"Firefly' and Anti-Fascism Posters Get Professor Threatened with Criminal Charges (U of Wisconsin)

Foundation for Individual Rights in Education ^ | Sept. 26, 2011 | FIRE staff

[tlb]

Full title 'Firefly' and Anti-Fascism Posters Get Professor Threatened with Criminal Charges on University of Wisconsin Campus"

The offending poster

The second poster.

Firefly just can't stop causing trouble.

[Sherman Logan]

Hooray for Firefly!

[Sherman Logan]

I remember the line, but not the specifics. Does anybody remember who the captain was addressing?

[corkoman]

Stupid Fascists. I hope the students ralley for him.

Now, regarding Firefly, I keep watching re-runs just to check out Jewel Staite. What a honey.

[Wyoming Cowboy]

I’d quip “political correctness gone mad”, but it went mad a long time ago. And the only way to crush it is to crush liberalism.

[The Theophilus]

... On September 20, Walter emailed Miller again, stating that her office had removed the poster because it "depicts violence and mentions violence and death."...

So they are banning television, movies, children's mystery novels like "Hardy Boys" and "Nancy Drew".

There are also plenty of medications and household cleaning products and appliances like hair-dryers that mentions "death" in their warning labels. Better get rid of those offending items too.

Meanwhile, at a university somewhere, they are scheduling yet another speech by the president of Iran.

[6SJ7]

She added that UWS's "threat assessment team," in consultation with the university general counsel's office, had decided to have the poster removed, and that this poster was reasonably expected to "cause a material and/or substantial disruption of school activities and/or be constituted as a threat." College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Interim Dean Raymond Hayes has scheduled a meeting with Miller about "the concerns raised by the campus threat assessment team" for this Friday.

It's bad enough to see the abuse of power by these twits at a university. Imagine what they would do with real power.

[agere_contra]

Firefly just can't stop causing trouble.

"I aim to misbehave"

[agere_contra]

Simon Tam (”How do I know you won’t kill me in my sleep?”)

[PapaBear3625]

I remember the line, but not the specifics. Does anybody remember who the captain was addressing?

He was addressing the doctor, who was concerned that Mal might do something to him and his sister over the danger they might pose due to their being wanted by the Alliance.

[BlueLancer]

""I aim to misbehave"

[Lee'sGhost]

Firefly....one of the best shows ever.

Serenity was full of great lines.

Dr. Simon Tam: In all that time on the ship... I’ve always regretted... not being with you.
Kaylee Frye: With me? You mean to say... as in sex?
Dr. Simon Tam: I mean to say.
Kaylee Frye: To Hell with this. I’m gonna live!

[Lee'sGhost]

See my post #12

[AFreeBird]

‘trust me, when I start fighting a war, you’ll see something new’

[AFreeBird]

[Dead Corpse]

Sure would be nice if we had some GRENADES don'tcha think?

I'll be in my bunk.

YoSafBridge...

I shaved my beard off for you DEVIL WOMAN!!!

[Dead Corpse]

I wonder if this Walter creature ever realizes her actions are dripping with irony in forcibly removing a poster decrying fascism...

[corkoman]

That twerp didnt deserve her!

[Marie]

Funniest Kaylee quote: “They have man-whores! How thoughtful!”

[Dahoser]

In Star Trek II, Kirk tells Saavik, as he’s punching in Reliant’s prefix code, that she has to learn why things work on a starship. Seeing Kaylee Frye, we learn why Scotty works on Kirk’s starship.