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2006-02-08 Home Front: Culture Wars

Northwestern University rips Holocaust denial

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Posted by Fred 2006-02-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Northwestern University President Henry Bienen said Monday that a professor's recent comments denying that the Holocaust happened are "a contemptible insult to all decent and feeling people" and an embarrassment to the university.

So, fire his sorry @ss for presenting factually inaccurate information. A school should have the right to terminate those who intentionally distribute falsehoods and contribute to misunderstanding and misinformation.

Posted by Zenster 2006-02-08 14:19|| 2006-02-08 14:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Tenure can be revoked for things like moral turpitude. If Northwestern really means it, they would invoke it in this case. After all, the professor sought out the opportunity to trumpet such views not in an academic setting, but in the international press, and used his academic credentials (ignoring that those are in an unrelated field -- what's engineering got to do with Modern European History?) to buttress his fallacious argument. Highly inappropriate, I would think.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-02-08 14:20|| 2006-02-08 14:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Back to the "free speech" issue.

While i'm all for it, I would like to point out the difference between opinion and informed opinion. I'm quite distressed to listen to the former by people who insist their opinion is valid simply because they give air to it. And quite willing to listen and give thought to the latter. Rare as it is becoming.

Posted by Hupomoger Clans9827 2006-02-08 19:13|| 2006-02-08 19:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Let the "Slide Rules for Truth" Engineering Cult take care of him....he's ours....

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-02-08 19:22|| 2006-02-08 19:22|| Front Page Top

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