Posted by Lou Pilder on August 19, 2006, at 8:53:46
Friends,
I have received many emails requesting the URLs for the statements that have the potential to arrouse antisemitic feelings that have not been sanctioned equally, since I thought that I could not post them here. These statements have already been determined to be acceptable by the nature that Dr. Hsiung has not applied a sanction to them that they are uncivl, and members could be led to think that since there is no sanction to those statements, that they are civil. So it is not a question as to if they are civil or not, for they have been allowed to stand, and there is precedent for the potential for others to think that if a statement is allowed to stand, that Dr. Hsiung considers the statement to be civil.
Many emails to me ask me if I am seeking that the forum be closed. That is not my intention, for what I am seeking is that the university of Chicago post a disclaimer that they do not endorse statements to be civil that have the potential to defame Jews. I am asking that each and every one of those have a notation to them to that effect. The statement after Dr. Hsiung's email address only says that the university of Chicago is not the owner of the site. I would like the statement to go on and say that the university does not endorse any statement that could arrouse antisemitic feelings that has been allowed to stand.
If the university will not do such, then I am asking Dr. Hsiung to change the name of the forum so that there could be a complete separation from the forum, since others could think that the univerity is in some way party to the forum by the nature that the forum was thought, by at least me, to be a research project involving the uniiversity in some way.
The issue is as to if Dr. Hsiung has freedom of speech and he most certainly does, even though he limits the member's freedom of speech in his rules in his FAQ. But if the university is involved, can the university limit the freedom of speech to its students or its guests?
You see, I consider myself and others here to be guests of the university by comming into the forum that I think has the endorsment of the university untill they say otherwise. And as a guest of the university, I feel that any allowing of statements that have the potential to arrouse antisemitic feelings is illegal. This is because the forum's rule is that I can not post the foundation of Judaism, yet the foundation of antisemitism in the form of allowing statements that accuse the jews of killing Christ, is allowed. I base this on affirimative action laws that prohibit a university from promoting anything that has the potential to advance racial inequality, or to defame minority religious or ethnic peoples.
If you would like to email me about this, I would welcome such
Lou
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