Lawrence Summers vs. Ward Churchill: The latter wrote of the victims of 9/11:
As for those in the World Trade Center, well, really, let's get a grip here, shall we? 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.He also wrote:
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.Verdict for him? PUBLIC uproar, and not that of the University he was a professor of ethnic studies (UofC at Boulder), caused him to resign his position. A guy who basically blasted civilians for no other reason than being Americans.
Next, we have the President of Harvard, Lawrence Summers, who essentially stated a known FACT, that being that there is evidence that males appear to be stronger in math and science. Something of which there is empirical evidence. He did not make a single, all-inclusive statement, but a well-founded statement. Likewise, there is empirical evidence that women are much better at multi-tasking than men. These are both facts.
But when a professor calls innocent civilians little Eichmanns? Tenure means he can't be touched? Jesus! Someone tell me what's wrong with this picture.
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