A Tale of Two UNESCO World Heritage Sites
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21 responses to “A Tale of Two UNESCO World Heritage Sites”
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“Free speech.” Except when I don’t approve…genius.
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Seriously? So, OK to shout profanities on the Lawn with no regard to other residents or visitors? No expectation for the immature, wrong brat, rewarded with a room to act like an adult? UVA was actually right with respect to her disabilities act claim for reasonable accommodation.
Let’s go over this again – for beginners – she has the right to her opinion and to express it. It was wrong of her to express it on the Lawn door. It was selfish and inconsiderate and a betrayal of the honor accorded her with a Lawn room. Then, politically correct, secretly agreeing with her milquetoast Jim Ryan failed by not condemning her manner of speech. But he didn’t, and he hid behind free speech as his reason not to man up (and also to preserve his academic street cred as a good Leftist. He would be attacked by the Left if he did what he should have done.)
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Thank you for proving my point.
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And thank you for proving your inability to reason and to only parrot your Party Line. Lemme guess…abortion after birth is good with you, cuz Choice! How come a stupid noose on Homer (and I couldn’t tell you where the statue is!) is a hate crime and UVA goes all in to identify the hate crime? Hira Azher was right! She was not an immature brat! Lemme know when the Party denounces the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact on Azher and she becomes an enemy (and it will happen to you and all other useful idiots once your useful idiotness has been used up).
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AND some wonder about the application numbers …. too funny….
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They are still looking for the person behind all the Kilroy was Here graffiti all over Europe, circa 1943-45. Boy when they catch him will he or she be in so much trouble…..
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You clearly missed the religious icon (Wiccan, no doubt) hanging from the top of the doorframe. This is a freedom of religion issue, thus removing anything from the door violates the student’s right not to design door art for Republicans.
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“The UVa administration did tighten restrictions in the lease signed by subsequent Lawn residents, requiring them to fit any signage onto a small message board affixed to the doors. That restriction was promptly ignored.”
1. Is the restriction of signage to a small message board constitutional?
2. Of course the restriction was promptly ignored. Refusing to ignore logic and the English language by not to referring to an individual as “they” or “them” is an act of violence and maybe even a hate crime. But ignoring the provisions of the lease you signed for your dorm room is an act of brave free speech.
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Is that guy wearing pajamas?
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Nah, just a tee shirt. But, ya know, for awhile there it wasn’t unusual to see people wearing pajamas out.
Stopped at a Wendy’s on I-95, oh 2008 or so, and a bus pulled up full of high school aged kids. They were all wearing pajamas. Lucky break, I got to the counter first.
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Lest we forget…
https://www.cnn.com/2014/01/31/us/utah-boulder-boy-scouts/index.html
It just took a little push to topple the delicately perched boulder – millions of years in the making – in Utah’s Goblin Valley State Park. Then the man who did it laughed, high-fived his son, and flexed his muscles while being cheered on by a fellow Boy Scout leader.Jan 31, 2014
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Two men, the boulder pusher and the man who filmed the action, were each charged with a felony for their ‘prank’. Apparently, they were also expelled from the Boy Scouts.
They ended up pleading down to misdemeanors and being sentenced to one-year probation and were required to pay restitution (amount unknown).
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There is a big difference between a sign and initials carved into a brick wall. However, because the Ryan administration made it a point this year to include in the room leases the limitation on signage to a message board, it should enforce that provision. One would think they would have enforced it for a year or two anyway, when they knew critics would be watching, until the hubbub died away.
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Find me an apartment rental unit anywhere in which a tenant may scratch graffiti into the structure, or paint anything on a door. Such a simple matter. Why would we expect UNESCO to be more permissive than any landlord?
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Find me a college dorm not so decorated by most of the tenants. By the end of the year mine were pretty ragged…..I recall no sanctions. Wasn’t Yates 1973 a World Heritage Site? I was with a UVA board member yesterday and somehow forgot to bring this up. He is my doc and he did have needles in his hand….Oh, and of course, I don’t actually care about decorated doors on Mr. Jefferson’s Sacred Shrine.
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Vandalism verses Free Speech. Seems like two completely different scenarios. Hopefully, there is not a Roman Colosseum Board Member with a box cutter involved.
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Paint scraper.
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“I was prepared to use a small razor blade to remove …. “
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Would have been funny had he gouged the door in the effort.
I doubt any of the doors are original.
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Well, the panels have been replaced on numerous occasions; doorknobs, locks & hinges updated several times; and the doorframes rebuilt as needed, but those doors are original – and only someone who hates UVA and its heritage would argue otherwise.
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You remember the story of George Washington’s ax, right?
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Yes. Great one. But I think that story line goes all the back to Gethsemane. “Well, we replaced the crossbeam in 200 CE, broke it up and sold it for indulgences. The nail holes were augered out two years later…”
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