Posted on 01/27/2004 8:47:32 PM PST by maluka23
William and Mary is strongly committed to freedom of expression under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. For that reason, the College has approved the request of a student group calling itself the Sons of Liberty to conduct a protest against affirmative action in the University Center. A similar event, held last semester, did not meet the administrative requirements we routinely impose on such activities. The application for Tuesday’s event did.
The right to freedom of expression belongs to every member of this community, including the President. I am exercising that right by writing this letter. Members of the Sons of Liberty have announced their views on the subject of affirmative action, which I do not share. They are entitled to their opinion, however mistaken I believe it to be.
What I find personally offensive is the manner in which they have chosen to express their views. The "bake sale" with racially differentiated prices that they hold today is inexcusably hurtful to members of this community whose presence here is welcome and critically important to the quality of our life together. Those who have chosen this abusive method of self-expression will have not a few occasions in later life to look back with regret on what they have done.
The wealth of skills, talents, backgrounds, races and interests our students bring to campus is itself an important element in our learning environment. Every student admitted to the College of William and Mary is qualified to be here. Our students’ record of success demonstrates that conclusively.
As a university community, we take the actions of the Sons of Liberty in the spirit of Jefferson’s comment about freedom of thought: “Here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error, as long as reason is left free to combat it.”
Timothy J. Sullivan President
If you routinely impose them, what are they? And did you major in double-speak?
No. All they have to do is flash their Matricula cards and they get free cookies.
As of right now, they are all on Double Secret Probation!
You can keep your racist system.
What I find personally offensive is the notion that it is acceptable to slander the reputation of the Founders of America, who did not agree with the Leftist racial and social theories, being taught as gospel on American campuses today, coupled with the studied efforts to make students whose families have been part of the American mainstream for many generations, feel they should apologize for their heritage.
The mainstream kids are not the aggressors in this, and any hurt feelings they encounter, are hurt feelings resulting from the brainwashing that children of all races are receiving in our schools today. Were it not for this "education," that tries to instill "guilt" in one group for doing nothing wrong, and a sense of "victimization" in another group, which as a group has not been victimized in generations, there would be no need for bake sales or hurt feelings on the part of anyone.
William Flax Return Of The Gods Web Site
William Flax
Abusive? Abusive to whom? The university's policies of racial discrimination? The university's feelings?
Or the white students who are charged more for the cookies? That must be it, for Mr. Sullivan's screed to mean anything.
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