University is a place of higher education, we expect people there to be more knowledgable and more open minded..... it is a place where u learn to accept different point of views without feeling offended it's a place where u learn to express yourself freely and debate with other who think differently than you .....
For all those who are against Dr pierre Sarkis expressing his opinion in the way he did:
if you are not allowed to do this in a university then where do u think this should be allowed ? the university environement by itself should be protective for all opinions .... expressing opinions and debating freely is one of the major goals of university education..... take philosophy and religion classes for example : there u have people of different convinctions discussing freely, u have atheists discussing with men of faith without beating each other up......
In Classes of political science do u really expect teachers and students not to show their opinions .... what's the point of discussions then......
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Originally Posted by roch10452  I agree with Pierre Sarkis only on one matter:
If opposition wins the election, its a decision of the lebanese people
as for the rest, i completly disagree
one particular note to the people here who are defending his freedom of speech:
1- where is Sfeir's freedom of speech?
2- as a teacher, your freedom of speech stops the moment your class starts
you teach objectively without influence directly your students
If they are influenced by you indirectly, its your obligation to offer them the opposite version of who you are. I didnt see Pierre Sarkis discussing the loyalist point of view during his class! |
You can disagree with him ... No one is making u accept his point of view, but just like everyone should accept you , you should accept everyone else...
Sfeir's freedom of speech ?? ummmm when was the last time someone banned Sfeir from Bkerke for speaking his mind on a sunday morning ??
A teacher is a human being he is entitled to his own opinion and he can say it freely, his students can agree or not..... the only problem is if the teacher is biased towards students who share the same views as his and i didn't see any evidence of this with Dr Sarkis.......
U said freedom of speech stops the moment class starts ... i won't go into a debate concerning this point since i don't think Dr.sarkis wrote this article during class time .....
Discussing loyalists point of view??? do u really think that if someone started a debate about loyalist v/s opposition with him he would tell them to shut up ???
Freedom of speech only stops when u disrespect or offend someone like what Addiyar newspaper did a couple of days ago....
the action taken by the university was very wrong .... when someone writes an article in a magazine or newspaper..... the proper way to reply is by writing another article or OP-ED in the next issue stating the counter arguments......
This is freedom of speech, but unfortunately every concept is skewed in Lebanon.....
17th May 2009
i know this man, he doesn't really care about anyone's feelings, he just says what he feels a la sleimen bek...
