2005-12-25

Student leiht Mao-Bibel aus, bekommt Besuch 

[Update:] Die Story ist vielleicht typisch für unsere Erwartungshaltung an Bush-Amerika, aber, wie es aussieht, nicht wahr, siehe unten.

Über einen Studenten, der im Rahmen einer Hausarbeit die Mao-Bibel ausleihen will und deswegen Besuch von Beamten des Department of Homeland Security bekommt. Und einen Professor, der seine Lehrinhalte zum Schutz seiner Studenten überdenkt.

My instinct is that there is a lot more monitoring than we think," he said. Dr. Williams said he had been planning to offer a course on terrorism next semester, but is reconsidering, because it might put his students at risk. "I shudder to think of all the students I've had monitoring al-Qaeda Web sites, what the government must think of that," he said. "Mao Tse-Tung is completely harmless." — Agents' visit chills UMass Dartmouth senior

[Update:] Tim Bray hat den Hinweis, dass der Student die Geschichte erfunden hat:

But yesterday, the student confessed that he had made it up after being confronted by the professor who had repeated the story to a Standard-Times reporter. — Student's tall tale revealed

Nun gut, diese Geschichte ist also nicht wahr. Andere Geschichten im Umfeld des Inlands-Spionage-Skandals allerdings doch. Aber eine Gelegenheit, seine Erwartungshaltung zu überprüfen, bietet es dennoch.

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