Skip to comments.
Professor Nicholas DeGenova: Are You Hoping My Son in Law Dies?
dfu
| 3-30-03
| dfu
Posted on 03/30/2003 12:33:09 PM PST by doug from upland
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80, 81-90 next last
To: doug from upland
Other people there tried to "distance" themselves from his remarks. They should have walked out.If they didn't walk out or speak up at the time, their "distance" comments were just damage control.
21
posted on
03/30/2003 12:53:19 PM PST
by
Rocko
To: doug from upland
22
posted on
03/30/2003 12:53:54 PM PST
by
Schatze
(It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.)
To: doug from upland
My parents are graduates of Columbia University. They have regularly given money to the University for almost fifty years. They are not major benefactors by any stretch of the imagination, but their faithful generosity did not go unrewarded when I applied to the University myself in the 1980s (I took a pass and went to a less competitive Northeast party school). I am going to try to prevail upon them to withhold their giving until Columbia rids itself of this professor.
23
posted on
03/30/2003 12:55:44 PM PST
by
Atticus
To: doug from upland
Here's the contact information for the Provost, his boss in the Anthropology Dept. and Public affairs:
Jonathan Cole (Provost) |
email: jrc5@columbia.edu phone: 212-854-2404 |
Nicholas Dirks (Anthropology Dept Head) |
email: nbd7@columbia.edu phone: 212-854-4552 |
Columbia Public Affairs Dept |
phone: 212-854-5573 |
24
posted on
03/30/2003 12:55:56 PM PST
by
AAABEST
To: All
Dennis Prager was a Fellow at Columbia University's School of International Affairs, where he did graduate work at the Middle East and Russian Institutes. I expect that he will be all over this on his radio show on Monday (9 to noon, Pacific) --- hear real audio by going to www.krla870.com.
Dennis is considering a run for the U.S. Senate against Barbara Boxer. This issue could be a good launching pad. Please write to him regarding this matter --- dennisprager@dennisprager.com
25
posted on
03/30/2003 12:57:41 PM PST
by
doug from upland
(Protestors file Chapter 7 -- they are morally bankrupt)
To: doug from upland
Yes, in fact Professor De Genova hopes many Americans die. He also hopes for another Holocaust since he seems to hate Jews as well.
To: doug from upland
Here are some Trustees Emeriti
ARTHUR OCHS SULZBERGER
Chairman Emeritus
The New York Times Company
CHARLES F. LUCE
Chairman Emeritus
Consolidated Edison of New York, Inc.
LAWRENCE E. WALSH
Counsel
Crowe & Dunlevy
W. CLARKE WESCOE
Chairman and CEO(retired)
Sterling Drug, Inc.
CHARLES M. METZNER
Senior United States District Judge
U.S. District Court
MARTHA T. MUSE
Chairman
The Tinker Foundation, Inc.
CONNIE S. MANIATTY
Honorary Managing Director
Salomon Smith Barney
THOMAS D. FLYNN
Partner (retired)
Ernst & Young
THOMAS L. CHRYSTIE
Partner (retired)
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
SAMUEL L. HIGGINBOTTOM, Chair Emeritus
Chairman and President (retired)
Rolls-Royce, Inc.
MICHAEL I. SOVERN, President Emeritus of the University
Kent Professor of Law
Columbia University
G.G. MICHELSON, Chair Emerita
WARREN H. PHILLIPS
Director, Chairman and CEO (retired)
Dow Jones & Co., Inc.
STANLEY L. TEMKO
Senior Counsel
Covington & Burling
EDWARD N. COSTIKYAN
Counsel
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
JOHN GOELET
Goelet Corporation
HENRY L. KING, Chair Emeritus
Senior Counsel
Davis Polk & Wardwell
JERRY I. SPEYER, Chair Emeritus
President
Tishman Speyer Properties, Inc.
JOSEPH D. WILLIAMS
Chairman and CEO (retired)
Warner-Lambert Company
LIONEL I. PINCUS, Chair Emeritus
Chairman and CEO
Warburg Pincus
MARYLIN B. LEVITT
Assistant Professor
George Washington University
JOHN J. CURLEY
Chairman, President and CEO
Gannett Co., Inc.
EDWARD BOTWINICK
President
Botwinick-Wolfensohn Foundation, Inc.
EDWIN ROBBINS
Of Counsel
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
ARNOLD S. RELMAN
Professor Emeritus of Medicine and of
Social Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Editor Emeritus
New England Journal of Medicine
WALTER BURKE
ANNA K. LONGOBARDO
Director, Strategic Initiatives (retired)
Unisys Corporation
MARGARET E. MAHONEY
President
MEM Associates, Inc.
MATHY MEZEY
Independence Professor of Nursing Education
New York University
PETER K.C. WOO
Group Chairman
Wheelock and Company Limited
MAUREEN A. COGAN
Children's Advocate, Philanthropist
DONALD F. McHENRY
University Research Professor of
Diplomacy and International Affairs
Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
YUZABURO MOGI
President and CEO
Kikkoman Corporation
STEPHEN FRIEDMAN, Chair Emeritus
Senior Principal
MMC Capital, Inc.
JOHN E. ZUCCOTTI
Chairman
Brookfield Financial Properties
JEROME A. CHAZEN
Chairman
Chazen Capital Partners, LLC
GEORGE E. RUPP, President Emeritus of the University
President
International Rescue Committee
LAURANS A. MENDELSON
Chairman, President and CEO
HEICO Corporation
ROBERT A. MCCORMACK
Executive Vice President (retired)
Citicorp
27
posted on
03/30/2003 12:59:21 PM PST
by
ladyjane
To: Atticus
Great. Please have your parents contact them so the university knows it will lose money if it fails to act.
28
posted on
03/30/2003 12:59:31 PM PST
by
doug from upland
(Protestors file Chapter 7 -- they are morally bankrupt)
To: AAABEST
I think there may be some full e-mail boxes at Columbia tomorrow ... and rightly so.
I'm going to write to the professor myself -- using a quill dipped in venom.
29
posted on
03/30/2003 1:00:03 PM PST
by
Schatze
(It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.)
To: ladyjane
Thanks for that info.
30
posted on
03/30/2003 1:00:21 PM PST
by
doug from upland
(Protestors file Chapter 7 -- they are morally bankrupt)
To: doug from upland
31
posted on
03/30/2003 1:03:42 PM PST
by
backhoe
(Time to kick the tires and light the fires-- let's roll!)
To: RightOnline
I was steamin' when I read about this the other day. My son is in the 101st and I din't take kindly to what he wished. I believe this.....(series of very non christian adjectives)...'professor has no real idea what he's wishing. None the less, I sent this email:
As reported from the recent teach in:
Thunderous applause and whistles greeted anthropology professor Nicholas De Genova's sick desire that "a million Mogadishus" be visited on U.S. soldiers fighting in Iraq
If this attribution is true, then;
Mr. De Genova: may the next terrorist attack be in your presence. May the anthrax spores find a home in your lungs. May your body be covered in pox. May you have to choose between flames and thousand foot fall. And may all the pains of hell be your eternal reward.
From a proud father of an American soldier.
32
posted on
03/30/2003 1:04:30 PM PST
by
tbpiper
To: doug from upland
"We do not desire the deaths of American soldiers." Yes they do. That's the sickest part. This is exactly what the left, Bush-hating, anti-American crowd (which hides behind the name anti-War) wants. They want dead American soldiers because they think it will translate into power -- in the form of Democrat votes.
I'm truly convinced of this.
To: doug from upland
You're welcome, Doug. It's not worth bothering with DeGenova. He is toast. He has only been at Columbia since the fall of 2000 after he got his degree from, of course, University of Chicago. His position is tenure track, however, I suspect he won't be at Columbia for long. And he'll have a tough time finding another tenure track position.
34
posted on
03/30/2003 1:11:06 PM PST
by
ladyjane
To: workerbee
I agree with you. Ellen RATner was not merely exercising in hyperbole when she said she hopes "Bush messes up the war." She admitted that she said it because she doesn't want him re-elected. The RATS do indeed want many, many soldiers to die because they believe they will benefit. Damn the RATS to hell.
35
posted on
03/30/2003 1:15:36 PM PST
by
doug from upland
(Protestors file Chapter 7 -- they are morally bankrupt)
To: Hobsonphile
here's the response to Dr. Bollinger:
Dr Bollinger - Mere words cannot express the shock, dismay and outrage that I experienced when the full extent of Nicholas De Genovas recent remarks came to my attention. You have doubtless since received a great deal of email and commentary regarding this individuals outrageous behavior, but I would be remiss in my responsibility as a citizen of the United States and as a rational human being if I did not register my sentiments and observations. For your review, I have attached a copy of the email I sent in response to Mr. De Genovas vicious and hate-filled statements. Before you dismiss me as some naïve country redneck or as Mr. De Genova would have it, a white supremacist allow me to provide you with a little bit of my background.
I received what used to be regarded as a classical education in both Jesuit and secular institutions. I was fortunate enough to have been born with a ferocious curiosity about the world and a mind facile enough to facilitate a lifetime spent in the acquisition of comprehension. As a successful Microsoft alumnus, several years ago, I moved my family to a stunningly beautiful rural area where our 16 year old fraternal twins education could proceed in relatively non-politicized schools. We have successfully raised our kids to be philosophers, warriors and spiritually sovereign individuals. We have trained them to judge individuals as their parent do - by their character and their competence. We understand that concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong are not matters of mere opinion, nor are they subject to a majority vote. Weve taught our children well concerning the bottomless abyss that is the destination of moral relativism. And yes, we are patriots. We love our country and we have a deep and abiding respect for the principles upon which it was founded. If this is what it takes to earn Mr. De Genovas epithets and hatred, then well wear them as a badge of honor.
The above brings me to the point of this letter: there is only one circumstance under which I and the rest of my family will ever set foot on the Columbia campus, your thin gruel of an apology for De Genovas remarks notwithstanding. Ill get to that circumstance in a minute. You see, it isnt so much the fact that Mr. De Genovas remarks were cruel, hateful and yes, seditious. It isnt so much the fact that De Genovas credentials extend to publication in the post-modernist journal Social Text. You do recall the recent case where Social Text published an article by a physicist who lampooned the entire post-modernist intellectual fraud by writing a meaningless article couched entirely in their dense, impenetrable jargon? It isnt so much that you are apparently willing to tolerate Mr. De Genovas continued presence on the Columbia faculty, and that you believe your tepid disavowal of his remarks to be sufficient.
No. None of the foregoing spoke so eloquently of the atmosphere of hatred for this country and its founding principles as the applause with which De Genovas spew of hate was greeted. Thats the sort of applause heard at the torch lit Nuremburg rallies of the 1930s. That applause tells me that the rot and the corruption and the hate at Columbia are not confined merely to one individual. That applause tells me that not only will your institution never see a dime from my family, but that we will deny you access to the minds of our bright and accomplished children. That applause tells me that I will do all that I can to dry up your sources of funding.
Mr. De Genovas remarks make it clear that he is unfit to live in a free society. Your tolerance of his presence and your responsibility for the creation of an academic atmosphere of Stalinist political correctness and hatred of this country renders you unfit to hold your position and to live in a free society.
In closing, heres the one circumstance under which my family and I would ever set foot on the Columbia campus and thats with rifle in hand and a job to do. Realize that when it comes to that, you and Mr. De Genova will have earned it.
Ward Dorrity
Spirit Lake, Idaho
warddorrity@starband.net
36
posted on
03/30/2003 1:16:17 PM PST
by
Noumenon
(You can evade reality, but you cannot evade the consequences of evading reality - Ayn Rand)
To: doug from upland
37
posted on
03/30/2003 1:19:16 PM PST
by
M Kehoe
To: doug from upland
My respnse to De Genova -
Nicholas De Genova,
I thought that I had heard and seen the worst in terms of anti-American, pro-tyranny hate from the sidewalk defecators and the window-smashing anarchists in cities like San Francisco and Portland, Oregon. I thought that they had reached a new low when I saw a photo of a pair of demonstrators holding a large banner that read, We support our troops when they shoot their officers.
But you, sir, achieved a new low when I heard your call for the men and women of the US Military to suffer a "million Mogadishus." I read that you had described our armed forces men and women as not having a decent regard for life. I found several published accounts quoting other statements that you made, such as, The only true heroes are those who find ways that help defeat the U.S. military," and "If we really believe that this war is criminal ... then we have to believe in the victory of the Iraqi people and the defeat of the U.S. war machine." You also made the assertion that Americans who called themselves "patriots" were white supremacists.
These statements of yours which I understand were received with approval and applause have placed you beyond the pale of civilized society. I could write page after page in refutation of what you have said, but I also understand that post-modern, Marxist multi-culturalist intellectual frauds like yourself arent in the least bit interested in the truth. You lack the price of admission to any sort of reasonable debate: that is, a respect for facts, logic and the principle of cause and effect and a healthy regard for the truth. It isnt possible to reason with those like yourself whose final 'argument' is the barrel of a gun and the gulag.
Mere words cannot express my heartbreak and rage at your perfidy, the extent of your murderous hatred and slander. Even more outrageous is the fact that you are pouring this hatred and poison into the minds of those you purport to teach, although I suspect that indoctrinate is the more appropriate term.
This is not merely uncivil it is criminal.
You have no business teaching.
You have no business living in this country.
Those who are dedicated to the destruction of a free society are unfit to live in that same society. So I would applaud the day that your body swings from the nearest lamp post. I would nod with satisfaction if you by some quirk of cosmic justice were able to experience a smorgasboard of the brutality and torture that is the stock and trade of the regimes that you support. I will cheer the day that you are held to personal account for your call for the murder of our servicemen by those same servicemen.
I can assure you that this will not be forgotten. I can assure you that at some point, you will reap the justice and the retribution that you so richly deserve. I will do all that I can to keep alive your words and your hatred for this country and the people who love it - you wont be able to slink away or apologize your way out of this. I wont forget. Neither will others.
You will be held accountable.
Ward Dorrity
warddorrity@starband.net
38
posted on
03/30/2003 1:19:24 PM PST
by
Noumenon
(You can evade reality, but you cannot evade the consequences of evading reality - Ayn Rand)
To: doug from upland
One of the things RATs have in common with Communists: They put party above country.
39
posted on
03/30/2003 1:24:51 PM PST
by
clintonh8r
(You can have no better friend and no worse enemy than a U.S. Marine.)
Comment #40 Removed by Moderator
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80, 81-90 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson