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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry" <kraken@cwr.nospamfrom.u.edu>
Newsgroups: cwru.general,cwru.net.general
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: Using CWRU email for politcal spam


>
> "Maelstrom" <Maelstrom@cwru.edu> wrote in message
> news:bo615b$kjf$1@eeyore.INS.cwru.edu...
> > Anyone else get this in their inbox?
> >
> > Anyone else kinda pissed about this coming from the University mailing
> > list? I'm not one for political preachings. Never-the-less my spam
> > filter marked it junk.
>
> I didn't receive it, though I'm neither faculty nor staff.  Anyway, I have
> three problems with it:
>
> 1.  It seems to me inappropriate for resources available solely to certain
> internal elements of the University to be used for political stumping of
any
> sort.

People do it all of the time, though, right or wrong.  Since this is a
private
institution, they, and companies alike, can ask their employees to consider
voting a certain way on a certain topic.  I agree it may be gauche, but it's
still a perogative.

> 2.  Endorsement of particular political views by the University is
contrary
> to the open forum of debate required for any academic institution (not to
> mention that endorsement by the University seems to indicate that all
> members of the University community are in agreement, which I can
guarantee
> you they are not).

This is a better argument!

> 3.  This e-mail reads like a television ad.  I mean, come on, we're all
> smart people here.  We can make an objective assessment of Issue 1's
merits
> without having it beaten into our brains with nearly every single
paragraph
> starting with the phrase "Issue 1".

Another great argument.  The average IQ and schooling of people that spend
a great portion of their lives here is quite high.  No need to insult us!

- Paul