Comments on: NSS sticks up for Clareification editor

By: martyn

martyn — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 15:49:54 +0000

god help britain? your in for a long wait if that’s your plan

By: Britney British

Britney British — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:35:20 +0000

I, too am actively assiting the poor student as best I can. Please see my blog to find out what I have done and what you can do to help. I have made contact with a student who knows what is going on so may have some insider info soon.

By: NoJags Neil

NoJags Neil — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:42:46 +0000

Response from Professor Badger:

The issue at stake is not the publication of the cartoon but the possible
incitement to prejudice in the whole edition against large sections of
College Community – gays, Jews, Muslims – with college funding. Apart from
the criminal law which is out of our hands. I hope that the standard
disicplinary proceedings within the College will clarify whether there is
an issue for disiciplinary action or not.

Mmmm… “incitement to prejudice”, eh? Oh, dear. Then we get into the realms of who we may be prejudiced against. Am I allowed to be prejudiced against Nazis?

By: G. Tingey

G. Tingey — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:46:03 +0000

Relevant officials at Clare College:

Get as many people as possible to write to these persons, in protest at their disgraceful behaviour, in censoring free expression of criticism of religion.
( Politely, of course )

Here are the relevant persons:
The Master, Professor Tony Badger:
master@clare.cam.ac.uk
The Senior Tutor, Dr Patricia Fara:
pf10006@hermes.cam.ac.uk
Students’ Union President, Calum Davey:
cd361@cam.ac.uk

By: Andy A

Andy A — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:19:08 +0000

Oh, bugger! Sorry, mate, I’ve spelled your name wrong!

By: Andy A

Andy A — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:18:34 +0000

exactly what qualifications do ya need to get a job in journalism (based on their example)?

– Andy Gilmore

Just being a twat, I think, Andy. Just being a twat. I wrote to the idiots yesterday (although I doubt a letter from afar will get in), sounding off not only on the ridiculous thing itself, but also on the fact that their story is just that, a story, not a feature article; has no byline; shouldn’t be commenting; comment is free but facts are sacred, as we know. So what the effin’ hell are they doing running a news story with comment in the use of the word vile? Who/what is a nameless news story to make such a value judgement? Journalism’s gone down the pan in the regions even more than it has nationally (along with the state of its grammar and punctuation, but that’s another story).

By: Andy Gilmour

Andy Gilmour — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:15:15 +0000

Mildly piss-taking email now winging its merry way to the CEN folks.

exactly what qualifications do ya need to get a job in journalism (based on their example)?

By: GagWatch » College Principals Should Stand Up For Free Speech Instead Of Supporting The Censors

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:08:20 +0000

[...] National Secular Society has issued a press statement (via) in support of the editor of Clareification who has been moved to secure accommodation and is [...]

By: Frank Key

Frank Key — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:40:47 +0000

During the first outbreak of MoToon outrage, it always seemed to me that the best response was the widespread dissemination of the pictures themselves. Only later did it occur to me that if more and more people made – and published – their own drawings of this 7th century person, the basic idiocy of the ‘outrage’ would become overwhelmingly obvious. Hence my own small contribution, republished today in view of the Clare College brouhaha (see the pingback at Comment 1, whatever a ‘pingback’ is, and no, don’t tell me, I’ll work it out…)So sharpen your pencils and get drawing!

By: NoJags Neil

NoJags Neil — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:36:21 +0000

Duly written. This is a truly disturbing episode. The Cambridge Evening News’s use of the term, “…racist cartoon and other
vile material” is astonishing and terrifying. Will they be calling for the Clarefication editor’s beheading next?