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To: LindyBill who wrote (163614)	4/14/2006 6:04:59 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793682

Savage was put under "investigation" by OSU's Office of Human Resources after three professors filed a complaint of discrimination and harassment against him, saying that the book suggestions made them feel "unsafe." The complaint came after the OSU Mansfield faculty voted without dissent to file charges against Savage. The faculty later voted to allow the individual professors to file charges. The suggestions made them feel unsafe??? I can't conceive how that could be, under any circumstance. This is a blatant attempt to suppress free speech. If people don't wake up and fight back, twenty years hence, they will find that free speech no longer exits.

To: LindyBill who wrote (163614)	4/15/2006 4:34:04 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793682

yet the university is pressing forward, claiming that it takes the charges "seriously." Well, I do think it's silly to pick the word "seriously" out of the entire sentence: "The university so far has declined to stop the investigation, saying in its response that it takes 'any allegation of sexual harassment seriously.'" You can't stop people from making charges, even frivolous charges. Let the system deal with it. There's no legal justification for the charge and thus, it won't actually go anywhere. Lest anybody feel inclined to blame feminists, the professors filing the charges are males, and gay. They felt threatened by the librarian's suggestion of "The Marketing of Evil," which, according to the review on Amazon, claims that the gay civil rights movement is somehow fabricated and marketed. amazon.com I wouldn't call it "sexual harassment" but it's definitely going to ruffle feathers of gay faculty members, especially the "evil" part. Any surprise here? I do wonder whether it's appropriate in an academic setting to promote a book that claims that the gay civil rights movement is "evil." Not exactly sexual discrimination but certainly offensive, and, for someone who may not have tenure, unwise.