Last week, Daily Princetonian Columnist Brandon McGinley '10 sparked fierce debate by advocating for the establishment of a University-supported center for "morally traditional" students. Such a center, say its advocates, would provide much-needed support for morally traditional students who may ...(back to the article)
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It is not oppression per se that necessitates the establishment of a center, but oppression's effects, namely the extra hurdles that such students have to have to obtain the same level of acceptance and achievement. Int'l students face the same hurdles more from differences in culture than from discrimination, though there is a long history of discrimination against "foreigners" in US history.
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Suggesting that conservative or religious programs are a great heaven for traditional sexual morality and chastity is failing to understand that not all students who want to live life in this way are conservative or religious. People have different reasons for living the lives they do, and we need to respect this. Also, the suggestion that the reason for the existence of the Womens Center and LGBT Center is that these groups of people faced prior oppression would be met with problems when applied to the International Center. There are groups on campus that may address issues of diversity, etc., but the centers were created because outside groups and limited resources fail to provide for these marginalized students as necessary. Perhaps we could extend our sympathies to the morally traditional students, too.
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Hi. Just wanted to clarify that I think it would be senseless to have a chaplaincy for atheists. Just as senseless as Tom's proposal. Just for future reference sarcasm is a device in which you say one thing but the meaning is precisely the opposite. Kind of like "well done" in the phrase "well done, moron." But how would you have known that, anywho?
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Having an Aetheist chaplain defeats the whole point of aetheism in that you are creating a religion out of a system which negates it. Well done, moron.
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Speaking of religious groups... if we extending Haine's logic (i.e. students who abstain from sex need a place to better shield them from sexy events) then I think students who abstain from religion need a chaplaincy to better support their abstention from religious events. Atheist chaplaincy candidates: Richard Dawkins, Penn (of Penn and Teller), Lance Armstrong, Dan Savage, Adam Corolla, Jodie Foster, or Sir Ian McKellan.
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What about the plethora of religiously-affiliated groups on campus, which have various forms of University-backing?
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The University has a chapel...what more do you want? It's the biggest "center" on campus.
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Tom Haine and the Anscombers don't understand how marginalized and demeaned immoral students are. I mean, if they get a center to support their traditional morals, I will demand one to support my immorality. I like lying, stealing, and having premarital sex... where's my institutional support?!
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How about a center dedicated to convincing students to stop being morally traditional?
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Yes! Yes! Yes! Thank you for writing this piece.
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