Cancellation of 'Girls Gone Wild' shows managements' weak spine

This recent cancellation of the "Girls Gone Wild" event and the cancellation of Buju Banton's concert at the Bluebird last semester have left a sour taste in my mouth. It's not the cancellations themselves but the reasons for them that irk me.\nHad the owners and managers just decided they weren't in favor of the events, that would've been fine, but they instead simply caved to pressure from a bunch of people who didn't like what was going on. Since when did it become a requirement that the powers-that-be have to side with the people they preside over?\nI'm not going to get into an argument about morality and such (well, I will, but not here). What I will say is that we can't expect to curtail the rights of others to offend us while we hold fast to our right to offend others.\nPeople who oppose religion shouldn't have the right to ban it any more than religious zealots should have the right to impose it. Why should people who oppose lascivious but legal behavior at a party have a right to disrupt that party? Are they not able to simply stay away from the party in the same manner that I stay away from churches, synagogues, etc.?\nThe management of the Bluebird and Jake's Nightclub disappoint me because they didn't make their own decisions. They let other people make that decision for them, thereby temporarily suspending their roles as managers.\nPersonally, I'm a fan of listening to others but making the choice on my own. As Bobby Bowden said, "If you listen to fans, pretty soon you'll be sitting with them."\nMerv Matthew\nGraduate student