tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post3155373116473445145..comments2023-10-30T12:26:15.822+01:00Comments on Research as a Second Language: Basic ValuesThomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-38875350002547266402017-02-05T20:21:56.015+01:002017-02-05T20:21:56.015+01:00PS. I think the Chancellor was excoriating words t...PS. I think the Chancellor was excoriating words that had been previously spoken by Yiannopoulos. But you raise a good point about free speech. If you shut someone down before they've even spoken, you can't do it on the basis of what they've said. You have to take away their right to speak as such. Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-21239136340093738432017-02-05T20:18:36.560+01:002017-02-05T20:18:36.560+01:00The thought did occur to me. It is possible that D...The thought did occur to me. It is possible that Dirks was making some intentional distinction. If so, he was being careless, in my opinion, in his public pronouncements. His readers could not be expected to make any distinction, nor to easily decide whether basic is more fundamental than merely fundamental or fundamental more basic than merely basic. Both expressions indicate an "existential" threat, i.e., a threat to the foundations of the community. It sets up a Catch 22.<br />Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-84063743633129558252017-02-05T19:04:24.583+01:002017-02-05T19:04:24.583+01:00I am intrigued by the possibility that the Chancel...I am intrigued by the possibility that the Chancellor purposefully separated basic from fundamental values so that he did not explicitly equate the actions of the protestors to the rhetoric of the invited speaker. This allows him, as you note, to excoriate the words (that were never spoken) by the invited speaker at the same time he denounces violent action (which did occur). But he avoided noting whether he really thought the violation of basic values was more heinous than the violation of fundamental values. What is your guess about which attack was a bigger violation of the Chancellor's values?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com