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...most egregious example of this abuse of PC name-calling in recent weeks is the characterization by AALARM co-founder E. Adam Webb '93 of the Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel as "a political, PC, hack group." The charge is ludicrous...
...grounds that the students are making a political statement that should not be suppressed. But would this position hold if the activists were conservative students disrupting the ability of University Health Services to provide abortion counseling? What if the Association Against Learning in the Absence of Religion and Morality (AALARM) held protests disrupting lectures by liberal professors? The situations are analogous; it is hypocritical to suggest that some law-breaking protests deserved immunity while others deserve punishment...
When Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel's Coordinating Council voted (by an overwhelming majority) to condemn AALARM's hateful gay-bashing posters last week, it unleashed a torrent of ridiculously vitriolic criticism. AALARM has claimed that Hillel is "a political, PC hack group," and that it has been "subverted by a radical faction." No such thing. Hillel is simply acting in the Jewish tradition of upholding the sanctity of human life--all human life...
...AALARM points out, traditional Judiasm, like Christianity, does prohibit homosexual activity. Judiasm does not, however, prohibit homosexuals. This distinction is obviously lost on AALARM, which called for the exclusion of homosexuals from Harvard and their imprisonment in last week's postering campaign. Such personal attacks are anathema to the entire Jewish tradition; our history has taught us to resist hate and persecution and to defend others who are victims of hate and persecution...
...AALARM calls for the violent persecution of certain minorities. Hillel campaigns for tolerance and fairness for all people. Which group is operating under the absence of religion and morality? Yvette C. Alt '93 Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel Coordinating Council