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...student who was present at Boylston Auditorium on April 2, who witnessed the sad trampling of all the principles of free and open debate, I was both angered and confused by the reactions in the pages of The Crimson; notably, Robert Katz's piece, "Not So Simple" and Joseph Crystal's response in your "From Our Readers" section...
Robert A. Katz's April 5 editorial, "Not So Simple," was a well-written and logically sound attack on the tactics of protesters who recently shouted down a Contra spokesman. Nevertheless, he neglects several points which should be considered in any disscussion of the Contras' "rights to free speech...
...support the "right" of these men to speak in an attempt not merely to express their opinion, but to gather public support for money to continue these and other equally ghastly actions? How much more carnage and suffering must we watch before drastic tactics are justified? I wonder if Katz were to travel in Nicaragua and talk to the families of the victims, whether he would feel the same way. His principles are admirable but his arguments seem detached from the realities in Central America...
...Katz claims that the protesters were "attempting to ensure the ascendance of their interpretation of events in Central America." This is true; they are convinced, as I am, that it is a correct interpretation. But what he does not see is that the Reagan Administration is also convinced it is correct...and it is presently acting upon this presumption. You see, the pro-Contra forces love to call for restraint, moderation and tolerance in the domestic debate over Nicaragua. Why? Because they run the show, so they can afford to be "tolerant." If this academic debate were not occurring against...
Finally, I have a hard time accepting Katz's distinction between murdering innocent American civilians and innocent "foreigners." Perhaps he is correct that the latter is often considered a legitimate instrument in achieving some greater good. Nevertheless, I would hesitate to condemn those who reject this morally perverse assumption...