ok, I hate to say it, but those assholes shouldn't be punished by any
organized system.  They should be socially stigmatized from extreme hate
shoved at them.  No university or instituation of any kind should enforce a
"hate speech" policy.  The thing about freedom of speech is that if we are
going to have it (as I feel we should), we have to allow EVERYONE to have
free speech.  I don't think that those "75 reasons" really truly convinced
anyone to go out and rape a woman or duct tape her mouth shut.  In fact, it
most likely had a reverse effect and made a lot of us realize that the fight
is not over.  
One of the big problems that communism in effect and out of theory was that
people were so repressed no one could join together to rally against an
opposing force.  Freud said (badly paraphrazed and I'm not a follower anyway)
that in order for society tio function the majority must come together to
hurt the minority as a method of confirmation of power.  It's true in modern
society as I see it.  It's a shame, but we have to be honest.
I caould not ask an institution that played no part in the scandal to assign
blame.  I think a true "jury of peers" (is it easy to find scumbags like
that?) should judge these creeps.  It can be us.  It can be their "friends"
 It can be their mommies and sisters and girlfriends.  I don't see how any
one can advocate a "hate speech" policy and claim to be doing it for the good
of America.  Do we want a Soviet Cover Up of emotion that is genuinely
circulating Amerika?



I'm not anti-society, society's anti-me
I'm not anti-religion, religion's anti-me
I'm not anti-tradition, tradition's anti-me
I'm not anti-anything, I just want to be free.

Mike Muir of Suicidal Tendencies


Subject: Updates on Cornell...

This is the latest word I have received on the incident of those 4 Cornell
guys
sending out the e-mail concerning the "75 reasons." 


>     Cornell University announced Thursday that it will not discipline the
>     four freshmen who wrote "75 reasons why women (bitches) should not
>     have freedom of speech." The list, which was widely distributed on the
>     Internet, contains many vulgarities and jokes about women and rape.
>     The university has been flooded with electronic mail from people
>     around the country, demanding that the students be punished. Cornell
>     released a statement Thursday saying that the message did not
>     constitute sexual harassment because the students had only intended it
>     to be distributed among friends. Cornell, which does not have a "hate
>     speech" policy, said "certain offensive messages may have to be
>     tolerated in a community which values the right of all to speak
>     freely.
>







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