Word: speech
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...first point, albeit a technical one, is that there is no provision under U.S. law that guarantess Mr. Brown uninterrupted free speech. Indeed, foreigners (such as Carlos Fuentes, Garcia Marquez, Mme. Allende) have been denied entry into the U.S. on the grounds that what they (will!) say is prejudicial to state interests. Hence Mr. Brown's privilege to air his views from a Harvard podium is hardly a "right", and it is a mistake to regard it as an axiom...
...putting this in the context of Harvard University, does he enjoy rights to free speech on the grounds that he is a guest of the campus community? He most certainly was not a guest of the community. Whatever plot the Conservative Club and Dean Epps hatch by mutual consent and unleash on the rest of us does not qualify as an invitation on our collective behalf...
Maybe, then, his right to free speech stems from the fact that a campus is supposed to be a democratic place, and every view should be given a fair hearing. This would hold water if the University were a disinterested party and functioned democratically. As it stands, Harvard has a vested interest (to the tune of over $200 million) in doing some favorable propaganda for the South African government. It also is not a democratic institution, since policy decisions are unilaterally made by the Corporation, with negligible input from the rest of the community (and zero input from the student...
...conclusion, a complete travesty of campus democracy occurs within a flimsy mantle of tired old cliches (like freedom of speech and movements, democratic etiquette, etc.). This is no revelation to the Conservative Club, since it consistently and cynically exploits to the hilt the larger community's confusion of these deliberately orchestrated excercises in activist-baiting with excercises in campus democracy. Vishwambhar Pati Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Increased pursuit of child sex abusers raises concerns about damaging false charges. -- "Propaganda" labels do not chill free speech...