Re: MD The free market of thought

From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Sat Sep 18 2004 - 17:04:15 BST

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    Ant:

    Thanks for the ZMM quote:

    > ZMM, Chapter 13 (near beginning of chapter):

    > The newly elected governor was trying to fire the college president for
    > both personal and political reasons. The college president was not only a
    > personal enemy, he was a Democrat, and the governor was no ordinary
    > REPUBLICAN. His campaign manager doubled as state coordinator for the John
    > Birch Society. This was the same governor who supplied the list of fifty
    > subversives we heard about a few days ago.

    I see where Pirsig correctly qualified what went on by saying the governor
    was "no ordinary Republican." Hardly a blanket indictment of all
    Republicans, or conservatives, or anyone else who adheres to the
    principles of intellectual and individual freedom as set forth in the
    U.S. Constitution. What's happening on campuses today with speech codes,
    political correctness and leftist ideological indoctrination sounds
    frighteningly similar to what Pirsig says happened years ago in Montana,
    only now it's happening in every state. That's why the "Academic Bill of
    Rights" is gaining support.

    Best,
    Platt

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