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Opinion

Tolerance and the Folly of Skeptics

By Bruce Gago | October 4, 2005

The recent controversy over Noah Riner's convocation speech has inspired many Dartmouth students to raise their guard and insist that a speech defending absolute truth and encouraging a change of beliefs is inappropriate. Although we claim openness, we are actually deeply committed to a particular view of reality, which we affirm in others who share it and oppose in those who do not. William Willimon, the chaplain of Duke University, recently spoke to a group of Canadians who questioned his conviction that Christians should attempt to convert unbelievers to Christianity.

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Opinion

An Alternate Look At Politics

By Bruce Gago | October 13, 2004

Few indeed are the occasions when an op-ed that fills the pages of The Dartmouth proceeds to inculcate its readers with truly shortsighted logic, inaccurate facts and unfounded politicized shots.

The Setonian
Opinion

Freedom of Hate Speech?

By Bruce Gago | July 27, 2004

To the Editor: I have been reading with some consternation the various articles and letters to the editor in The Dartmouth the past few weeks regarding the incident of Al-Nur's website contents. I believe the campus can understand the anger of both sides, and though members of Al-Nur eventually complied and removed the offensive material, the questions raised by this incident are doomed to repeat themselves in potentially more vicious forms if the College compromises its duty to uphold free speech. I am firm in my support of the right to complete freedom of speech by individuals and organizations at Dartmouth. Though I must be unequivocal in expressing that I denounce the controversial passages that Al-Nur posted and believe it was foolhardy to post anything without reading it beforehand, students at Dartmouth must be committed to creating an atmosphere whereby good ideas can oust bad ones in the forum of logic, reason and open debate.

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