Books Not Bombs! (College students go on strike to protest war)

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[Chancellor Palpatine]

Need I mention that I can find all too many similar leaps of logic on leftie sites?

The other inference which could be made from this comment is that the other 49,000 don't care about the agenda that interested the 1,000.

You boys always overestimate the extent of your support.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

I very rarely left with less than I started with after a day of drinking, gambling and flirting, so I figure I did well.

[A_perfect_lady]

Their timing may not be too good--by March 5th the war could well be over.

Oh, that would be funny!

[cinFLA]

Can't resist...per creamedcorn...your assumption is that all of their parent's were protestors in the 60s. I don't think that is the case.

Your assumption about my assumption is invalid.

[SerpentDove]

Where's the BARF ALERT?

[SerpentDove]

although the title says it all...

[mountaineer]

Why shouldn't everybody have the same oppurtunities to go to school?

They do have the opportunity to go to school. Students - not the taxpayers - are the ones responsible paying for it, though. Why should I fund your college education?

[Tijeras_Slim]

Financial aid opportunities and family income are rapidly losing ground to the rising cost of higher education.

Kinda hard to take the moral high-ground when you're whining for a handout...

[tcostell]

Financial aid opportunities and family income are rapidly losing ground to the rising cost of higher education.

Maybe unionizing graduate students is the answer to this problem. Or even better, maybe we should simply increase the budgets of educational institutions while lowering the standards and eliminating all that pesky accountabilty...I'm sure that will help keep costs under control.

No Freebies no Peace!...No Freebies no Peace!...No Freebies no Peace!...

[creamedcorn]

"You boys" who?

[Doc Savage]

As if these long-haired, dope-freak, hiv-infected, communist maggots actually attend class...

[mountaineer]

Well, some of them do - how else could their c. 1960s poli-sci professors indoctrinate them?

[mountaineer]

You'll appreciate this:

Although the Bush Administration and many Americans support military action against Iraq, a group of professors representing several area colleges on Thursday endorsed a more peaceful course of action.

The educators offered their views as part of Wheeling Jesuit University's Day of Peace. The panel discussion culminated a series of events throughout the day to protest possible war with Iraq.
"This is a solidarity day regarding the Iraqi situation in regards to a peaceful resolution to what's going on," said the Rev. James O'Brien, S.J., associate professor of philosophy at WJU. "I'm very proud that this shared vision is happening all over the country."

O'Brien posed this question to the audience: What will be the role of higher education with respect to the prospect of an armed conflict in the Middle East?

"It's very likely that we will be a nation more involved in killing over the next few weeks and months," he said.

"What is it that we as colleges are going to contribute to our nation?"

Making the main presentation was John Cox, an assistant professor of history at WJU. He noted his personal and religious beliefs shape his view on an impending war.

"As an informed citizen and Christian, I oppose war at this time with Iraq," Cox said. "It's neither necessary nor justified at this time."

Before the presentation, Cox said he saw U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's address to the United Nations Security Council last week, in which he presented surveillance photos and sound recordings that the Bush Administration claims proves that Iraq is lying about hiding weapons of mass destruction. He said he believes the evidence presented did not prove the points Powell was trying to make.

"It convinced me that Powell has lost patience," Cox said. "I can't believe how stupid (Iraqi dictator) Saddam Hussein is. But we don't blow up countries for being stupid. I think we need to turn up the heat on Saddam Hussein but not go to war."

Cox said he favors a strategy of allowing surveillance plane flights over Iraq and a counter proposal offered by Germany and France of having U.N. forces accompany weapons inspectors in Iraq.

James Forrester, a professor of political science at West Liberty State College, pointed out that the Bush administration's policy is to destroy weapons of mass destruction. He said that if the evidence Powell presented proves Iraq was hiding weapons of mass destruction, the sites should have been attacked militarily. "They had that information, why didn't they strike these sites?"

Bethany College psychology professor John Hull and art professor Herb Weaver have teamed up to create a course titled "The Art and Science of Peace." Hull said it was first offered in the spring of 2002. Weaver said it will be offered "until there's world peace."

Weaver described the course as a study of conflict resolution in humans and non-humans.

"I focus on the role of creativity and how it relates to peace," Weaver said. "We examine the process of art making."

Weaver said it has been reported that since the last Gulf War in 1991 there has been a surge in art making in Iraq.

Cox claimed President Bush has engineered a dramatic shift in U.S. foreign policy. "This war will be based on a new concept called 'pre-emption.'"

He also contended that the impending war has taken the American people's focus off other important issues, such as the health care crisis, the looming budget deficit, the weak economy, and North Korea's nuclear weapons development. "War fever is distracting you and me from domestic issues that need our attention."

Cox also maintained that a war with Iraq is distracting the American people from the real war on terrorism.

"We can bomb Iraq into pieces, but we can't bomb Iraq into peace," Weaver said.

http://www.news-register.net/news/story/0214202003_new01.asp

[mountaineer]

The big day draws nigh, less than two weeks from now. Has anyone in college towns seen any publicity about this?

[College Repub]

I think all 4 of the college greens at my school might be doing it.

[Polybius]

There you have it, the future of America is going on strike.

No, my FRiend, the future of America is hugging Daddy before he goes to terminate Saddam with extreme prejudice.

[eeriegeno]

And the liberal professors (all 99.9% of them) had nothing to do with this organization? RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!

[mountaineer]

The li'l darlings are striking tomorrow! Whatever will we do?