The University of Washington College Republicans held an affirmative action bake sale yesterday, modeled after similar events at other campuses -- Caucasians and males have to pay higher prices for their cookies than do women and minorities. It is a good-natured, non-violent way to point out the absurdity inherent in group-based preference systems. Unfortunately, some students were offended by the bake sale's anti-racist message and trashed the cookie stand.
The student newspaper UW Daily took the side of the racist vandals
The bake sale was stopped short when passers-by started shouting, tearing down posters and eventually dumping the cookies on the ground.Yes, and by similar reasoning one would argue that Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner should have known what they were getting into, so it was their own fault for getting killed while fighting for racial equality.While it appears that the UWCR is the victim, it knew what it was getting into. Similar bake sales, with similar results, have occurred on college campuses around the country.
But it isn't just the lefty student newspaper that encourages dissenters to stifle themselves. The university police helped the racist agitators shut down the peaceful, lawful protest. The Seattle Times reports:
At 12:45 p.m., an angry student tore down the list of prices and tossed cookies onto the ground, causing a minor melee. Campus police officers were called to control the confrontation, and then told the bake-sale group to close up shop.
I would like to know how many of the dickheads who attacked the bake sale got their asses kicked?
Posted by: Mike James on October 9, 2003 01:45 PMEr, Mike James, what sort of comment is that? Who exactly do you think the d***heads are? And, whoever they are, sounds like they need to take Stuart Smalley's advice (think deep thoughts) before anything else. Even in Ashcroft's Amerika.
Posted by: AMac on October 10, 2003 07:26 AMThe main questions I have are what do we do to protect and restore our civil liberties that are, one by one, being taken away from us? How do we stop this from happening? What can we do to reverse this process of unfairness and discrimination? How do we fight this political war? How do we ensure that those who infringe upon the rights of American Citizens are brought to justice? How do we ensure that justice is served on behalf of those Americans whose civil rights have been tread upon? How do we protect ourselves against those who have authority, such as, the campus police that assisted in shutting down a peaceful protest? Shouldn't politicians be criminally liable for thier transgressions against the constitution? Shouldn't Judges be liable when they make an unjust decision that infringes or undermines those rights gauranteed to American Citizens under the Constitution? Shouldn't Universities be criminally liable when they are involved directly, or indirectly, with the supression of the constitutional rights of Americans? How do we enforce the law? How do we hold them accountable? Where do we get the power or authority to protect ourselves from these transgressions? How do we honor the men, and women, who die to give us our freedom? How do we, as an American people, live up to thier standard? How do we prove ourselves worthy to be called Americans?
Inquisitively,
A Veteran
Posted by: A Veteran on December 16, 2003 02:51 PM