Posted on 04/23/2007 2:19:56 AM PDT by jsh3180
(WBZ) BOSTON A reenactment of the Virginia Tech massacre has caused some serious problems at a Boston school. According to a local paper, an Emmanuel College adjunct professor was fired after replaying the incident to prove his pro-gun view.
According to the college, the incident, which happened on Wednesday, left many people upset. "An adjunct faculty member made statements regarding the shootings at Virginia Tech University which prompted students and parents to contact the administration with complaints."
The Boston Herald reports that Nicholas Winset, 37, of Newton, received a letter by courier that informed him of his termination. During his reenactment, the paper said Winset, an adjunct professor of financial accounting, was trying to prove that if there were more guns in society, someone might have been able to stop the massacre.
Winset tells the paper the college's decision to fire him was pathetic and will affect the discussion of controversial issues at schools. Emmanuel College argues that "the well-being of our student body is a primary concern, and the action taken, which was to dismiss the adjunct faculty member, reflects this belief."
According to the Herald, Winset said he gave students a disclaimer before his replay of the Virginia Tech shooting.
Speak for yourself, Mr. Groupthink.
Emmanuel College. Is that a Christian school?
What was this teacher’s class? What is his specialty?
If this was an engineering class, the re-enactment would be totally irrelevent.
If it is a contemporary-issues class, 1 might argue it is relevent.
1 might still argue he shouldn’t be proselytizing in any class, BUT if he was talking about a relevent case in a relevent class, he could possibly use the argument that he was simply engaging in debate. Especially if he allowed debate. The latter may be questionable.
I’m teetering on the fence about his firing, although without all facts, I’m tending toward letting him stay.
I agree. If he was trying to show what responses are available to potential victims, this could save lives in future.
Timing is everything. I can understand trying to equip students who may be victims of copycats which might follow within the immediate aftermath of VaTech. However, liberals were sure to have a hissyfit during their "crisis of ideology" and strike out against convenient targets.
OK, here’s another later thread. More detail that partially answers my previous questions:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1821987/posts
When the Columbia blew up on re-entry, NASA engineers didn’t wait a couple weeks before investigating why.
When something goes wrong, you look at how and why to keep it from happening again. Waiting for the public to calm down and go back to watching the idiot box before getting to work isn’t sensitivity, it’s irresponsibility.
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