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CandleInTheDark · 03-23-2010, 04:03 PM

Not that I agree with banning either person from Canada for their views, I am a bit incredulous that you cannot see the difference in kind -- rather than scale -- between Coulter's quotations and Galloway's (alleged, because I cannot find any quotations) remarks.

The more troubling issue for me is that a University authority and student union president are actively thwarting and interfering in this talk. If our universities are supposed to function as a free and open exchange of ideas, why are these authority figures attempting to thwart such an exchange through 'hate speech' chill, as it were. Quite frankly I would be embarrassed to be a student at th

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CandleInTheDark Addict Location: Where the music's loudest	Not that I agree with banning either person from Canada for their views, I am a bit incredulous that you cannot see the difference in kind -- rather than scale -- between Coulter's quotations and Galloway's (alleged, because I cannot find any quotations) remarks. The more troubling issue for me is that a University authority and student union president are actively thwarting and interfering in this talk. If our universities are supposed to function as a free and open exchange of ideas, why are these authority figures attempting to thwart such an exchange through 'hate speech' chill, as it were. Quite frankly I would be embarrassed to be a student at th __________________ Where there is doubt there is freedom. Last edited by CandleInTheDark; 03-23-2010 at 04:13 PM..