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

[Robert Willis]

"Seems to me we should keep AIS focused on the issues that concern us as academics"

Seems to me that we, as academics, are supposed to be participants in the social and political discourses that surround us: ethics of use (or normatively, ought to be) a fundamental part of our research and attention (remembering the Manhattan Project, among other instances).  The narrow focus that you suggest academics adopt goes against a large part of what being an academic is all about: which is why academics are one of the first social groups to be targeted. 

Dr. R. A. (Bob) Willis BA MBA PhD
Professor
Faculty of Management
Vancouver Island University
Nanaimo, BC, CANADA




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

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?

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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