I feel the U of O seems to be choosing "Door C"....silence that "unpleasant voice."  Kyu Ho Youm's piece asks important questions relating to both "freedom of speech and expression" and, closely related to it, "academic freedom."  Should a University, in its quest for safety and comfort, sacrifice those long-cherished values?  Could students, perhaps, benefit from  exposure to those conflicting viewpoints and the civil discussion/debate they can engender? Would college students be "damaged" by listening to, and perhaps challenging, the views of a "holocaust denier"?  or could such exposure actually innoculate them to the fear of persons expressing such divergent views?  Would listening to David Duke or a Klansman in full regalia somehow transform students into racists?  I think not.  I give University students more credit than that.  

Is "free speech" dangerous? Is it a threat to our way of life?  I'd say no....but stiffling it is "dangerous" and is a threat to democracy....Gary Crum