RPI College Republicans
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
A Point of Clarification
On February 22, this blog published a post titled "The RPI Arts Department: A Terrorist Safehaven". That post has since been retitled. It was the decision of the author that the broad potential interpretations of that title, particularly the term "terrorist safehaven" warrant revision.
It is the opinion of this author that none of the faculty and students of the arts department are terrorists or supporters of terrorist activity, nor is Mr. Wafaa Bilal, the creator of the Virtual Jihadi exhibit. As such, it is the concern of this author that continuing to refer to the Arts Department as a terrorist safehaven, with the broad connotations the term attracts, would represent an unjust characterization of the department, its faculty and its students, and potentially make them the targets of violence.
The term was used with the intent of demonstrating that the presentation represented the wrong message in the wrong venue at the wrong time by using the broadest interpretation of the label. There was no intent to suggest that the Arts Department was harboring terrorists or actively working in league with them, and any conclusions that have been drawn to that effect are regrettable. posted by RPI College Republicans # 10:28 AM 
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