Word: insist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...promote the discovery of truth through an open marketplace of ideas. Of course, no serious person would insist that truth always emerges from free discussion or that the "marketplace of ideas" works perfectly in a world where some people have far greater access than others to the most effective means of communication. What the rationale does rest on is a conviction that truth will emerge more often from a process of free discussion and debate than it will if the government or any other group undertakes to decide which ideas will be heard and which will be suppressed...
...university or a student group insist that particular speakers be barred from campus appearances unless they agree to submit to open debate...
...question naturally arises whether the University should insist that every campus organization require that all of its invited speakers subject themselves to questioning and debate. This is not a simple question to resolve. Some thoughtful people would favor such a rule because the special mission of a university suggests that it should make special efforts to promote open discussion and debate whenever possible. Nevertheless, a university requirement that all speakers agree to debate might inhibit more speech than it promoted. Some speakers might refuse to come under these circumstances. Some organizations might decide to invite speakers to private members--only...
...view of these problems, I do not believe that it would be wise to insist that campus organizations require all speakers to submit to questions and discussion. It follows that no group should have the right to insist that speakers invited by others must subject themselves to debate. That is an issue for the sponsoring organization to decide. As a matter of good judgment, a sponsor would be well-advised at least to ask a speaker to engage in debate or answer questions whenever the subject is one that would naturally provoke interest in having such discussion. But a sponsoring...
...administrators step back and examine the fairness of that principle. Four years of college academics are surely not a pre-requisite to shoot lay-ups or catch touchdown passes. More importantly, college is not a pre-requisite for success in any number of other non-athletic fields. But, insist the defenders of the the present intercollegiate sports regime, football and basketball stars must also demonstrate aptitude and dedicating for college-level academics--even though those standards aren't impressed on businessmen or bakers...