The Legacy of 9-11 - Academia's response

[TrogL]

http://cornelldailysun.com/articles/8945/

Richard Nixon often cautioned young people that higher education makes the mind strong but the backbone weak. His warning is especially appropriate when examining academia's response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. As we remember the events of that horrific Tuesday, it is imperative that we understand the moral lessons America learned from Sept. 11, as well as the inability of Cornell's elite to appreciate these same lessons. The contrast between our country's renewed patriotism and our campus' "Blame America First" attitude is horrifying.

...then a blurb about the heroism of firemen...then...

While Americans were in the midst of a Great Rediscovery in the post-Sept. 11 world, Cornell's elites were treating the terrorist attacks as if they were a hurricane, tornado, or some other natural disaster. Though they were empathetic toward families of the deceased, they seemed to forget that their fellow countrymen were slaughtered by terrorists. Mere days after Sept. 11, Cornell Prof. James Garbarino, human development, was in full psychobabble mode, making excuses for the hijackers:

What follows is a diatribe against Cornell university in specific and academics in general, ending with...

Cornell tried to rewrite the aftermath of Sept. 11 as a grand lesson in multiculturalism and diversity. In truth, the terrorist attacks by Islamists were further evidence that not all cultures are equal. Some cultures -- such as those developed by the Taliban in Afghanistan and Saddam Hussein in Iraq -- are evil and must be destroyed so as to preserve Western Civilization.

And here I thought it was all about weapons of mass destruction.

[Old and In the Way]

1. Sad that people can't get this right-

"Some cultures -- such as those developed by the Taliban in Afghanistan and Saddam Hussein in Iraq -- are evil and must be destroyed so as to preserve Western Civilization."

It was Saudi Arabians that were told did 9/11 and Pakistani's who supplied the money and support. Just repeating the lies of this administration....

[mike_c]

2. proud academic psychobabbler here....

And yes, I am quite ready to "blame America first" for the foreign policy mess it has created during the last half-century-- a foreign policy that has led much of the rest of the world to regard us as imperialists, inconstant allies, and the best friend of dictators and oppressors.

Oh, I forgot-- they hate us for our freedom. Yeah, that's the ticket.

[ixion]

3. yet another proud academic who thinks these people

should not have settled for a Gentlemen's C.

What a crock. Why learn anything at all? Why not just fight like barbarians until there is nothing left. :grr: People like this give humanity a bad name, IMHO.

[rac6]

4. As a proud Cornellian, this guy comes in #3 on the embarrassment list...

behind Paul Wolfowitz and Ann Coulter. Check out what he put on his bio on his web site: <www.joesabia.com>

Joe is an avid runner who enjoys Mass, baseball, tennis, and bombing foreign countries in his free time.

Nice thought for someone who his faith in every other sentence.

[Lisa]

5. not all PhDs are like that, luckily ...

Some samples of David Boje's work. (He is active in the peace movement and was arrested this spring while protesting.)

http://peaceaware.com/boje.htm

"I agree with you, please let God Bless America. But America is not in
imminent danger from Iraq. America is in imminent danger of losing its civil
liberties. America is in imminent danger of continuing the genocide of 1.2
million people (500,000 are children under 5). America is in imminent danger
of the world finding out that its Nuclear War on the Middle East has already
claimed more lives that Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. America is in
imminent danger of destroying the UN."


http://peaceaware.com/papers/Bush_Top_Gun.htm

The paper examining the marketing of Bush as an heroic image!

[enki23]

6. cornell must be a pretty decent place

if this sad lil' specimen (nice hair, guy) represents the 'conservative' faction.