Professor Nicholas DeGenova: Are You Hoping My Son in Law Dies?

dfu | 3-30-03 | dfu

[doug from upland]

E-MAIL TO PROF. NICHOLAS DEGENOVA, Columbia University Asst. Prof. of Anthropology:

Professor DeGenova, I would appreciate an answer to this communication. I want to briefly introduce you to my son-in-law Josh who is currently serving in the Middle East helping to defend the freedom of the United States. He is 22 years old, and my little girl misses him terribly. It is a great sacrifice for both of them. He is patriotic, dedicated, a hard worker, and has just signed up for another three years.

You have been quoted as recently saying, "I wish for a million Mogadishus." Since I have not heard a retraction, I presume the quote is accurate.

I do not usually take personally the statements of those who oppose the current war. We all have our viewpoint. Josh is proud to defend yours, unless, of course, the viewpoint includes advocating the violent death of Americans.

Let me put in bluntly. Is Josh among those whom you wish dead? Would you take joy in watching his body mutilated and dragged through the streets of Baghdad? If not him, whose sons and daughters do you wish would suffer the fate of the men who were mutilated in Mogadishu?

Professor, you have a short window of opportunity to take back your statement and issue an apology. I hope you will be man enough to do it.

I wish no harm to you and your family as you apparently wish to Josh, my family, and all those serving and their families. What action will be taken should you refuse, I do not yet know, but you have made this personal.

Please do the right thing.

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I don't know where this will go, but it cannot stand. Columbia receives federal government funds. Those funds should cease until he is fired. He has the freedom of speech to say what he wants, but advocating the death of Americans during time of war should have consequences.

Will someone please provide info regarding the university's major donors?

Perhaps NY FReepers might want to FReep him in person.

Letters to the editor certainly need to be written.

Maybe an ad can be placed in the school newspaper that shows bodies being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu.

Perhaps his neighbors and every veteran's organization in the area need to see his words in print on a flyer.

[doug from upland]

I heard on KFI news in L.A. that some big donors are outraged. They didn't go so far, however, as to say they would pull the plug unless he is hanged in the school's quad. That is the response I want to hear.

[doug from upland]

LINKS TO SEVERAL DE GENOVA STORIES

[2nd amendment mama]

Agreed! I hope this POS gets fired and becomes the poster boy of what will happen when you spout off like this! Maybe then we can start to shut up and get rid of these communist/leftist/marxist/scumbags on our college campuses!

[doug from upland]

If he is a bread salesman and spouts off this crap, it is not of great consequence. If he spouts this off while in a position of indoctrinating young minds --- fire him at least; shoot him perhaps.

[rocky88]

This guy definitely got "caught" and may receive some sort of retribution for his words. The sad thing, though, is that this sort of anti-American hatespeak is uttered everyday at Cornell.

[2nd amendment mama]

Agreed! Time to get rid of these America haters! Let them go to whatever other country they might be comfortable in (France or Germany perhaps).

[doug from upland]

Yes, Dennis Prager is just about to talk about Columbia. Listen live --- www.krla870.com

[doug from upland]

Prager --- the university, in many ways, is an enemy of America.

[Capitalism2003]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/879803/posts

This page has some contact info..professor's email along with his boss. Let them know what you think of his remarks.

[stands2reason]

There have been numerous threads in the past here on such...actually, U/Chi isn't that bad comparatively--they still have core curriculum. Do a search on "colleges" or "college" here in the forum.