By reneging on protest, officials let values slide
As you browse through today’s Yale Daily News, you may have become aware of the two major rallies — pro- and anti-Beijing Olympics, respectively — that took place Saturday. Regardless of the goals and results of the two rallies, our community at large benefited from its commitment to the unfettered freedoms of expression and peaceful assembly, core values of our society.
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By (Anonymous)
5:06pm on April 28, 2008
Get bent. The administration should not take sides in this. Allowing the pro-China people onto Old Campus it would have been a tacit endorsement. You had your rally on the Green, so what are you crying about? I, for one, would not have wanted to see this on Old Campus without opposing views allowed in the same space.
Tony Blair to headline Class Day
As a coordinator of the Amnesty International club at Yale, I believe that the pro-Beijing Olympics rally largely missed the point. But that's a topic for another day.
I agree wholeheartedly with your article. Yale knew about the dual protest well in advance, and it's inexcusable for them to force you to move your Saturday event at 5:00pm on the Friday before.
I am suspicious of the motivations behind this sudden decision on the part of Yale. It amounts to an infringement of your right to free assembly. If this matter is an ongoing concern, I offer my support, and I'm sure many other campus activists would as well.
Edwin Everhart