Thank you, David, for your thoughts. My feelings are still raw, so please forgive this confused post: It bothers me greatly that she made her statement on behalf of a student organization. If she'd posted on her personal Facebook/Twitter/whatever account, I think she might have learned a bit from the blowback (if there was any). This way…
Thank you, David, for your thoughts. My feelings are still raw, so please forgive this confused post: It bothers me greatly that she made her statement on behalf of a student organization. If she'd posted on her personal Facebook/Twitter/whatever account, I think she might have learned a bit from the blowback (if there was any). This way, she becomes a very public martyr for Palestine and I'll expect her to be snapped up by some firm or organization with similar views to hers. (Kudos to Winston & Strawn for acting as it did, though we could quibble as to the wording.) On an unrelated note, many Muslims and Muslim states have denounced the attack, publicly, as it did nothing for Palestinians, and was a sickening, inhumane act in every respect. https://www.memri.org/reports/arab-social-media-users-criticize-hamas-large-scale-attack-defacing-corpses-raping-girls
This is a fair point—and I suspect it will be cited in the upcoming removal proceedings. It's not clear that Workman had the authorization to use the SBA newsletter in that way.
And since NYU Law eliminated Coase's List, its school-wide email listserv, the ability to email the entire student body is no longer something that just anyone can do. Workman was able to do this only by virtue of their position as SBA president.
Thank you, David, for your thoughts. My feelings are still raw, so please forgive this confused post: It bothers me greatly that she made her statement on behalf of a student organization. If she'd posted on her personal Facebook/Twitter/whatever account, I think she might have learned a bit from the blowback (if there was any). This way, she becomes a very public martyr for Palestine and I'll expect her to be snapped up by some firm or organization with similar views to hers. (Kudos to Winston & Strawn for acting as it did, though we could quibble as to the wording.) On an unrelated note, many Muslims and Muslim states have denounced the attack, publicly, as it did nothing for Palestinians, and was a sickening, inhumane act in every respect. https://www.memri.org/reports/arab-social-media-users-criticize-hamas-large-scale-attack-defacing-corpses-raping-girls
This is a fair point—and I suspect it will be cited in the upcoming removal proceedings. It's not clear that Workman had the authorization to use the SBA newsletter in that way.
And since NYU Law eliminated Coase's List, its school-wide email listserv, the ability to email the entire student body is no longer something that just anyone can do. Workman was able to do this only by virtue of their position as SBA president.