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Another Orwellian Program Shouted Down.

Happens all the time. This one happened in Canada. As long as decent people exist, these programs will die on the vine. But eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.

Calling it “incompatible with the atmosphere required for free speech,” Queen’s University in Kingston yesterday scrapped its controversial “dialogue facilitator” program.

It caused a scandal last year when it was revealed the six student “facilitators” were mandated to intervene in private conversations to encourage discussion of social justice issues and discourage offensive language.

In a report to the administration, a panel of experts expressed “strong reservations about unsolicited interventions into the lives of students” because of the risk of “making students feel unsafe or under surveillance because of their opinions.”

… The panel faulted Dean of Student Affairs Jason Laker for importing an American model of diversity promotion. [Hey, don’t blame us for your fuckup.]

… The review was launched in response to “a tempest of negative, sometimes searing, comment in the national press.” [Duh.]

Margaret Soltan, February 12, 2009 10:55AM
Posted in: free speech

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