Bostonist: Socket to Me: MIT Students Protest Administration Over Star Simpson

guest

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:59:46 -0500

MIT needs to do a better job educating these children. Maybe they need babysitters when they go off campus.

guest

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:37:59 -0500

It was really weird for MIT to release the 'reckless' statement within hours of the incident. If they had made the statement after a couple of days of investigation, it would have been less weird. But arriving to judgment so fast... for a research institution that's unprofessional.

guest

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:07:41 -0500

you wrote: "Right after Simpson was arrested and hauled to court, the MIT brass put out a statement calling Simpson's actions "reckless." I don't think her actions were reckless. I think the security personnel were the reckless ones. This should never have ended up with charges being made. Think of all the people that wear flashing lights around Halloween or Christmas time. Think of how any remotely sensible bomber would try to hide the device. Think of how easily this could have been merely investigated, then Ms. Simpson sent on her way, with apologies. She would have understood better how overwrought the security people can get, and they could have had built their understanding of normal human creative expression. If we are to thrive, we must learn be less fearful. I think the situation is made unsafe when people with guns are nervous.

guest

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:18:05 -0500

Historically, MIT students were productive and a little eccentric. I think it's the decrease in the former and the increase from just a little in the latter that bugs people. "Hacks" are fine but they must be performed in the context of the world in which these students live.