This, of course, requires some reasonable argument for why a demand against the sale of merchandise bearing the Chief - or the promotion of a dance using the Chief logo in advertising and decoration - is really 'property besting speech' in any meaningful sense.<div>
<br></div><div>Cursing the nasty lot of capitalists seems a bit of an odd way to go about bemoaning the unexplained cancellation of a racist event. Again, maybe we can wait and see how free speech was actually violated (whether within or without a framework rejecting the concept of the trademark as unjust) before clucking our tongues at the whole dirty affair.<br>
<br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 6:31 PM, C. G. Estabrook <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu">galliher@illinois.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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Property bests speech (whether bad or good) - a capitalist
principle:<br>
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"Those who own the country ought to govern it.” -- John Jay
(1745-1829), first Chief [sic] Justice of the US Supreme Court<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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On 10/14/10 7:09 PM, Robert Kutz wrote:
</div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div></div><div class="h5">Declaring the triumph of censorship is perhaps
premature given no explanation for the cancellation. I think we
can afford at least a reserved and tentative pleasure in this
case.
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<div>And in response to the obvious pressure the University was
placing on the 'last dance' event - anybody is certainly free to
discuss or reminisce about the Chief as they wish, but I see no
reason to believe that the University's 'trademark' claim is
illegitimate. I can talk about Mickey Mouse all I like, but it's
hardly a violation of free speech that I can't paint him on the
side of my shop.</div>
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<div>It's debatable whether this is an issue of free speech at
this point, but it's hardly a matter of debate whether we can be
happy that this celebration of a racist caricature will
apparently not proceed as planned, I think.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 5:30 PM, C. G.
Estabrook <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu" target="_blank">galliher@illinois.edu</a>></span>
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<div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Censorship triumphs?
Are we proud?<br>
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(And doesn't canceled have one L?)
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heard on Ch 3 News at 6p that the "Chief"
Event scheduled for the Assembly Hall during
Homecoming Weekend has been CANCELLED!!! No
explanation, other than that it hasn't been
(isn't expected to be?) rescheduled. We win
again? Still? Some more???
<div> --Jenifer</div>
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