Student representative: Our university, in expelling a student who verbally harassed his roommate, has erred by penalizing the student for doing what he surely has a right to do: speak his mind  Dean of students: But what you' re saying is that our university should endorse verbal harassment
Yet surely if we did that, we would threaten the free flow of ideas that is the essence of university life
questioning the motives of the student representative rather than offering reasons for the conclusion defended