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...Peninsula engaged in a postering campaign in order to attract new members. One of the four varieties of posters compared Peninsula's beliefs to the dominant liberal ideology on campus. Apparently, a band of left-wing terrorists thought it would be amusing to create over two-dozen fraudulent posters that would lead the reader to believe Peninsula was a home for racists and bigots. The goal was to libel the magazine and ruin the good names of those associated with it; scaring off potential recruits was merely an added side benefit. The vandals, though, were too scared and embarrassed...
...religious student group? What if someone had slanderously and maliciously forged the posters of the BSA, BGLTSA, Harvard Radcliffe Christian Fellowship or even Room 13? Would the Administration have been silent? Would The Crimson have labeled the forgery a "parody" in its headline, as it did with the Peninsula poster forgery? Would the Crimson article have focused on the victim's position--with which the letter writer disagreed--as it did concerning Steven Mitby and his opinion on anti-discrimination protection of transgendered students? Would the President of the Undergraduate Council brush off the swastikas as a "distraction" which diverted...
While I realize that the Crimson's editorial board disagrees with most of Peninsula's positions, I was extremely disgusted to read Daniel Suleiman's Dartboard pieces (March 1), which referred to Peninsula members as "racist assholes." I find it ironic that someone should call another group of people "racist" while presenting his view in this extremely bigoted manner...
Moreover, I am extremely disappointed to see that despite my efforts to answer Suleiman's questions about forged posters, he has misrepresented the information I gave him for the purpose of ridiculing Peninsula. Dan asked if I could answer some questions about the posters. I replied at the beginning of our conversation, "I have not seen the fake posters, so I don't think I can help you. You may want to try Brad Whitman or Chris Griffith." In fact, I was surprised to receive a call in the first place since I am not a member of Peninsula...
Suleiman acted unethically on this occasion by not only misrepresenting my words and views, but also by providing misleading information to Crimson readers as to my position on Peninsula's staff. --Jay Dickerson '98 Guardian, Peninsula...