The following may be of interest to members of the C.G.F.
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997 18:53:20 -0500 Paul Kneisel <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>I am writing to you as one anti-hate activist to another concerning the
>case of Prof. Sheldon Epstein from Northwestern University, who was
just
>fired for putting material *against* the Holocaust in his ethics and
>engineering course at the university. I believe our paths crossed
earlier
>on the net over anti-hate or anti-fascist activities.
>
>Northwestern is home to the notorious Holocaust-Revisionist Arthur
Butz,
>another member of the Engineering Department. Protests against Butz
at NWU
>have been ineffective. The NWU administration supported his
"academic
>freedom" to place Holocaust-Revisionist material on the university's
>computer as long as it was not done in his Engineering classes.
>
>So Prof. Epstein located a course outline for Engineering where ethical
>issues in modern science were to be taught. He developed a
curriculum that
>examined scientific ethics and how the scientific community was
involved in
>events during WW II.
>
>For this, I understand, he was fired by the same university that
tolerated
>and defended Butz's Holocaust-Revisionism.
>
>The full story is available at the WWW site:
http://www.k9ape.com/c96/ in
>the five files candor00.html through candor04.html.
>
>I strongly urge you to read this information. I think we must not just
>challenge the spread of action-based hate ideology; we must also
defend the
>right of others -- like Prof. Epstein -- to challenge it.
>
>My reading of the web material is that if Prof. Epstein can be fired, so
>can other professors who use material opposed to hate-action around
areas
>like anti-Asian violence, the bombing of black churches in the U.S.
south,
>or gay bashing. [ig]
>
>I am writing to you as one anti-hate activist to another concerning the
>case of Prof. Sheldon Epstein from Northwestern University, who was
just
>fired for putting material *against* the Holocaust in his ethics and
>engineering course at the university. I believe our paths crossed
earlier
>on the net over anti-hate or anti-fascist activities.
>
>Northwestern is home to the notorious Holocaust-Revisionist Arthur
Butz,
>another member of the Engineering Department. Protests against Butz
at NWU
>have been ineffective. The NWU administration supported Butz's
"academic
>freedom" to place Holocaust-Revisionist material on the university's
>computer as long as it was not done in his Engineering classes.
>
>So Prof. Epstein located a course outline for Engineering where ethical
>issues in modern science were to be taught. He developed a
curriculum that
>examined the true story of the horrors of the Holocaust and how the
German
>scientific community was involved in these events during WW II.
>
>For this, I understand, he was fired by the same university that
tolerated
>and defended Butz's Holocaust-Revisionism.
>
>The full story is available at Prof. Epstein's WWW site:
>http://www.k9ape.com/c96/ in the seven files candor00.html through
>candor06.html. These pages include NWU's response as well as Prof.
>Epstein's complaint. Prof. Epstein's WWW site also has pointers to
articles
>in the NY Times, the Washington Post, and the Chicago Tribune.
>
>I strongly urge you to read this information. I think we must not just
>challenge the spread of action-based hate ideology; we must also
defend the
>right of others -- like Prof. Epstein -- to challenge it.
>
>My reading of the web material is that if Prof. Epstein can be fired, so
>can other professors who use material opposed to hate-action around
areas
>like anti-Asian violence, the bombing of black churches in the U.S.
south,
>or gay bashing. [ii]
>
>
>
>-- Paul Kneisel <[log in to unmask]>
>
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