Harassment Guidelines Protect Free Expression

   In response to the burning of the harassment books several weeks ago,
   I would like to suggest that, contrary to the outrage expressed by the
   protesters last week, harassment guidelines protect, rather than
   limit, free expression.
   
   Harassment itself is usually either the exercise of cruelty on the
   unprotected or an attack on someone's differentness. _Dealing with
   Harassment at MIT,_ by attempting to stop such injustices and
   rudenesses, champions the unprotected and is an advocate of those who
   are different, thus encouraging, not restricting, free expression at
   MIT.
   
   Bill Baker '95
   

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