Posted on 05/12/2006 9:06:39 AM PDT by gabriel sutherland
"I mean, this is a person who, not too many years from now, we may be seeing in front of a war crimes tribunal."
Juliet Schor is a professor of sociology at Boston College. She has written a number of books analyzing the American labor market. What I have quoted is an obvious acknowledgement by an extensively trained, well executed professional of academe, providing her insight on the future of Saddam Hussein or Usama bin Laden. However, I would be lying.
The person Ms. Schor refers to is United States Secretary of State Condeleeza Rice. Madamn Secretary is slated to receive an honorary doctorate from Boston College for her services to the Republic from the highest offices of the Executive Branch. This honor is adversarial to the Jesuit tradition in the words of Professor Schor. Madamn Secretary's proper place is before a war crimes tribunal.
Professor Schor made these comments on the May 10th broadcast of "Democracy Now". She was debating Professor Marc Landy, also of Boston College, about the honor the university has offerred to Secretary of State Condeleeza Rice. Professor Landy provides proper demonstration of response by refusing to dignify one as a result of Ms. Schor's war crimes tribunal opinion. Professor Schor continues to air her opinions.
"It's just speaking to the facts. I mean, this is an illegal war. It is an immoral war. This week, the same week that the university made this announcement, the U.S. government was defending itself at a U.N. Commission on Torture, and very much on the defensive. A major report was presented at that commission, showing that the U.S. is involved in “widespread” -- and that's a quote -- torture at U.S.-run detention centers all over the world, evidence emerging about extraordinary renditions."
Ms. Schor is right. She is speaking the facts. A report was presented at a meeting of the UN Committee on Torture. The presenter ALLEGED that torture was WIDESPREAD. Another fact, that Ms. Schor did not air, is that the presenter was immediately challenged on the claim by multiple representatives at the hearing. Obviously the United States objected to the use of the word "widespread", but others did as well. No evidence was presented to support the allegation. But the bleeding isn't over.
From the press release from the same hearing we learn of this.
"Moreover, it was well-known that al-Qaida were trained to lie and that the 'Manchester Manual' instructed all al-Qaida members, when captured, to allege torture, even if they were not subject to abuse."
Apparently someone forgot to bring this small detail to Ms. Schor's attention. Perhaps if she had examined the press release she would have the necesary information so as not to appear intellectually bankrupt.
Professor Schor is not lost. She is human. She is going to make mistakes. Let us hope and pray that those closest to her build the confidence through love to urge Ms. Schor to enter a treatment facility to deal with her addiction to intellectual bankruptcy.
If she had anything else to offer society, she'd resign in protest and get a real job...'
I was watching Fox and Friends this morning. Didn't another professor from Boston College just quit because Rice was going to speak there? Hmmmm Freedom of Speech for liberals and not for conservatives. Amazing how liberals are really facists underneath!
Ah, but the field of "sociology" is itself one of those politically correct fields where the only "scientific" law is that everything is relative to everything else in time, including morals. So what was moral yesterday, like fighting a war on communism, is not necessarily moral now if it conflicts with todays societal thinking. Having no absolutes leads to this type of fuzzy thinking with the expected results.
Good grief...not only is stupid but she's ugly too. In fact, I think she qualifies as 'fugly'!
Ms. Schor's previous position was Director of Women's Studies and a Senior Lecturer in economics at Harvard University.
...sigh...
And a B.C. adjunct prof. quit (in an open letter to Boston Glob) over college's decision to honor/host Condi at graduation.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1631126/posts
>>Professor Marc Landy, also of Boston College
From Boston Globe, May 3:
>> Other faculty members and students supported the invitation, saying that having such a notable speaker is an honor for the university. Political science professor Marc Landy said the letter was a ''grotesque mistake" and sent a letter asking colleagues not to sign the Himes-Hollenbach letter.
''This isn't about agreeing or disagreeing with Condoleezza Rice," Landy said. ''She is the secretary of state of the United States, and there is a presumption in favor of according a warm and dignified reception to arguably the third most important executive officer." ''Given that Dr. Rice's schedule allows her to make only one commencement speech per year, we are pleased that she has chosen to address graduating students at Boston College"
It seems that the left has run out of high profile socialist/marxists that are willing to say the really, really outrageous things.
No Belafarte, Michael Moore or Babba Streisand going completely off their rockers lately. That leaves it to the back-up nutjobs like this professor.
If the latter, it seems her ugly inside manifests itself outwardly rather well in that photo.
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Good thing her agent has that mugshot of her available to the public. Wouldn't want the gals at Mt. Holyoke, Smith, Wellesley, etc. thinking a man was crashing one of her speeches at those open-minded institutions. There's now no doubt she's all wymyn, this photo proof enough of that.
btw, you deserve hazardous duty pay for digging up those photos! You're a braver person than I am.
btw, btw, I once worked with a wymyn from Smith. Besides being one of the nastiest people I've had the misfortune to meet, she is also the personification of Olive Oyl. Must be a "y" thing in the water there.
Fugly Professor Schor
Left Folk Rocker Bruce Cockburn (much younger than today...)
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