WARNINGTo parents of students at Carnegie Mellon UniversityIf you are the parent of a student who attends Carnegie Mellon University, this notice is posted to help you. David Touretzky is a research scientist at Carnegie Mellon University. He teaches some of your children. He claims to be an "educator." For this reason you should be made aware of the kind of person he is. David Touretzky owns a website (hosted by the university) that publishes instructions on how to build bombs. One of these bomb instructions encourages people to throw these bombs into police cars. This website is a mirror of an illegal site that was removed by the FBI after its original creator was arrested. David Touretzky says he created the mirror as a matter of "free speech." He claims no responsibility for what his students or other children surfing the net might do with these instructions. Neither does Carnegie Mellon University. They allow Touretzky to use the University�s computer server to post this website, on your tax dollar or your tuition fees. They also appear to have no care for its dangerous content and the students who might feel encouraged to use them out of false admiration for their "teacher." This is not an innocent lack of judgment by Touretzky for, as they say, where there is smoke there is fire, and Touretzky is involved in other dangerous and perverted activities. In private and during his work time he associates with extremists on the internet who attack and harass religions and ethnic groups. Some of these extremists post death threats against the people they harass. Touretzky regularly associates with these people and he supports and encourages their activities. Touretzky has perversions that the parents of the students he teaches should be informed about. He is a customer of sex shops and purchases sexual implements. The invoice posted on this website as evidence of this activity shows that Touretzky uses his University office phone number for this sex shop to contact him. You can compare the phone number listed in the invoice - 412 268-7561- with the phone number listed in the university directory which goes to David Touretzky, http://www.ri.cmu.edu/people/touretzky_david.html. You can also find this connection by searching in Google for "412 268-7561" and "Touretzky". I had challenged some members of an extremist group on the internet of which Touretzky is a part but had not really paid much attention to him. Then I received the evidence presented here, likely by Touretzky himself as some strange form of harassment. Touretzky supports people who sexually harass women as can be seen on his website. He also has pornographic photographs on his website - right there for children to see - in which he disgraces property belonging to a religion. At that point I began to research what kind of man Touretzky is and openly challenged him about his dangerous activities on the internet. Why would Touretzky encourage extremists and provide instructions on how to build explosives if he does not have some secret perverted wish to see others blown to pieces? Why would a teacher of impressionable students be involved in this? Most important, why does the University knowingly allow this man to use their server to post information that is against the law and encourages terrorism? Perhaps for the same reason they allow Touretzky to use his office phone to order sex toys. They obviously do not care about their students or the kind of people who are teaching them or about what their students are being taught. As an example here are some of the extremists Touretzky calls his friends:
These are the people that Touretzky associates with, people who encourage terrorism. Touretzky�s website also encourages terrorism no matter his claims of innocence and "free speech". He knows that there are people out there that want to know how to make explosives and who will use them against innocent victims. Even if he claims no responsibility, he is totally responsible for whatever he puts in people's heads and the terrible results. Same for the Carnegie Mellon University that sponsors this man and who lets him use facilities that are sponsored by tax payers money. Carnegie Mellon University is playing a dangerous game allowing David Touretzky to continue to work at their university. How can a man with such a warped mind be allowed to shape the minds of young students? What if one of these kids uses the bomb instructions that Touretzky put on the web to harm others? Do you parents want to wait to find out how tragic the result will be and if your child will be involved? I encourage you to start asking questions now. Call the University and speak to the Dean of Carnegie Mellon or the President (Dr. Jared L Cohon) or contact the Board of Trustees. Let them know how you feel about this so-called "educator" being allowed to teach your children. Do not wait for another tragedy. Act now! Barbara Schwarz |
