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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (23566)	7/27/2003 4:02:07 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Ray: . . "child sex-slave pimps?" What the heck?

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (23566)	7/27/2003 4:22:04 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

It's not about "accepting" beliefs. My job is not to accept or reject the beliefs of my students (unless those beliefs involve believing in bad grammar, or poor spelling- then I do need to express some opinion). Beliefs outside the area of the standards which I teach, are not in my purview. I hope all my students learn from my example that a committed liberal humanist might behave in the manner I do. If I have a little Coulter in my class, she will find that I honor her with the same respect as a human being that I give to everyone else. She might figure out that her beliefs are not my beliefs, but by the end of the year she would know that I would not grade her down on her beliefs, but only on her English. Ultimately none of us can really fairly decide what "beliefs" go beyond the pale- imo- because that is such a subjective decision. Certain actions are illegal, but so far we do not have thought police to tell us that our beliefs and thoughts are. I hope it never comes to that either- because I don't trust anyone with that power, even myself- and I consider myself a pretty benign and tolerant authority figure.