tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603375794810392270.post3244399227110156765..comments2023-03-24T19:18:09.313+08:00Comments on Fearfully Opinionated: not unreasonable to ask otto fong to take down letterFearfully Opinionatedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13742668709052406391noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603375794810392270.post-44627624170653374262007-09-12T19:21:00.000+08:002007-09-12T19:21:00.000+08:00Aaron,let's say I give you that MOE's motivations ...Aaron,<BR/><BR/>let's say I give you that MOE's motivations were totally and utterly due to anti-gay dispositions (which I believe not to be true). If it turns out that Otto Fong's letter is really indeed harming students more than helping them, then isn't taking the letter down, in consequentialist calculations, more desirable (at least for the students), no matter what MOE's ulterior Fearfully Opinionatedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13742668709052406391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603375794810392270.post-53214698936516217762007-09-12T13:55:00.000+08:002007-09-12T13:55:00.000+08:00*sorry, the Independent's commentary*sorry, the Independent's commentarycognitivedissonancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07846004465914087481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603375794810392270.post-81300160529458750452007-09-12T13:53:00.000+08:002007-09-12T13:53:00.000+08:00Hi FO,this whole incident is creating a lot of unw...Hi FO,<BR/><BR/><I>this whole incident is creating a lot of unwanted attention on RI and Mr Fong himself, and this in the long run, will hurt his students more than help his students.</I><BR/><BR/>Why?<BR/><BR/>Similarly,<BR/><BR/><I>There will be a public outcry. Parents will call the school and demand an explanation. Maybe some parents will threaten to take their kids out of the school. cognitivedissonancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07846004465914087481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603375794810392270.post-16417581632068041032007-09-12T12:52:00.000+08:002007-09-12T12:52:00.000+08:00I think it remains an open debate as to how much o...I think it remains an open debate as to how much of the motivation behind the removal was due to a knee-jerk, irrational anti-gay reaction or a genuine desire to protect the interests of the students. It would be very easy to cloak the former under the latter.<BR/><BR/>I guess perhaps this is where you and I differ. Since it's almost impossible to get a definite answer to the question of Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02909613260844963526noreply@blogger.com