American academe continues to make Orwell seem as if he were soft-peddling that “Thought Police” stuff. From the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education:
Johns Hopkins University has suspended a student for an entire year for posting Halloween party invitations that some students found offensive on Facebook.com. After the university found 18-year-old junior Justin Park guilty of failing to respect the rights of others, harassment, and intimidation, among other charges, Park sought help from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE).
I knew this notion of policing Facebook was bad news. Don’t these people realize what they’re doing? Or do they? Either way, what is wrong with them?
And I’d also like to reiterate my dismay at the upcoming generation apparently unable to cope with the mere idea of offense.
