Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 01:26:26 +0300

Subject: Re: Homophobic article
From: AUB Outlook <outlook@aub.edu.lb>



Thank you for understanding!

On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 1:23 AM, ---------------------------------- wrote:

> Dear Loijne!
>
> Of course I do not personally blame you for any offense caused, I just
> wanted to alert the editorial board on the unacceptable content of the
> article published. The idea of publishing a wide range of respons in your
> next issue sounds excellent, and I am fully convinced that the AUB students
> will be well equipped to do so.
>
> I thank you very much for your sensitive and open minded handling of the
> issue, and rest assured in this.
>
> Thank you!
> Best regards
> ---------
>
>
> 2012/5/4 AUB Outlook <outlook@aub.edu.lb>
>
>> Dear ---------,
>>
>> I personally apologize for the offense; please believe that we did not
>> mean it. We intend to publish a full spread of responses in our next issue
>> targeting this specific article. I personally disagreed with the article to
>> begin with, but I don't believe we should selectively censor.
>>
>> I hope this piece does not reflect badly on our institution. As much as
>> AUB is open minded, we must too represent the close minded aspect of it,
>> lest convey only one side of our population. This piece should have perhaps
>> been "toned down" and again, I apologize if you were offended. Should you
>> like to submit a short response (approx 300 words) for publishing, please
>> do so within the next three days!
>>
>> Best,
>> Lojine
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 12:56 AM, ------------------------------- wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Loijne Kamel!
>>>
>>> I am most grateful for your swift and nice answer. I very much hope and
>>> believe that the LGBTQ community will reply to this in
>>> an appropriate manner. As for the right of "every staff writer" to publish
>>> their own viewpoints, that is obviously a good enough principle. However,
>>> it does not entail that each and every piece of writing can or should be
>>> admitted. That is an editorial choice. I hope that you consider pieces like
>>> this one, and what they feelings they convey to the LGTBQ community, more
>>> closely in the future.
>>>
>>> However, and still: thank you very much for reinforcing my belief in
>>> your good ideals and intentions, which i very strongly want keep.
>>> Sincerely
>>> ----------------------
>>>
>>>
>>> 2012/5/3 AUB Outlook <outlook@aub.edu.lb>
>>>
>>>> Dear --------------,
>>>>
>>>> We have been receiving several complaints on behalf of this article. It
>>>> is within every AUB student's right to respond with a "Letter to the
>>>> Editor", though I believe the LGBTQ community in AUB would like to issue a
>>>> response themselves, which we will be giving priority. The writer in
>>>> question is responsible for his own views, and Outlook maintains that every
>>>> staff writer has the right to publish their own viewpoints, which are not
>>>> meant to be edited unless for grammatical and stylistic error. As
>>>> stated in our bylaws, we do not reflect any of our staff writers
>>>> viewpoints, and remain a secular, independent newspaper.
>>>>
>>>> We will be publishing an errata about the comment on Russia's jail
>>>> cells, as Russia legalized homosexuality in 1993.
>>>>
>>>> Please let me know should you have any further questions.
>>>>
>>>> Lojine Kamel
>>>> Editor-in-Chief
>>>>
>>>> Outlook 2011-2012
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 12:15 AM, ------------------------------------ wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi.
>>>>>
>>>>> I just read the piece called "Viewpoint: Please me at any Price",
>>>>> reportedly published in your paper recently. It is not only
>>>>> disgusting, but also uninformed and plainly stupid, in a way that
>>>>> should be an embarrassment to a paper like yours.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have recently been admitted to my PhD-studies in Arabic
>>>>> historiography, and was looking forward to submitting my application
>>>>> to an exchange semester at the AUB, because of the good opportunities
>>>>> provided for studies of this subject, and not least the friendly and
>>>>> open community I witnessed on earlier visits. If there is no clear
>>>>> rebuttal of this article published, I will, for obvious reasons, go
>>>>> for other alternatives.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sincerely
>>>>> -----------------------
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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