Word: posterity
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Take their most controversial poster, bearing the now notorious slogan of "AIDS: Sodomy=Death." This poster makes a valid point, namely, that actions which some may find pleasurable in the short term may cost them dearly in the long term...
...response to the AALARM campaign, Joshua D. Oppenheimer '96-'97, political chair of the Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Students Association (BGLSA), launched a counter-campaign. The BGLSA put up vaguely threatening posters that read "AALARM: Hatred=Death." Oppenheimer, in an act of generosity, also xeroxed 200 copies of the original AALARM poster to put up next to the BGLSA posters...
Disciplining members of AALARM for violating poster guidelines would send a dangerous message to other groups with unpopular messages: if your ideas are controversial, you must be careful about sharing them with others. Harvard views itself as an institution in pursuit of truth. In moving towards the truth, we will have to deal with all kinds of arguments, be they good, bad or indifferent. The last thing we need here is a "chilling effect" that discourages people with unpopular views from speaking out. We should not stifle campus discourse just when it appears that Harvard is becoming politically energized again...
Mystery still shrouds the poster war that pits the Bisexual Gay and Lesbian Student Association (BGLSA) against the Association Against Learning in the Absence of Religion and Morality (AALARM...
Oppenheimer said that the BGLSA made about 200 copies of the AALARM poster to put next...