Comments on: Harassed by politically crazy bureaucrats http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/09/harassed-by-politically-crazy-bureaucrats/ Free-linking and thinking on education by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:35:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: SuperSub http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/09/harassed-by-politically-crazy-bureaucrats/#comment-75138 SuperSub Fri, 09 May 2008 21:18:50 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/09/harassed-by-politically-crazy-bureaucrats/#comment-75138 "This is an appeal to the slippery slope." Unfortunately a lot of policy created by bureaucrats and politicians is intentionally obtuse to provide those slopes... which is why the founding fathers explicity laid out certain inalienable rights. “This is an appeal to the slippery slope.”

Unfortunately a lot of policy created by bureaucrats and politicians is intentionally obtuse to provide those slopes… which is why the founding fathers explicity laid out certain inalienable rights.

]]> By: Chris http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/09/harassed-by-politically-crazy-bureaucrats/#comment-75136 Chris Fri, 09 May 2008 21:09:40 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/09/harassed-by-politically-crazy-bureaucrats/#comment-75136 the complaint may have been about the Notre Dame content ... it did take place U of Indiana :) the complaint may have been about the Notre Dame content … it did take place U of Indiana :)

]]> By: Half Canadian http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/09/harassed-by-politically-crazy-bureaucrats/#comment-75131 Half Canadian Fri, 09 May 2008 19:14:47 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/09/harassed-by-politically-crazy-bureaucrats/#comment-75131 "If any book can be banned . . ." This is an appeal to the slippery slope. Of course there are some things that would be inappropriate, but this book doesn't qualify under any reasonable definition. This is a book that blacks may very well be interested in (KKK members getting beaten up?). This is an example of idiocy run amock. “If any book can be banned . . .”

This is an appeal to the slippery slope. Of course there are some things that would be inappropriate, but this book doesn’t qualify under any reasonable definition. This is a book that blacks may very well be interested in (KKK members getting beaten up?). This is an example of idiocy run amock.

]]> By: Library » Blog Archive » Harassed by politically crazy bureaucrats http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/09/harassed-by-politically-crazy-bureaucrats/#comment-75130 Library » Blog Archive » Harassed by politically crazy bureaucrats Fri, 09 May 2008 19:14:03 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/09/harassed-by-politically-crazy-bureaucrats/#comment-75130 [...] Joanne Jacobs wrote an interesting post today on Harassed by politically crazy bureaucratsHere’s a quick excerpt Keith Sampson recounts his racial harassment nightmare at University of Indiana-Purdue in the New York Post. Sampson, a communications student and part-time janitor, was reading Todd Tucker’s Notre Dame vs. the Klan: How the Fighting Irish Defeated the Ku Klux Klan during breaks. The book is in the university library. The (affirmative action) office ruled that my “repeatedly reading the book . . . constitutes racial harassment in that you demonstrated disdain and insensitivity to your co-work [...] [...] Joanne Jacobs wrote an interesting post today on Harassed by politically crazy bureaucratsHere’s a quick excerpt Keith Sampson recounts his racial harassment nightmare at University of Indiana-Purdue in the New York Post. Sampson, a communications student and part-time janitor, was reading Todd Tucker’s Notre Dame vs. the Klan: How the Fighting Irish Defeated the Ku Klux Klan during breaks. The book is in the university library. The (affirmative action) office ruled that my “repeatedly reading the book . . . constitutes racial harassment in that you demonstrated disdain and insensitivity to your co-work [...]

]]> By: allen http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/09/harassed-by-politically-crazy-bureaucrats/#comment-75126 allen Fri, 09 May 2008 18:28:32 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/09/harassed-by-politically-crazy-bureaucrats/#comment-75126 For $106,000 per year the guy had better demonstrate his importance from time to time. For $106,000 per year the guy had better demonstrate his importance from time to time.

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