Am I the only person on this list who is offended by this posting?   First
of all, the "Land of the Free" does not guarantee no reference anywhere at
any time in any public place to religion.  Nor does it mean that when a vast
majority of people (apparently) think that two alternate views should BOTH
be presented that our freedom is somehow being trampled on.   And your
suggestion that faith and science are at unreconcilable odds (stated with
much derision) is rather condescending and rude.  Please be a little more
open-minded and respect the views of all the subscribers to this list before
posting comments like this one.

Anne

----- Original Message -----
From: Boylan P <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: NYC B of Ed Says No to Museum Web sites???


> Harry:
>
> And today's International Herald Tribune reports 83% of US population
> waant so-called "Creation Science" taught in public schools, though 79%
> generously agree to the teaching of biology and palaeontology as well...
>
> What has happened to the Land of the Free?
>
>
> Patrick
>
> ==========================
>
> On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Harold Needham wrote:
>
> > Achtung!
> >
> > Ja, ve haf to protect ze younk minds from zis Entartete Kunst, just like
ve
> > did in ze good oldt days...und heaven help you if you haf on your
vebsite
> > Entartete Musik, like Kalman's opera which ve supressed very
successfully,
> > "Die Herzogin von Chicago". Unfortunately, ve were not zo successful wiz
dot
> > 3 groschen opera.
> >
> > 'Bout time for another Scopes monkey trial, good people. Ze mind do
boggle
> > some. I regret to have to admit that we are seeing instances of the same
> > attitude among certain Canadian school boards out west.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: laura dickstein <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 11:06 AM
> > Subject: NYC B of Ed Says No to Museum Web sites???
> >
> >
> > > (Please excuse the cross-posting)
> > >
> > > Hi Everyone,
> > >
> > > I had an interesting discussion yesterday with a group of 25 New York
City
> > > public school teachers.  They were telling me that it is very hard for
> > them
> > > to find the time to get to visit museums.  I suggested that they might
try
> > > to review museum resources on the Internet and was told the following
> > > astonishing fact (?):  The NYC Board of Education has put up firewalls
> > > against museum Web sites.  According to this group of teachers, it
seems
> > > the B of Ed. doesn't want students to have the liberty to access
museum
> > Web
> > > sites because they might contain things that are so-called
inappropriate
> > > for children. Has anyone else heard this?  Is this happening in other
> > > communities?  If this is the case, this obviously has serious
implications
> > > for museums.
> > >
> > >
> > > __________________________________________________
> > > Arts and Museum Education Consultant &
> > > Doctoral Candidate A.B.D., Arts & Humanities,
> > > Teachers College Columbia University &
> > > Faculty, Creative Arts Laboratory,
> > > Teachers College Columbia University
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