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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 11:33 AM Original message |
One more professor bullied off of campus and denied tenure after being lauded by his colleagues |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. I hope he catches on somewhere else |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 11:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. seems they would fire Jimmy Cartar (recall his last book) also. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 11:59 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Yes, they would. There is a snitch site for Profs Here---> |
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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Yes, David Horowitz is the founder of this organization - an article I found on |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
46. That's a damning article |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 04:01 AM Response to Reply #15 |
184. One or two points... |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 04:23 AM Response to Reply #11 |
186. Oh, no! Required readings! Oh, no! Professors who profess! |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. Forgot what 4 looks like? |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. He should sue whoever was behind his ouster on the basis of |
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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Yes it does set a bad precedent. When one is attacked unfairly everyone is vulnerable to |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 11:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. This is a nationwide effort, and a well funded one. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. If David Horowitz had his way, this would be happening everywhere |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 11:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Horowitz's student goons write about Finklestein--and their next target at De Paul: |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
143. where have these folks(critics) been hiding? |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:29 PM Original message |
I don't have a lot of time (coffee break) but... |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
179. yeah I have a copy of the attack on Academic Freedom (or something similar) |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 11:42 PM Response to Reply #179 |
182. It's hideous. And it's really important. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
5. Dershowitz is in no position to be calling anyone a progagandist. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 11:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Other universities will be scared to take on Finklestein. This is a nationwide attack on |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. Why should the average person care about this? |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Because Tenure is tied to Academic Freedom and the Freedom of Information |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. So a few privileged people with cushy jobs are sooo crucial to "Freedom of Information"? |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. You seem to have missed the point in a rather extraordinary way. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Research grants guide research--the allowable ideas. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. Just how many NIH grants do political scientists write? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:55 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Deleted sub-thread |
DrunkenMaster (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. it is intentional ignorance on her part |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:49 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. No. If you read my post, you'll see I'm more informed on academic funding than you are. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
52. I read your post. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Deleted sub-thread |
The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #31 |
160. Then start a thread on academic funding. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #160 |
170. Boy, THAT would sink like a stone! |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
62. Well some of us resent the situation with Universities |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. ROFLMAO. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. Why are laughing at a post that gives solid information about academic funding? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. It's not solid information. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:43 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. No, it's very accurate. And it's happening all over the place. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. It's demonstrably false. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:53 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. I just looked up "University of California, Berkeley" on this electronic journal link and nada |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. I looked up "berkeley pesticides" |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #86 |
98. Did you look up the funders of that research? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #98 |
100. Did you? |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:25 PM Response to Reply #100 |
105. The point is in the rest of the post. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:29 PM Response to Reply #105 |
107. I read the whole post. |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #86 |
112. Probably because this person dropped out of college |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:49 PM Response to Reply #112 |
114. Sounds logical. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #114 |
120. Based on what logic? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #120 |
122. I didn't "do" a science degree. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:58 PM Response to Reply #122 |
124. Ah, ok. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #124 |
127. Hits the nail on the head. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #127 |
129. It really does. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #112 |
119. Or the person is a college professor who is tired of the corruption in the system. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #119 |
121. College professors aren't against the tenure system. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #121 |
123. You could have the odd one who is. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #123 |
125. Sure. There are morons everywhere. Obviously. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #125 |
132. Or maybe they are just more ethical than most, and not really morons. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #132 |
136. Nope, they'd be morons. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #136 |
144. Are you sure all non-tenured professors support tenure? |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #132 |
139. Academic freedom... |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #139 |
149. "Tenure weeds out those shitty professors." (Actually it doesn't) |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #149 |
151. Sure it does. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #151 |
156. That is naive. Please tell your daughter to be careful. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #156 |
158. Oh, I'm sure she won't have a problem. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #158 |
162. Not true. But I won't push this one. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #62 |
72. "Novartis gave 50 Million to the University of California at Berkeley for research." |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:51 PM Response to Reply #72 |
115. Maybe yours. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #115 |
188. I have noticed that UCLA has more researchers that I have talked to |
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DrunkenMaster (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Cushy jobs? |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. Actually, I have been in a university classroom in the past 5 years. Have you? |
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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
92. Could you prove it Elspeth? |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #92 |
99. What would serve as proof? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #99 |
109. An intelligent post? |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #109 |
113. And what might that be? (Or was that not a real question?) |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #113 |
117. We'll know it when we see it. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:03 PM Response to Reply #117 |
128. Then you don't many academics |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #128 |
134. Wrong again. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #134 |
148. What's your daughter's field? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #148 |
150. Nope. |
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DrunkenMaster (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #128 |
165. Society WOuld Be Better Off |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. What would you call it? The average high school teachers teaches more hours and has more stress. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:59 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. As a retired high school teacher I disagree. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Deleted sub-thread |
Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. That is a load of hogwash. A great steaming bucket of it. |
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Wilber_Stool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
137. God I love this ignore button.....n/t |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Holy fuck. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. The average person doesn't care about coddled, tenured elitists |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Deleted message |
Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. What exactly don't I know about? |
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DrunkenMaster (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. you sure have a firm grasp on the importance |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. No one's being killed here. |
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DrunkenMaster (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:49 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. you have no clue what you are talking about |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:50 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Actually, poly sci grants come from a lot of places |
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DrunkenMaster (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. go look it up |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Oh come on. A new low? We haven't even hit breastfeeding or gay sex in restrooms. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #42 |
91. Man, you've been missing out on those two issues. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #91 |
101. Not give up, but work for constructive change, and not leave it to the Horowitz types |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:25 PM Response to Reply #101 |
104. They've pretty much destroyed most of what I cherished anyway, but at this point... |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #104 |
108. I know, and I'm with you on lamenting its demise. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #108 |
110. That contradicts your original reply to this thread. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:53 PM Response to Reply #110 |
175. Not necessarily. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #35 |
126. It would be. |
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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
75. You mean Dershowitz? |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
83. You really need to go back to school and get |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:51 PM Response to Reply #83 |
116. And what kind of school would you recommend to change my opinion on tenure and funding? |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:07 PM Response to Reply #116 |
130. How about DePaul.... |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #130 |
157. Why De Paul? |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #157 |
177. You asked "what kind" of university... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
118. Deleted message |
DrunkenMaster (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. you are 100% correct! |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Tell why I should care. Did Finklestein and his ilk stop any innocent deaths ? |
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DrunkenMaster (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Rachel Corrie would not have existed |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:49 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. She had parents and other influences. But you didn't answer my question. |
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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #33 |
81. We all see your agenda in trying to shut down the thread Elspeth. Please stop. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #81 |
90. Actually, unless there have been alerts, which I doubt, my comments have bumped this thread |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
146. How about you answer our questions, for once? |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #146 |
171. What question do you want answered? |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #171 |
178. So, what number is that tactic... |
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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
55. Beautifully put DM*** So true. |
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DrunkenMaster (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:51 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. you don't even understand |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Deleted sub-thread |
HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Well with an attitude like that... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
36. That's not what tenure is |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. FInally a response that makes sense. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:04 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. Deleted sub-thread |
LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
49. Maybe the average person might like themselves or their children to get a quality education |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. What is not deep about questioning a well-funded institution that does not seem to serve the public |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #54 |
82. Than criticize those sort of arrangements. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #82 |
167. Of course I attacked tenure. Once the public trust is gone, the protection should be gone. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:09 PM Response to Reply #167 |
176. What makes you think the public trust is gone? |
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moc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #54 |
131. "grad student is muzzled by agreements the university makes with corporation" |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
61. Because...... |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 06:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
187. You know, your reply just pushed me over the edge. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
22. So if Finkelstein decided that Dershowitz was a propagandist, |
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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
66. Not a difference of opinion PTB, its about slander and lies on the part of a well funded campaign |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:42 PM Response to Reply #66 |
76. You must have misunderstood what I said about Finkelstein |
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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #76 |
89. I don't think I did. I think your comparisons are far too simplistic PTB. |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
48. Tough shit..... |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. I can't believe my fucking eyes. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:13 PM Response to Reply #48 |
59. Actually, I think qdemn is right on target |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:14 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Right, now this is all about class and elites -- give me a fucking break. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:20 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Tactic #4: Accuse poster of being right wing zealot |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. It certainly sounds like David Horowitz's rhetoric. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:32 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Tactic #4: Accuse poster of being right wing zealot |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:34 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. What do you mean without any evidence? |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #70 |
87. "Share the same rhetoric"? Really? Which rhetoric is that? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. anti-tenure rhetoric. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #88 |
94. You mean I share an opinion. That's interesting. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. Yeah. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #96 |
133. What opinion in particular is silly and not thought out, in your humble (well thought out) opinion? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #133 |
135. Yes. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #63 |
95. The "tactic" if there is one, is suddenly to claim to have been accused of being "right wing zealot" |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:28 PM Response to Reply #95 |
106. The tactic is to accuse while pretending not to accuse, then to accuse the accused of |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #59 |
138. A lot of faculty--even tenured--wind up moving around a bit. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:37 PM Response to Reply #138 |
147. Sadly, your wife's situation is all too common. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 11:41 PM Response to Reply #48 |
181. You totally do not get it |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
58. How did they get him to go amicably? |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. A good question. |
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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:32 PM Response to Reply #58 |
69. He's been fighting for the truth for years. Like so many others. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:44 PM Response to Reply #69 |
78. Well, I'm not new to it |
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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #78 |
85. Why cali - what an unexpected surprise......... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #85 |
97. yeah, I bet you would. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #85 |
102. ROTFLMAO... |
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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #102 |
168. Always a pleasure to see BHN**** |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 04:13 AM Response to Reply #85 |
185. Try Finkelstein's own website for starters! |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #58 |
74. he fought back hard |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
79. Damn. I was afraid that this was about Finkelstein |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:24 PM Response to Reply #79 |
103. Yep, Yep and Yep. Fish rotting from the head and all. |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
93. I had earmarked this debate for later reading: |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
111. How about naming all the other Professors |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
140. Dershowitz is a fucking scumbag douchebag and needs to STFU... |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #140 |
141. He Defended Bill Clinton |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #141 |
145. He also defended O.J. Simpson....I fail to see your point... |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #145 |
152. No Point-Just Context |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #152 |
161. I read it too....a shame to see how much of a whore he has become.. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
142. Is it facism yet? k&r |
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DrunkenMaster (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
153. Without a Doubt |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #153 |
154. Who came out against academic freedom? |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #154 |
159. Then it would follow that you would support academics to be more free than less. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #159 |
164. Tinfoil hat? |
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DrunkenMaster (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #154 |
163. I Challenge You |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #163 |
166. I think the world of Rachel Corrie. She put herself in harm's way and died for her beliefs. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #153 |
155. Well, that settles it at least. |
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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #153 |
169. Isn't that the truth!! |
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ZombieNixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
172. The Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences at DePaul is |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #172 |
173. Could you post some links? |
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ZombieNixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:53 PM Response to Reply #173 |
174. Later. I have to run. |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
180. I wish Prof. Finkelstein good luck - it's a sad day for academic freedom |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 11:43 PM Response to Reply #180 |
183. Yes, it is a sad day. |
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