Aileron Posted October 21, 2005 Report Posted October 21, 2005 Centre Daily Times This is the dominant story in my local newspaper, I figure its a little more interesting than Ducky's. (No offense - its just that everyone agrees.) Since Wednesday, a second protest occurred in front of Old Hall. This disturbes me. Harris just threw out an accussation, and a mob is asking Portland to be fired. I don't see why this is a sexuality rights issue...there are no lesbians involved. I definitely have no clue why the Black Caucus is involved. (Except the Black Caucus on campus is a corrupt piece of work...last year somebody allegedly yelled 'n------' out some window, and their suggestion to the University was to give all of the higher officials of the Caucus full scholarships. Maybe they are trying to make easy money off of this issue. I guess there might not be a lot of respect for the Black Caucus on campus, because they try to turn every issue that comes up as an opportunity to make money for themselves. I think that, and not who is coaching basketball, is what causes the "larger problem" on campus.) In my opinion, this is just a matter of one disgruntled student throwing around an accusation, and some mob who fell for it demanding somebody be fired before any proof is given. Portland is en!@#$%^&*led to due process. She is innocent until proven guilty. All we have now is "Harris said so", and her allegation of Portland thinking Harris was a lesbian when she really wasn't sounds pretty shakey to me. I doubt that Harris can read minds...heck if she could read minds her GPA would have been higher. But worst of all the protestors are too impatient to wait for an investigation to even start. If this were a crime, there wouldn't be enough to arrest Portland right now, let alone convict her. If the University fired every staff member immeadiately as they were accussed of something, there would be no staff left to run it, because anybody can accuse anybody else of anything. I just hope the University is smart enough to use due process rather than listen to a mob.
Dr.Worthless Posted October 22, 2005 Report Posted October 22, 2005 A.) I doubt the University will fire her without due cause, that opens the ins!@#$%^&*ution for a lawsuit. B.) I doubt the various groups calling for her head will ease down, character assassination is a powerful politicla tool. C.) If the lady is proven innocent I hope she slaps those loose-lipped loudmouths with the mother of all slander suits.
MonteZuma Posted October 23, 2005 Report Posted October 23, 2005 Universities are breeding grounds for rent-a-crowd mobs like this one. It is hard to take them seriously.
Aileron Posted October 24, 2005 Author Report Posted October 24, 2005 Wow, I guess this topic is even MORE boring than Ducky's. I guess its just that I can't help but notice...the chanting these people made almost interupted the classes I was taking. I was just wondering if the entire world went crazy, because all I could see and hear at that moment was these protestors.
»Ducky Posted October 24, 2005 Report Posted October 24, 2005 I think they are equal :-pNot really a time for politics as everyone is basically burned out We can try though!
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