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College Professor: "Republican party are essentially the Christian version of the Taliban"
http://www.carrollnewsonline.com/index.php?id=135 ^ | November 27, 2004 | Greg Hoener

Posted on 12/07/2004 1:03:21 PM PST by metalmanx2j

Meetings are being held to discuss politics in the classroom after a professor apologized for an e-mail in which he vented his frustrations over the result of the presidential election.

The controversial e-mail was written by Paul Lauritzen, director of the Applied Ethics Program and professor of Religious Studies, to 32 faculty and administrators.

The e-mail, which was sent on Thursday, Nov. 4 at 10:31 a.m., somehow made it into the hands of students.

In it, Lauritzen wrote that he was “depressed beyond belief” at the result of the election. He added that he was angry, using an expletive.

He then called on colleagues to become more active in political discussion with their students.

“We need to tell our students that Bush is a liar and that many in the Republican party are essentially the Christian version of the Taliban,” he wrote.

“Bush won Ohio and much of the rest of the country because of Guns, Gays, and God,” Lauritzen wrote.

He added, “I say No Guns, No Gay Bashing, Not Your God.”

He added that faculty must organize against the war in Iraq.

“We have to abandon this studied neutrality,” Lauritzen wrote. “We have to lead by example. I ask you to join me in transforming the culture at JCU.”

At the end of the e-mail, Lauritzen urged the recipients to forward the message to others who might be interested.

The Carroll News obtained the e-mail from various students who each expressed their concern over its contents.

Senior Brian Ellis, who was one of the students who got a hold of the e-mail, met with Lauritzen.

“We’re not paying for a one-sided education,” Ellis said.

Nine days after the original e-mail, Lauritzen sent out an apology to the faculty, staff and administrator e-mail list. The same apology will be sent to all students.

“Because the language of the e-mail was intemperate, it has given great offense to many in our community, especially many Republicans,” Lauritzen wrote.

Lauritzen said that it was not his intention to insult anyone.

He also apologized to the recipients of the e-mail, saying that they could mistakenly be thought to endorse the e-mail.

“No one should draw that conclusion,” Lauritzen said.

He added, “The anger expressed in my e-mail was blameworthy, and I

apologize for it.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: lauritzen; pest
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1 posted on 12/07/2004 1:03:21 PM PST by metalmanx2j
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To: metalmanx2j

I think college professors are "essentially" the Stalinist version of the common idiot.


2 posted on 12/07/2004 1:04:24 PM PST by Reactionary
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To: metalmanx2j

That is competely untrue and if you say that again I am going to drop a wall on you.


3 posted on 12/07/2004 1:04:31 PM PST by escapefromboston (manny ortez: mvp)
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To: metalmanx2j

Gosh, I haven't seen Bush or other Republicans (except that loony Tom Coburn) advocating killing people for reasons no good.
I think this college professor should understand that Islam is inherently violent, while Christianity is far more peaceful. A comparison between Bush and the Taliban is just insane.


4 posted on 12/07/2004 1:05:22 PM PST by DoraC (Islam is no peaceful religion.)
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To: metalmanx2j
Lauritzen said that it was not his intention to insult anyone.

No no, of course not! How could any Christian Talibanner think that?

Dan
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5 posted on 12/07/2004 1:06:33 PM PST by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: metalmanx2j

College academia has done a lot to expose itself as a fraud in the last 4 years. No wonder enrollment is going down.


6 posted on 12/07/2004 1:07:30 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: metalmanx2j
“We need to tell our students that Bush is a liar and that many in the Republican party are essentially the Christian version of the Taliban"

Louder please, "professor."

Something keeps muffling the sound of your voice.


7 posted on 12/07/2004 1:07:30 PM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (I feel more and more like a revolted Charlton Heston, witnessing ape society for the very first time)
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To: metalmanx2j

When I saw the thread title, I just knew it was about a professor at a "Catholic" university.


8 posted on 12/07/2004 1:08:19 PM PST by bushisdamanin04
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To: metalmanx2j

and this guy is an ETHICS professor?


9 posted on 12/07/2004 1:08:27 PM PST by camle (keep your mind open and somebody will fill it with something for you))
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To: metalmanx2j
Republican party are essentially the Christian version of the Taliban

He's right. Let's report him to our head Mullah and have his head lopped off.

10 posted on 12/07/2004 1:08:29 PM PST by Polybius
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To: metalmanx2j

He's apologetic for the anger, and apparently for his choice of words, but he's remarkably unapologetic for conspiring to spread disinformation to students, to abusing his position as a teacher and mentor, throwing out all pretense of intellectual honesty, and for betraying the trust of students. He should no longer be teaching.


11 posted on 12/07/2004 1:09:04 PM PST by SoDak (home of Senator John Thune)
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To: metalmanx2j
This is a "YHGTOBSM" moment...It's a military thang...


12 posted on 12/07/2004 1:09:49 PM PST by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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To: metalmanx2j

He should be glad he wasn't my student in English comp...a freshman would have had to rewrite that until he understood the difference between: "these people do things I don't like, and these are the reasons why" and "these other people do things that are totally evil by even my standards and these are what they do," and "Compare and contrast these two groups that have very little in common."

He must have dropped too much happy juice and now has scrambled synapses.


13 posted on 12/07/2004 1:09:52 PM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: escapefromboston

off with his hands.


14 posted on 12/07/2004 1:10:31 PM PST by RolandBurnam
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To: Polybius

"head Mullah.."

*snicker*


15 posted on 12/07/2004 1:10:32 PM PST by Hi Heels (Proud to be a Pajamarazzi.)
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To: metalmanx2j

The prof is a poopyhead.


16 posted on 12/07/2004 1:10:59 PM PST by RightWhale (Destroy the dark; restore the light)
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To: metalmanx2j

Is anyone else getting as sick of these "apologies' as I am?

They get their point across,get the publicity,apologize,and all is well.


17 posted on 12/07/2004 1:11:06 PM PST by Mears
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To: metalmanx2j
“Bush won Ohio and much of the rest of the country because of Guns, Gays, and God,” Lauritzen wrote.He added, “I say No Guns, No Gay Bashing, Not Your God.”

I say....STFU!!!

18 posted on 12/07/2004 1:11:08 PM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it.)
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To: metalmanx2j

Joe Stalin had a way with dealing with Educators. Sometimes I think he was right. This is one of those times.


19 posted on 12/07/2004 1:11:37 PM PST by Area51 (Diapers and Politicians need to be changed-For the same reason)
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To: metalmanx2j

Here's his photo and current courses.

http://www.jcu.edu/religion/Lauritzen/lauritzen.asp

Catch the irony of this guy teaching a course about "Moral Decision Making"...


20 posted on 12/07/2004 1:13:14 PM PST by LibFreeOrDie (A Freep a day keeps the liberals away.)
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