[AISWorld] Question: do we really want to risk turning AIS into a political lobbying organization?

[Prashant Palvia]

I sent this message earlier. Somehow, it only went to Leon.

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Excuse me, Leon.  This is absolutely non-political. Please do not confuse
the issue. The freedom to conduct research and teach are academic issues.
We should all speak up when politics interferes with these basic human
rights.  So there should be no attempt to suppress our voices. And yes, AIS
is absolutely the right forum to talk about it; AIS represents all of us
academics.

In fact, this is the time to speak up.  This is not the time to be shy or
be intimidated.  I urge the entire AIS community to band together and
peacefully oppose the breach of academic freedom and basic human rights.

Thank you all,

Prashant

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> On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 1:29 PM, Kappelman, Leon <Leon.Kappelman at unt.edu>
> wrote:
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>> Question: do we really want to risk turning AIS into a political lobbying
>> organization or are there already other venues for the political activities
>> in which AIS members may wish to engage?
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>> Seems to me we should keep AIS focused on the issues that concern us as
>> academics - our research and teaching - and keep government policies on
>> immigration, healthcare, gun rights, taxes, abortion, tariffs, and
>> everything else in the venues where they belong.
>>
>> "Let us be men, not monkeys minding machines, or sitting with our tails
>> curled, while the machine amuses us." - D. H. Lawrence
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>>     College of Business, University of North Texas
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