[1480] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: Fwd: party in the hiz-ouse
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian T. Sniffen)
Tue Oct 7 14:40:35 2003
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 14:09:48 -0400
From: "Brian T. Sniffen" <bts@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
To: MIT-Talk@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <200310070225.h972PACH001068@scrubbing-bubbles.mit.edu> (James M.
Harvey's message of "Mon, 06 Oct 2003 22:25:10 -0400")
Someone on ec-discuss writes:
> Judcomm stuff is usually confidential, I think.
That's an interesting point: MIT has a pretty reasonable policy for
dealing with harassment complaints: there's a judicial process and a
strongly suggested avenue of mediation. There's a clear chain of
faculty and administrators who have experience and proper training.
In cases like this, where there may not be anything objectively wrong
-- somebody's offended and subjectively believes this is wrong, but
even Vest's mail didn't call out any specific conduct as creating a
hostile environment -- the mediation option isn't reasonable: it's
goal is quieting dissent and producing consensus, not fairness. By
the nature of its processes, it *cannot* produce a result such as
"That was offensive but legal: uncivilized, rude, and beneath the
standards MIT expects. It is not prohibited conduct."
On the other hand, a fair use of MIT's internal judicial process is
now impossible: the President of the Institute has already expressed
his opinion as to what should be decided, in a very public way. No
Institute committee, board, or jury can be expected to disregard that.
President Vest, or whoever sent that e-mail message in his name,
should have kept his opinions to himself and allowed the Institute's
normal judicial process to work. The CCRR should have been trusted to
deal directly with the matter at an appropriately non-political
administrative level.
-Brian
>>>>Subject: party in the hiz-ouse
>>>>Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 02:23:05 -0400
>>>>
>>>>this will also serve as our loftwarming party, so come check our two story
>>>>mansion of a room...
>>>>
>>>>------- Forwarded Message
>>>>
>>>>Callin all you playas, pimps, hos, gangstas, and bitches... there be a party
>>>>goin down in da Tetazoo walcott ghetto this thursday 10/2. So come on
>>>>over at
>>>>10pm to da EAST SIDE fo' food, drink, and a genuine trash-can-fire heated
>>>>tent
>>>>city in our hood. And heed our manifesto:
>>>>
>>>>"""
>>>>
>>>>1. Litter frequently. Walcott is not a place for pussies or for clean
>>>>people.
>>>>Ghettos are not clean. Walcott as is is way too clean. If you find empty
>>>>bottles (ideally 40s), hubcaps, or oil barrels, toss them into the
>>>>hallway. If
>>>>you are unsure about where to litter, litter in mikey p's room.
>>>>
>>>>2. Graffitti is encouraged. Think your roommates (or mikeyp's) wall
>>>>looks to
>>>>clean? Fix the problem.
>>>>
>>>>3. Loud music is key. Rap will be played at an acceptable (read, really
>>>>fucking loud) volume. If your neighbors ask you to turn it down,
>>>>threaten them
>>>>with physical violence.
>>>>
>>>>4. Ass slapping is essential. If someone slaps your ass,
>>>>reciprocate. Do not
>>>>take ass slapping as a sign of sexual harassment or hazing - it is
>>>>important to
>>>>your well being on walcott.
>>>>
>>>>5. Steal stuff from other areas of the hall. Do you need an extra
>>>>computer and
>>>>the ones on reuse won't cut it? I hear mattxmal has a good computer. He
>>>>wont
>>>>miss it - and if he does, we will fuck him up real bad when he tries to
>>>>take it
>>>>back. If you steal something from somebody and they accuse you of doing so,
>>>>threaten them with physical violence. Actually, just threaten everyone with
>>>>physical violence.
>>>>
>>>>6. Fried Chicken, 40's, Cheap Lawn chairs. Hells yeah.
>>>>
>>>>peace out,
>>>>walcott niggas fo life
--
Brian T. Sniffen bts@alum.mit.edu
http://www.evenmere.org/~bts/
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