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10 March 2006
09 March 2006
Editors Weblog- Geopolitical Analysis of the "Cartoon controversy"
by Mumvy
the geography of the publication of the Danish cartoons tells us a lot about our democracies: what is allowed, what is forbidden... and what is taboo. In fact, it's more geopolitics than geography!
Republikeinse Weblog - Concordia Res Parvae Crescunt: Sammenhold:
by Mumvy
By rejecting the agenda of the extremists, Canadaâ s intelligentsia would be standing shoulder to shoulder with the Muslims and secular individuals from the region who reject both Islamophobia and Islamism. Islamism is not the new revolutionary moveme
Agora :: More Moderate Moslems speak up :: March :: 2006
by Mumvy
Donâ t be silenced by extremists A plea from 11 Canadian Muslim academics and activists: A curtain of fear has descended on the intelligentsia of the West, including Canada. The fear of being misunderstood as Islamophobic has sealed their lips, drie
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07 March 2006
The Guardian: Cartoon controversy and the learning environment
by Mumvy
Excerpts from the UPEI President’s Newsletter, dated February 28, 2006. See the full text posted on the official UPEI website: http://www.upei.ca/president/html/the_cartoon_controversy_and_th.html See comments on at the full text at http://antontravers
04 March 2006
DontAxe - documents concerning the "cartoon controversy" at UPEI
by Mumvy
& 2 others
I found it difficult to believe that the president of a Canadian university would come out so strongly against freedom of the press -- or as Wade MacLauchlan refers to it, "reckless free speech." What I found most offensive, however, was the way he tried
03 March 2006
Anton Traversa: Disgusted with UPEI
by Mumvy
A response to the Newsletter published by President Wade MacLauchlan of the University of Prince Edward Island, February 28, 2006, on the "cartoon controversy."
01 March 2006
Not-So-Free Speech: Canadians Beware! - FIRE - The Torch
by Mumvy
President Wade MacLauchlan of the University of Prince Edward Island is still publicly defending his decision to censor the student newspaper at the University of Prince Edward Island, which attempted to publish the controversial cartoons depicting Moham
Not-so-free-speech: Canadians Beware! from FIRE - The Torch
by Mumvy
President Wade MacLauchlan of the University of Prince Edward Island is still publicly defending his decision to censor the student newspaper at the University of Prince Edward Island, which attempted to publish the controversial cartoons depicting M
Canadian Jewish News
by Mumvy
We Jews, who have suffered from censorship, should not be supporting it. Moreover, I donâ t believe censorship is efficacious. It renders the censored item into forbidden fruit, making it more appealing, not less so. In Europe, as in many quarters
The Guardian: UPEI has catered to political correctness
by Mumvy
The Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2006, issue of The Guardian carried an article entitled â Muslim woman praises UPEIâ s handling of cartoon controversyâ . On the same day the National Post newspaper carried an article headlined â Censorship on the
The Guardian: Not a peep from the professors
by Mumvy
& 2 others
I have a question that should be of interest to those concerned about the principle of academic freedom. How is one to account for the fact that when the administration at UPEI sent in the police to confiscate the copies of a recent edition of the stud
DontAxe: Case File 1: Document 3
by Mumvy
Where to find the letter from S. Qudsia (Koli) Hoogeveen to H. Wade MacLaughlan now that it has been rmoved from the official UPEI website.
27 February 2006
The Liberty Letter: Those Darn Muslims
by Mumvy
Comments on the response from Wade MacLauchlan, President of the University of Prince Edward Island, to the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship.
Letter from S. Qudsia (Koli) Hoogeveen to Wade McLauchlan, President UPEI
by Mumvy
A "letter of thanks" from a pious Muslim woman to the President of the University of Prince Edward Island, originally posted on the official UPEI website, but removed on February 27, 2006. This URL leads to the page cached by Google.
25 February 2006
University of Toronto -- News@UofT -- News Digest -- (February 23, 2006)
by Mumvy
Letter from the Society for Academic Freedom and Censorship to Wade MacLauchlan, President of UPEI, and MacLauchlan's response to SAFS, republished in the news digest of the University of Toronto.
ChuckerCanuck: I'm starting to blame the victim
by Mumvy
Have you heard of the kerfuffle at the University of Prince Edward Island? The president caught wind of a university newspaper's plan to publish those cartoons - you know, the super-deadly evil ones from Denmark - and halted its distribution after only a
Free Speech at Risk, Canadian Proessors Warn
by Mumvy
As an academic -- and one, who as a child, was fortunate enough to have his parents take him from a "fear" to a "free" society -- I suggest that the principle of freedom of speech must be treasured over all other principles, especially in universities, wh
Free Speech at Risk, Canadian Proessors Warn
by Mumvy
So Wade MacLauchlan, the president of the University of Prince Edward Island, believes that censoring student newspapers is the best way to prevent potential violence and help his university strive towards "an engaged and positive learning environment."
Print Story - canada.com network
by Mumvy
I found it difficult to believe that the president of a Canadian university would come out so strongly against freedom of the press -- or as Wade MacLauchlan refers to it, "reckless free speech." What I found most offensive, however, was the way he tried
24 February 2006
Campuses must uphold free speech
by Mumvy
Letter to the National Post. 24 Feb 2006, from Walter Bruno, concerning Wade MacLauchlan's open letter to the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship
Campuses must uphold free speech
by Mumvy
Letter to the National Post. 24 Feb 2006, from Doreen Kimura, concerning Wade MacLauchlan's open letter to the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship National Post
