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...certain instances, it is clearly inappropriate for Harvard to accommodate every possible viewpoint. Possible examples are when a speaker professes racial hatred, when the premise of the discussion is unfounded or irrelevant, or when the sponsors of the debate want to hold it at Harvard to lend credibility to their own political agenda, not to enlighten or instruct...
...sponsors, five did not previously have apartheid on their agendas. Only one is exclusively devoted to the issue. Although the sponsors may be sincerely dedicated to the rights of the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, some are sincerely anti-Israel as well. Should Harvard feel compelled to lend them its resources...
...having a board of Christian fundamentalists discuss the legality of abortion, or having Zairean leader Sese Seko Mobutu speak about peace in Africa, for that matter. Although all views should be heard, treating such a forum as an academic pursuit would make a mockery of the term. To lend Harvard's credibility to a conference so imbalanced in its approach, so determined to push a particular point of view rather than to give all the facts, is indeed inappropriate. Rather than "foster critical thinking and dialogue," the conference would have obscured real debate on an already murky issue...
...that administrators should allow every group to hold a conference on campus. Harvard should not lend its limited resources to a speaker whose theories have absolutely no basis in fact. Likewise, administrators should not feel compelled to publicize an irrelevant topic. And Harvard should not accommodate speakers who espouse doctrines such as race-hatred...
WORLD: East Germany's leaders seem willing to lend an ear to the nation's newly vocal opposition movement...