Association Of Professors Defending BYU's Jones

[reprehensor]

http://kutv.com/local/local_story_255101109.html

Sep 12, 2006 8:09 am US/Mountain

PROVO A national organization is coming out in support of a BYU professor placed on paid leave for his controversial theories about the September 11th attacks.

The American Association of University Professors says the school should not have placed the physics professor on leave for statements made outside of the classroom.

Steven Jones has published a paper suggesting the World Trade Center towers fell because of pre-set demolition charges -- not just because they were struck by planes.

General secretary for the AAUP Roger Bowen says academic freedom also protects statements professors make outside the classroom.

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[TAM]

1. I agree with this stance...but

I actually agree with their stance...but

Wasn't part of the problem that he had placed his paper, full of his contraversial views, on the BYU website. Also, if memory serves, he was presenting his opinions to other faculty members, as a matter of fact he later claimed that since he had presented his views on 9/11 to them, he had the backing of some 40 or so of his fellow faculty.

TAM