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"Our University does not condone offensive or abrasive speech, and sanctions are possible for individuals or groups who go beyond the boundaries protected by free speech."

11/15/2005 2:05:34 PM

Chancellor James L. Oblinger can eat my cock.

11/15/2005 2:06:28 PM

well, he does say "go beyond the boundaries protected by free speech," which means libel, slander, etc, which ARE illegal

11/15/2005 2:06:55 PM

goldenviper you are a fucking idiot that can't understand what you read

11/15/2005 2:08:13 PM

See, Gamecat, you should have let me antimatterize him.

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"well, he does say "go beyond the boundaries protected by free speech," which means libel, slander, etc, which ARE illegal"

He mentions "offensive and abrasive speech" in the same sentence that talks about "sanctions." I don't like the sound of that.

Anyways, libel and slander laws have a history restricting speech.

11/15/2005 2:12:58 PM

well, also, the school is allowed to make whatever rules they want to restrict your speech.

that's unfortunate, but it's true

and you really should parse his quote better. NO I'M NOT DEFENDING HIM, but in this case, what he said makes sense.

1.) he says they "don't condone" abrasive or offensive speech. He doesn't say it's punishable; he says they don't condone it.
2.) sanctions apply to speech that falls outside the boundaries of free speech

so really, he's not saying anything bad here.

[Edited on November 15, 2005 at 2:16 PM. Reason : .]

11/15/2005 2:15:16 PM

I say that we slander the chancellor, before any of tehse "sanctions" are put in place.

11/15/2005 2:17:43 PM

Of course.

But he can still eat my cock. You know as well as I do what made him come out and say this.

11/15/2005 2:18:57 PM

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"well, also, the school is allowed to make whatever rules they want to restrict your speech. that's unfortunate, but it's true"

Speech I make outside of the classroom? 'Coz that's some bullshit if true.

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"1.) he says they "don't condone" abrasive or offensive speech. He doesn't say it's punishable; he says they don't condone it. 2.) sanctions apply to speech that falls outside the boundaries of free speech so really, he's not saying anything bad here."

So these two things just happened to be in the same sentence?

11/15/2005 2:29:02 PM

how exactly does the fact that two things are in the same sentence mean they're related?

example: The sky is blue, and shit smells bad.

Does that mean that the sky and shit are somehow related in that sentence?

Also, there is a conjunction "and" preceded by a comma in that sentence, generally acknowledging that the statements before the "and" and after are two different ideas.

oh, adn he can eat my cock too. I'm just tired of college students who can't parse sentences.

[Edited on November 15, 2005 at 2:38 PM. Reason : .]

11/15/2005 2:37:22 PM

Do you people not get the connection here??????

It is not really Oblinger, but the evil mastermind Vizzini from "The Princess Bride"



That's inconceivable !!!

11/15/2005 2:37:43 PM

I wonder what exactly the line is when it comes to "offensive or abrasive speech". This seems pretty subjective. I personally think it's offensive to see all the peta ads and pro-abortion ads in the brickyard, but I don't expect the university to do anything about it. They need to just realize that most college students are too opinionated to ever have this perfect community all the adminstration dreams about.

11/15/2005 2:43:15 PM

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"how exactly does the fact that two things are in the same sentence mean they're related?"

It's implied. I agree nothing that bad is explicitly stated.

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"example: The sky is blue, and shit smells bad. Does that mean that the sky and shit are somehow related in that sentence?"

If there's no connection it's a rather random sentence. I'm pretty sure Oblinger's letter was well thought out.

How about this: "We don't like X, and some people could be punished for doing certain things." Don't you think that implies that people might be punished for doing X?

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"I'm just tired of college students who can't parse sentences."

Oh please. STFU, DG. Dirty hippie.

11/15/2005 2:47:18 PM

Bottom line, kids (and University Administration):

In the real world, you have no right to go through life without being offended.

11/15/2005 2:47:54 PM

I'll have you know I bathe regularly. I'm dirty only in spirit

11/15/2005 2:55:23 PM

fox the theif
oblinger the nazi

11/15/2005 7:04:46 PM

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"I like to pet the cat when I'm dead"

My brother's experiences while playing Counterstrike. All about context. Link plz.

11/15/2005 7:45:37 PM

When/where did he say this, anyway?

11/15/2005 8:01:57 PM

Read the Technician.

11/15/2005 8:04:44 PM

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"oblinger the nazi"

Oh, he's far from a nazi. I'm not trying to say that at all.

11/15/2005 9:26:22 PM

11/15/2005 10:32:34 PM