Word: obstructionism
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But perhaps radicals don't admit any humanist absolutes. Still, obstruction and violence are extreme forms of blustering. Cicero, you recall, advised speakers to bluster when they had no case and to speak dispassionately when the facts were with them. Thus it is a great political disappointment as well, that...
Bob Cox was never charged with obstructing a Harvard official. Rather the catch-all charge of "actively participating in an obstructive demonstration" was brought against him. This was in accord with one of the CRR's ground-rules for dealing with the massive picket lines last May; it declared that...
Second, such coercion, if permitted, irreparably damages and would ultimately destroy not only the functioning of the University but the personal liberty of its members. The only way the University can protect itself against physical violence or obstruction by nonstudents is to institute proceedings in the courts.
Third, since disciplinary actions were instituted against students who engaged in such deliberate physical obstruction, it would have been grossly unfair to ignore the same conduct on the part of non-students. Accordingly, criminal trespass complaints were filed against all non-students identified as participating in the obstruction after being...
three admonitions to students with no prior records "whose participation in the obstruction was brief and marginal. or was marked by other mitigating circumstances,"