Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!looking!brad
From: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: Freedom of hate
Keywords: First Amendment & usenet, does vs. should do
Message-ID: <3087@looking.UUCP>
Date: 14 Apr 89 15:20:42 GMT
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Universities, as private institutions, have the legal right to restrict
speech on their facilities.

However, as universities, there is an expectation (perhaps a duty) that
they will uphold the principles of freedom of expression to a
*greater* degree than the government, not a lesser one.

Universities must lead the way in freedom of expression, not follow the
dictates of public opinion on what is offensive.

One might even argue that when one enters the contractual relationship
with a university known as attendance, there is an implicit belief, dating
back from a tradition of many years at universities, that you will not
be censured there, or told what to say or read, simply because of the
contents of your communication.   This is a debatable point, of course.

Only tenured faculty have this explicitly laid out.
-- 
Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd.  --  Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473