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Slovak activist Jan Carnogursky said "certain gains have been won and it has been agreed that all the political interests will be represented." He said it was possible he would become a deputy prime minister.
But panelist Charles Baron, who heads the CivilLiberties Union of Massachusetts, said that theWisconsin code is unconstitutional because thedisciplinary action taken hinges on the content ofthe derogatory comment.
Baron said that the First Amendment wasdesigned to prohibit any sort ofgovernment--including a universityadministration--from restricting what people cansay.
"We must remember that the person who'sadministering these codes is not aphilosopher-king," Baron said. "I do want toprotect people from being hurt, but not at thecost of lying to ourselves."
But Delgado said that university guidelinesalready prohibit certain types of speech that areconsidered harmful to others. "We punishplagiarists and don't stage consciousness-raisingsessions on the evils of it," Delgado said.