In followup to a previous article: The Yale Daily News reports that Yale's ban on realistic-looking stage weapons in theatrical productions has been rescinded.
The article quotes Dean of Student Affairs Betty Trachtenberg, originator of the ban (speaking before the reversal was announced):
"I think people should start thinking about other people rather than trying to feel sorry for themselves and thinking that the administration is trying to thwart their creativity," Trachtenberg said. "They're not using their own intelligence. … We have to think of the people who might be affected by seeing real-life weapons."Dean Betty really is a gift that keeps on giving, at least to those of us who appreciate arrogant cluelessness. Had she not Done Something, out of motives of the purest kind? How dare she be questioned? Don't they see she cares ("a whole awful lot")? Those people can't be very smart, can they? At least they're not "using their own intelligence."
Via the Volokh Consipiracy, where both Eugene and Ilya have comments. Betsy Newmark also weighs in with insights on Yale's recent struggles with free expression and common sense.
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