Re: academic freedom
Paul Dillon (dillonph who-is-at northcoast.com)
Wed, 4 Aug 1999 10:15:11 -0700
Dr. Mary Bryson's message implied that the BC action occurred in an
"anti-affirmative action" climate, that BC seized upon this climate to carry
out pest control. I'm confused. Mary Daly was engaged in an
anti-affirmative action teaching practice by definition and law. The only
difference being that the persons being discriminated against in this case
happened to be male and not the other way around. But the definition
doesn't specify equal access for females or any other particular group; to
the contrary, it specifies that no particular group shall be the basis for
exclusion.
The law specifically doesn't protect the rights of any -ism but rather
groups of individuals defined on the basis of a variety of cultural and
genetic properties.
Isn't the logic of claiming that BC's action partakes of (an by inference
thereby is a part of) an anti-affirmative action climate a prime example of
what George Orwell termed "double-think"?
Paul H. Dillon