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Cambridge University refuses to censor student's thesis
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#42>You complain that ... and indeed to censor it.
The penultimate para in the original letter, wow! A befitting answer to a bully, and how! :)
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#43>Cambridge is the University of Erasmus, of Newton, and of Darwin. This is a very elegant way of giving them the finger.
It's also a surprising appeal to authority logical fallacy. Those people don't work there anymore. (not that I disagree with them that they shouldn't censor the findings)
If appeal to precedent is a fallacy, we (the western world) really need to rethink our legal system.
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#44I wonder when Cambridge starts to be blocked by the banks then ... :)
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#45First, he thrusts the knife in, then violently twists it -- "Accordingly I have authorised the thesis to be issued as a Computer Laboratory Technical Report. This will make it easier for people to find and to cite, and will ensure that its presence on our web site is permanent....". Classic.
The Brits often have such a way with words. Bless them.
The English have a way with ... English!
Fancy that.
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#46"we have no choice but to back him. That would hold even if we did not agree with the material!" Reminds me of a Frankin quote: "Sir, I disagree with you, but I will fight to the death for your right to say it."
Surely you mean Voltaire?
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"
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#47>Cambridge is the University of Erasmus, of Newton, and of Darwin. This is a very elegant way of giving them the finger.
It's also a surprising appeal to authority logical fallacy. Those people don't work there anymore. (not that I disagree with them that they shouldn't censor the findings)
I don't see the reason for downvoting parent.
Full quote is "Cambridge is the University of Erasmus, of Newton, and of Darwin; censoring writings that offend the powerful is offensive to our deepest values", and first part struck me as completely irrelevant to the second part, somewhat unworthy of this otherwise well-convened letter.
In addition to that I don't see it as an "elegant way of giving finger", how mentioning of historic figures conveys the "finger message"?
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#48Re: Cambridge University refuses to censor student's thesis
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's also a surprising appeal to authority logical fallacy. Those people don't work there anymore. (not that I disagree with them that they shouldn't censor the findings)
I don't see the reason for downvoting parent. Full quote is "Cambridge is the University of Erasmus, of Newton, and of Darwin; censoring writings that offend the powerful is offensive to our deepest values", and first part struck me as completely irrelevant to the second part, somewhat unworthy of this otherwise well-convened letter. In addition to that I don't see it as an "elegant way of giving finger", how mention…
Erasmus, Newton and Darwin all published writings which offended the powerful. Cambridge didn't censor that, and they seem to see that as a winning strategy.
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