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Thank you, James for sharing. The TSSU's behaviour was reprehensible. I would use an even stronger word than "intimidating": the TSSU members at the front of their class were threatening the faculty member,
jabbing their sticks at him. The police and courts need to get involved. It's our legal right to cross the picket line and teach our classes; we should not have to work in fear.
Rachel
Rachel Altman
Associate Professor
Statistics & Actuarial
Science
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby BC Canada
From: James Fleming <james_fleming@sfu.ca>
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2023 5:42:33 PM To: Dai Heide Cc: Faculty Forum Mail List Subject: Re: Intimidation of faculty and students Your comment leaves me wondering whether I want to consider "pearls" the right description for the small white prized calcifications sometimes produced in oysters. As John Searle said: "By such means," etc. Best wishes, JDF
From: Dai Heide
Sent: October 16, 2023 5:35 PM To: James Fleming Cc: Faculty Forum Mail List Subject: Re: Intimidation of faculty and students Some work behind a picket line got disrupted? Consider my pearls clutched.
This is pretty standard stuff, James. I don’t agree that “intimidating” is the right description for the depicted protest, especially in the context
of a campus that is being picketed.
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Dr. Dai Heide Senior Lecturer Dept. of Philosophy Simon Fraser University
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