Teh One Who Knocks
11-22-2011, 08:18 PM
FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston
A local law professor who has been serving in Afghanistan for nearly a year has quit his job at Suffolk University after his colleague sent a controversial e-mail calling a school drive for care packages for troops “shameful.”
U.S. Army Reserve Major Robert Roughsedge cut ties with Suffolk Law School in response to fellow law professor Michael Avery’s defamatory e-mail regarding troops fighting overseas.
Avery criticized a school-wide drive to collect supplies for soldiers overseas. Avery described the troops as killers and he does not think they deserve sympathy.
The New Hampshire father submitted his letter of resignation Monday afternoon.
Major Roughsedge was a member of the adjunct faculty at Suffolk Univ. for eight years. He taught a popular course on Terrorism and the Law.
FOX 25 spoke with Major Roughsedge by phone Monday and he said he received a copy of the e-mail in Afghanistan where he is currently stationed. He referred to the e-mail as “hate speech” and does not want to be associated with the school anymore.
“It’s basically like a 5-year-old throwing a temper tantrum, that is not how we teach our students to rationally look at the issues…We want rationale adult discourse and that is not something I would tolerate in my class and it is not something the school should tolerate from one of its professors,” Major Roughsedge said.
A spokesperson for Suffolk Law Schools says the school supports Avery’s right to free speech. The school also says it has a proud history of supporting servicemen and women and the care package drive is receiving a lot of support.
A local law professor who has been serving in Afghanistan for nearly a year has quit his job at Suffolk University after his colleague sent a controversial e-mail calling a school drive for care packages for troops “shameful.”
U.S. Army Reserve Major Robert Roughsedge cut ties with Suffolk Law School in response to fellow law professor Michael Avery’s defamatory e-mail regarding troops fighting overseas.
Avery criticized a school-wide drive to collect supplies for soldiers overseas. Avery described the troops as killers and he does not think they deserve sympathy.
The New Hampshire father submitted his letter of resignation Monday afternoon.
Major Roughsedge was a member of the adjunct faculty at Suffolk Univ. for eight years. He taught a popular course on Terrorism and the Law.
FOX 25 spoke with Major Roughsedge by phone Monday and he said he received a copy of the e-mail in Afghanistan where he is currently stationed. He referred to the e-mail as “hate speech” and does not want to be associated with the school anymore.
“It’s basically like a 5-year-old throwing a temper tantrum, that is not how we teach our students to rationally look at the issues…We want rationale adult discourse and that is not something I would tolerate in my class and it is not something the school should tolerate from one of its professors,” Major Roughsedge said.
A spokesperson for Suffolk Law Schools says the school supports Avery’s right to free speech. The school also says it has a proud history of supporting servicemen and women and the care package drive is receiving a lot of support.