[abb]

Link to Brodhead letter here. Typical PC bullshit. Brodhead ain't worth squat. He's part of the problem. You would think the ppl over at FODU would be smart enough to figure that out...

http://friendsofdukeuniversity.blogspot.com/2006/02/press-releases.html

[maggief]

... I am well aware that, after many weeks of media stories that made it seem almost self-evidently true that a rape had occurred, ...

'scuse me? Brodhead believed the N & O spin based on no evidence.

self-evident
Main Entry: self-ev·i·dent
Pronunciation: -d&nt, -"dent
Function: adjective
: evident without proof or reasoning
- self-ev·i·dent·ly adverb

[Locomotive Breath]

"where action has been required in the face of deep uncertainty"

There's the problem right there. Leadership is risking a decision when you don't yet have all the data and being willing to occasionally make a wrong decision and take responsibilty for it.

If you never take action and stand on the sidelines with your arms folded then no one can ever blame you. And that's his goal, avoiding having any blame placed on him no matter what injustice is committed.

The battle cry of the modern liberal is "We did nothing - our hands are clean!"