February 08, 2006

Academic Freedom (Except to Criticize Islam)

Guest commentary by Inigo Montoya: Freedom. You keep using that word. I do not think it means, what you think it means. American professor fired for showing cartoons to students in UAE. Here is the money quote:

Shaikh Nahyan emphasised that there is freedom of opinion and expression in the UAE, as well as academic freedom enjoyed by all educational institutions, but what happened in Zayed University does not relate, in any sense, to any relevant concept of freedom.
In all honestly, it's not like American universities are much more free.

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1 If there is no freedom to criticize Islam, there is no freedom. Simple, that!

Posted by: jesusland joe at February 08, 2006 06:05 PM (rUyw4)

2 JJ there is freedom to criticize islam, it's just that a billion people don't like it. Sticks and stones etc, except when talking about muslims; they are superior to us if we are to believe their preachings.

Posted by: Jester at February 08, 2006 06:39 PM (2FYdV)

3 Hmmmph! Yeah, well, I don't believe their teachings, and frankly, why should I? They come to the West from their hellholes and want to tell us what to say or do. My answer is for Muslims to go back to the hellholes they came from. It wouldn't take the deportment of 100 of these guys before we heard them singing a different tune. I'll bet you on that.

Posted by: jesusland joe at February 08, 2006 06:48 PM (rUyw4)

4 Offcourse there is freedom of speech in the Middle East, they are also free to criticise, insult and mock all other religions. They are also free to call jews and americans, pigs and/or apes. I'm surprised that there are female students in the UAE, oh my, things have changed, Arab women have brains, they are allowed to learn, truly shocking.

Posted by: MathewK at February 08, 2006 07:29 PM (pVHqF)

5 Another paradox of this ongoing - how to say this - educational bias/prejudice. If one wishes to gain access to gainful employment, it has been/will be required to have spent considerable time and money in these American Universities. For without the entitlement granted in exchange for the substantial financial support contributed to these brainwashing specialists, the employment options narrow to a disparaging level. The option to feed the Jaba's at the top and everywhere in between seems non-existent.

Posted by: forest hunter at February 08, 2006 07:49 PM (Fq6zR)

6 Check it out guys, apparently the cartoons were published in Eygpt in Oct 2005, with no reaction from anyone, also the newspaper running the holocaust cartoons already has pictures of Mo on its website, so much for not having pictures of him. http://egyptiansandmonkey.blogspot.com/2006/02/boycott-egypt.html http://www.hamshahri.org/vijenam/javan/1384/841115/panke3.htm

Posted by: MathewK at February 08, 2006 10:56 PM (pVHqF)

7 Shall we burn the Egyptian embassy down? Or should we demand they burn their own down? I mean, fair's fair, right?

Posted by: Oyster at February 09, 2006 05:26 AM (YudAC)

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