To: tejek who wrote (222944 ) 3/8/2005 5:45:43 PM From: TimF Read Replies (2) | Respond to Its fine that he has his opinion but he shouldn't enforce ideological conformity in his class. I am not calling for censorship. Again, its not what I am disputing. In a country with free speech, his position is not so terrible. I am surprised at your reaction. I am unclear why you are on this tangent. I made very clear in bold letters prefaced by the word EDIT what my objections were to the article. "Determining the boundaries of this dispute is a slippery exercise. At root it is about some Jewish students and recent graduates, who could number several dozen, contending that in recent years they felt mocked and marginalized by pro-Palestinian professors. They have not, however, pointed to any grade retribution. Some of the Jews in the class got upset at one point; so did some of the Arabs.......it seemed at times it was difficult to please anyone. Eventually, he let us have group discussions on the big issues. It was extremely valuable. He was an older than Massad and may have been more adept at handling controversial issues. What I do know is that it was one of the classes I enjoyed the most.
