I’ll stop criticizing him when he returns the largesse he has accumulated over 34 years of the soft academic life. His future is secure, so now he wants to take the noble route? How admirable.
My critique reamins firmly in place.
I didn’t need to study the entire article to grasp the essentials.
Disdain for a “Freeper tradition”? Sounds like you don’t like or respect your fellow Freepers.
There are other Forums if you have a problem with that.
Is a man evil for making good decisions about his future? I get retirement pay too - from the military. I consider it deferred pay, and it was a huge part in my staying in for more than 10 years. It isn’t a freebie given to me by kind people. I did the work in advance, and now collect my remaining wages.
If someone had offered me the deal this guy had, I might have taken it. No one was forced to offer it to him. They could have hired professors for less, but chose to pay outrageous salaries and benefits - all approved by the politicians.