A Comment About

Censorship by Language Reform

April 5, 2010 - 12:05 am - by Theodore Dalrymple
Rick Z
2010-04-07 07:34:02

Person the Lifeboats.

Crew Member Overboard.

Human Eating Shark !

The dangers of sailing the briny deep.

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And, Danger – open people hole.

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A graduate of Duke University (98), when Stanley Fish was Chair of the English Dept. tells of a required Freshman writing course. All quotes had to be reworded to be gender neutral. “All people are created equal”.

The general student reaction … “This is a crap course, just meant to provide employment for favored faculty. Give them what they want, and forget about it after the final exam”. The value of a top tier university education …. NOT.