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Justin Elliot Jones' letter regarding Mel Gibson's speech requires a response that is as "flippant and crass" as Gibson's speech itself: lighten up! Unlike Mr. Jones, I did attend the speech, and I found it amusing and entertaining. Maybe Mr. Jones doesn't realize that those things have some value in themselves...
...Gibson didn't have a deep moral message. So he used some occasional profanity. So he expressed views that some of us (including myself) may have disagreed with. So what? I don't want Mel Gibson to spew forth some drivel about how awful violence in the movies is when that's not what he actually believes. Gibson answered honestly, and yes, a little flippantly. He was light-hearted and humorous. I just don't understand how that relates to Mr. Jones' claim that Harvard is, "the finest school in this hemisphere, if not the world." Is that really relevant...
...horrors, even a little profanity. You're correct Mr. Jones, Gibson did not have any grand theories of wisdom or life-altering realizations, and maybe by your standards that means his speech was worthless. Well forgive me if I don't buy into your standards, but I thought Mel Gibson was generous to donate his time, and worth listening to if only because of his humor and joviality. If those things are unfit for this institution, then I don't want to be here. --Benjamin L. Berwick...
...excitement about Mel Gibson's recent speech in Sanders Theatre last Tuesday saddens me. I cannot understand why so many supposedly intelligent Harvard students cared so much to see a man whose remarks contained not one whit of intellectual thought. As soon as I first read in The Crimson that Gibson would be coming to Harvard, I thought to myself, "What could Mel Gibson possibly have to say?" I tried to keep an open mind that he may have something to say of substance, but Gibson soon proved my fears to be totally correct...
...Harvard's male under-graduates can ogle and drool? This is supposed to be Harvard University, the finest school in this hemisphere, if not the world. It has been host to many speakers of first-rate intellect who came to impart their knowledge and wisdom to the students. Mel Gibson doesn't belong here; he belongs in People magazine. Shame on the Graduate School of Education for bringing him here and wasting Harvard's precious resources. And shame on the students who went to see him and are embarrassed to admit that the emperor is wearing no clothes. --Justin Elliot...