Academic Liberty and Free Speech at Boalt Hall
Petition in Defense of Academic Liberty, Free Speech, and Open Discourse at Boalt Hall School of LawWe, the undersigned students and alumni of the Boalt Hall School of Law, put forth this petition to... continue reading »
"Because MSNBC was the first to post the Yoo memo in its entirety on May 25th and the petition was circulated no later than Graduation, which was on May 22nd, how did the drafters of the petition & early signers read Yoo's entire memo before demanding "
"We killed your citizens on Sept 11. Our soldiers laugh while the CIA tortures them. A fair trade for your liberal blood."
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"I think the people who have signed this petition and expressed contempt for those who signed the other petition are HYPOCRITS! Why is it okay for Yoo to parse the definition of torture but not okay for others to express their disapproval?"
"While I think Yoo's memo sounds like it was spectacularly irresponsible, I think it's equally ridiculous to call for his resignation in response. That sends a McCarthy-ish message that you must think like "us" (whoever that is) or leave Boalt. Let's keep "
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"Is free speech only for Liberals? I don't understand what the hell people are drinking out there."
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"Professor Yoo's failure to recognize basic human rights as legal obligations is deplorable. As Justice Brandeis observed, "Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example." The example"
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"Class of '99"
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"Did he state his reasons for declining your forum? Maybe it's a trust issue given that he was attacked & demanded off campus before given a chance to present his case? Rumor has it that the school will host a forum in the Fall that he will attend. Tha"
"I agree the petition against Prof. Yoo was hypocritical in claiming respect for academic freedom and yet calling for repudiation or resignation on his part. Dialogue is the answer here, not condemnation masked in threat."
"If the petition writers are shoddy lawyers so are the legal minds behind the media that have made the same accusations. Not that the media is an icon of trustworthiness but there was reasoned speculation that the memo was directly linked to the abuses in "
"As I embark upon the world that exists outside of this "sheltered" community we call Berkeley, I will take with me one important lesson: the idea that the Berkeley community encourages tolerance and embraces intellectual and academic freedom is a farce. F"
"If the promoters of the anti-Yoo petetion even bothered to READ the Geneva Conventions, they would know that the prisoners at Abu Ghraib met only 1 of the 4 conditions required for the POW protections contained therein. That doesn't mean we shouldn't obje"
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"It was an INTEROFFICE MEMO, not the delineation of a "pro-torture policy". Of course, facts will not get in the way of the usual hysterical and strident hyperbole from the most self-righteous of all college students, those preparing to be LEFTIST LAWYERS."
