Posted on 02/17/2005 9:05:19 PM PST by FairOpinion
University of Hawaii Professors Launch Aggressive Fundraising Effort to Sponsor Highly Controversial, Anti-American Speaker
Ward Churchill, Who Says 9-11 Victims are Not 'Innocent' and Terrorists are 'Combat Teams,' Being Invited to Main Manoa Campus; Not All Professors, Students are Pleased
University of Hawaii professors have organized an aggressive fundraising effort to bring Ward Churchill, a highly controversial professor based at the University of Colorado and activist in the American Indian Movement, to lecture at the University’s Manoa Campus, according to an internal memo obtained by Hawaii Reporter.
Churchill, who prides himself on publishing inflammatory anti-American propaganda, came into the national spotlight in recent weeks for his declaration in a recently published essay that the victims killed and injured in the 9-11 attack on America were not "innocent."
In Churchill’s essay "Some People Push Back; On the Justice of Roosting Chickens," he writes: "True enough, they were civilians of a sort. But innocent? Gimme a break. They formed a technocratic corps at the very heart of America's global financial empire – the 'mighty engine of profit' to which the military dimension of U.S. policy has always been enslaved – and they did so both willingly and knowingly. Recourse to "ignorance" – a derivative, after all, of the word "ignore" – counts as less than an excuse among this relatively well-educated elite. To the extent that any of them were unaware of the costs and consequences to others of what they were involved in – and in many cases excelling at – it was because of their absolute refusal to see. More likely, it was because they were too busy braying, incessantly and self-importantly, into their cell phones, arranging power lunches and stock transactions, each of which translated, conveniently out of sight, mind and smelling distance, into the starved and rotting flesh of infants. If there was a better, more effective, or in fact any other way of visiting some penalty befitting their participation upon the little Eichmanns inhabiting the sterile sanctuary of the twin towers, I'd really be interested in hearing about it."
Churchill writes "terrorists" who slammed their planes into the World Trade Center killing 3,000 Americans, are not in fact terrorists, rather they are "combat teams." He claims Americans got what they deserved when Americans were murdered on American soil because America has killed 500,000 Iraqi children. He says the attacks on Sept. 11 were "a natural and inevitable consequence of what happens as a result of business as usual in the United States. Wake up."
See the full essay at: http://cryptome.org/ward-churchill.htm
Many of the families of victims in the 9-11 terrorist attack on America said his comments were hurtful. Matt Coppo, a sophomore whose father died in the World Trade Center attacks, told the mainland media: "His views are completely hurtful to the families of 3,000 people."
Jon Goldberg-Hiller, Ph.D., the chair of the University of Hawaii Political Science Department, says in a memo obtained by Hawaii Reporter that he is sure there will be controversy over Churchill’s visit.
Hiller says Churchill’s visit is being coordinated by "a number of his friends and colleagues across the university," and he asks the Department to help sponsor the speech by funding Churchill’s honorarium.
"As I am certain that Churchill's visit will provoke some community controversy, I am also certain that we will share some of this attention because of this donation. Whether you support Churchill or not, I do hope, when questioned, that you will speak to the issues of academic fairness, protection for controversial ideas and conservative attempts to limit the scope of political speech, indigenous rights, and identity politics that put this particular controversy in its broader context."
Hiller could not be reached for further comment.
University of Hawaii Political Science Professor Kate Zhou says she is upset that Churchill has received so much support from the University of Hawaii, when much more qualified and well respected academics and authors have been snubbed. Last year, Zhou says, she attempted to get a prominent Washington Post writer and Pulitzer Prize winner to Hawaii, but the faculty did not support this speaker, or many others who could share with students their valuable experiences. Many students also are upset about Churchill’s visit, Zhou says.
So someone tell that To Ward Churchill. "
Now that, I can agree with.
I suppose your phyic.
""since you always take the liberal taking points,""
Have you even read the things I have written. Hardly a liberal.
"" get really defensive when someone disagrees with you and then huff off""
When you personally attack me and call me a liar, yes. That's not an honest disagreement and you know it.
"You have refused help to sharpen your debate skills "
I'm sharpening them right now.
""you have refused help from freepers here who have offered to help you gain knowledge of politics""
HAve I? Just because I have not sought help from you.
That is interesting to me. I hope Sean gets thru to you-or whoever is coaching you in politics and debate technique.
BTW- no one has attacked you. Just because you say it does not make it true.
I'm not going to go that far...he has the right to speak his peace...our Constitution allows it.
He has not been convicted of a crime.
He can not forfeit his life without due process.
This is a nation of laws.
Should he be removed from a position of influence....sure.
Should he be censured...absolutely.
If I were a parent of any of his students would I be screaming at the administration...At the top of my lungs.
At this point let me inject some humor...are you one of the fringe?.
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Article. III.
snip
Section. 3.
Clause 1: Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court
A case of levying "war" against the US probably can't be proved. Equally difficult, IMO, would be proving his comments, written or spoken, provided aid or comfort to our enemies.
Not surprising. Reed's unofficial motto (at least in the 70's) was "Communism, Atheism, Free Love". Chock full o' upper-middle-class white kids with near-perfect NMSQTs and little to no real-world knowledge or experience.
I accused you of lying about your identity.
But I've changed my mind. Only a live-at-home kid with no real life experience could possibly be as dumb as you. Or as much of a braggart. Or as rude.
""Please: NO profanity, NO personal attacks, NO racism or violence in posts.""
Can you read Judith Anne? It says no personal attacks.
I am so sick of your condescending additude.
You have no idea. None whatsoever.
Furthermore, you are a very mean spirited person.
Do you like Ward Churchill, JUDITH?
That's what this thread is about.
Because I hate him. I hate him and everything he stands for. Is that dumb of me Judith? Is it so DUMB of me to be overwhelmed by my absolute contempt for this man?
You really have some audacity. It's sickening. Why are you eating your own?
Sweetie...what is your problem?
Judith Anne clearly does not like me.
Be very specific in your posts. Contradiction doesn't encourage others to believe your posted beliefs. Sarcasm, no matter what context, should be labled as such. Back-peddling should be erased from your habits.
In a number of threads you've expressed your desire to learn, yet you seemingly come across as defensive, arrogant and non-teachable. Not *all* threads...but some.
In some thread subjects you come across as quite learned. This further complicates the issue of believability when it is not coupled with consistency.
Take care...
No problem, public knowledge.
Not only is LLB contradictory, shooting from the lip and retracting much later, she clearly wants to fight.
With fresh cracked pepper, garlic and parmesan - grilled? yum!
That's good to learn, because you posted yesterday to JimRob that if he can forgive Hannity, we all should. :o)
THey should all get kicked out and made to work for a living.
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