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| Columbia’s De Genova - A toad on the lam |
| 2003-04-02 |
| The controversy over a Columbia University assistant professor who called for the bloody defeat of U.S. troops in Iraq refuses to die, with critics heaping scorn and supporters saying he has gone into hiding after receiving numerous death threats. A graduate student told the Columbia Spectator that Nicholas De Genova and his wife were "fearing for their lives" after receiving some 1,000 threatening phone and e-mail messages. The threats led De Genova to nix his two classes on Tuesday, according to the student newspaper. De Genova told a campus "teach-in" last Wednesday that he wanted to see the U.S. defeated in Iraq and suffer "a million Mogadishus" — a reference to the 1993 Somalia ambush that left 18 Americans dead. "The only true heroes are those who find ways that help defeat the U.S. military," he said at an anti-war event attended by students and faculty. OK - the guy really is a puke, but death threats? I'm happy as long as he's fired from Columbia and comes down with a really nasty case of the crabs... |
| Posted by:Targus |
| #8 If true, it will give him a taste of how the Iraqi's have felt for the last 20 years. And if he does get tenure, he'll have to endure a "little snot" in every future class throwing this in his face. The relentless humiliation will make his life slow water-torture, drip, drip, drip. |
| Posted by: becky 2003-04-03 07:19:58 |
| #7 I doubt he's getting death threats, but there are some wackos on the right as well as the left. The sad part is that he won't get fired from Columbia. I'm an academic, and I can tell you that when he comes up for tenure review this whole flap won't matter. No one will bring it up in the promotions committee meeting, and anyone who does will be shouted down with all the usual pious crap about academic freedom and free speech. What will matter to that committee will be his publications and teaching record. Apparently he spends a lot of time |
| Posted by: Steve White 2003-04-02 23:40:04 |
| #6 Hurumph. I seem to recall that the Founders didn't raise much of a din when tens of thousands of British crown loyalist were driven from the newly minted United States of America to Canada and other locations throughout the British Empire. Technically, a violation of the Treaty of Paris. Sad that they gave up that old past time of tar and feathering. Really, we need to start balancing the flow of people coming in with a flow of people leaving. This loser will fit right in at Havana or Pyonyang U. |
| Posted by: Don 2003-04-02 21:51:43 |
| #5 Typical lefty. When the going gets tough, they get lost. Maggot. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-04-02 21:30:25 |
| #4 if he's really getting death threats he should turn them in to the police for prosecution...I suspect it's not true. But first, of course, he should sit down and think long and hard about why these people hate him, right? I mean, he should understand that real Americans have a different culture than his academic elites, and he should be sensitive to their cultural needs (/sarcasm off) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-04-02 21:25:43 |
| #3 Hmmmm... a million Mogasidhus? I think the kill ratio was 100 to 1, American. Is that what he wanted? |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-04-02 21:24:39 |
| #2 I suurender. Here's the URL: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,83002,00.html Obviously, I'm blog-challenged :-( |
| Posted by: Targus 2003-04-02 21:03:04 |
| #1 Bloody hell... the URL didn't work for me. Hopefully the following will do the trick. |
| Posted by: Targus 2003-04-02 21:02:00 |