Very well said!

Thomas W. Dunfee
Vice Dean and Director
Wharton Undergraduate Division
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-898-7691


-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Cavenagh [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 7:21 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Ashcroft


Like David, I was deeply troubled when I read the messages to which he refers.
If we cannot support, indeed assist in creating a marketplace of ideas, what
business do we have calling ourselves educators?  Count me out of any "majority
of ALSB members" unable to interact with people and ideas with whom and which I
disagree.

David Reitzel wrote:

> I am saddened by the intolerance expressed by Profs Ginger, Hawker, and
> Shaw re Mr. Ashcroft. I had thought that the ALSB membership could at
> least listen to views contrary to their own, as I have over the years.
> Whether or not Mr. Ashcroft is confirmed, is the ALSB membership really
> so close-minded that it must reject all debate? If so, what does this
> say about our professorial quality?
>
> Bill Shaw wrote:
> >
> > Nice going Laura.  I think that voices the position of a great majority of
> > ALSB members.
> >
> > >I feel compelled to say that I am opposed to inviting Ashcroft to speak
> > >due to his reprehensible views on various issues.  I think it would be an
> > >affront to our black colleagues, not to mention women and GLB members of
> > >our organization.  I would never attend any session at which he appeared
> > >and would feel ashamed if our organization hosted him for anything.  I
> > >have not seen this view expressed to date in this series of messages but I
> > >know that I am not the only person who is reacting this way to the idea.
>
> --
> Yours,
>
> David Reitzel
> Professor of Business Law
> Sid Craig School of Business
> California State University, Fresno

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