Neil Clark: The Only Decent Thing To Do

Friday, March 24, 2006

The Only Decent Thing To Do

Here are my thoughts on the suspension on the racist and sexist university lecturer Frank Ellis.
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk
/neil_clark/2006/03/the_correct_decision.html

4 comments:

Miguel said...: This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.; 8:35 PM
Neil Clark said...: I can assure you there's no inconsistency. Milosevic was a life-long socialist and anti-fascist- a man, in the words of David Own to whom 'all forms of racism are anathema').
Just because I defend Milosevic doesn't mean I have to defend Frank Ellis- there's absolutely no connection. Let's leave out the race issue for the moment- what about his views that women are intellectually inferior as well? Do you agree with that?
As I said, for a private citizen to hold such racist and misognyistic views is depressing enough- but Ellis earns his living as a lecturer at a publicly funded British university and racist and misogynistic views are, I believe, incompatible with this position.
If it is indeed he 'establishment' view that university lecturers should not go around saying that black people and women are intellectually inferior- then I for one, on this occasion, would be in agreement with it. I abhor racism-whether it's the Frank Ellis variety- or the BBC saying that 'few will mourn Milosevic' -a statement which implies that the views of millions in China, Africa, Asia, South American and the Middle East - are 'inferior' to those of Western politicians.; 9:10 AM
Nguyen Van Minh said...: I found the article at Amren to be problematic, to say the least, but I oppose all censorship, and would not have recommended his sacking.; 10:00 AM
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