Difficult
Nov 02, 2004
Words seldom fail me, but it's hard to find utterances to express my opinions about this. James Farmer, a well respected blogger and important contributor to the field, is told by his director (in an unnamed university - but you know who you are): "cease supporting and promoting weblogging, wikis or any other technology not officially supported by the University." One wonders what the motivation for such a demand would be. One wonders how it can be that in a university, of all places, it can be deemed appropriate to stifle enquiry, squelch dissent, and clamp down on expressed opinions freely voiced in an independent forum. I will state this very clearly, for anyone who cares to read this: James Farmer is an important part of our community. We need him. The names on the list of comments (feel free to add yours) - and the names of many more people - are testament to that. Silencing James Farmer is to silence us all - and we will not be silent.
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