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2010-03-02 Home Front: Culture Wars
Noose in library a ‘stupid mistake,' UCSD student says
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Posted by Frank G 2010-03-02 08:23|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 "A Nøøse once bit my sister. Sorry, I hab a cowd."
Posted by  Anonymoose 2010-03-02 08:56||   2010-03-02 08:56|| Front Page Top

#2 The perpetrator said that "... I am distraught to know that I have unintentionally added to their pain."

Really? What was unintentional about it?
Posted by Steve White 2010-03-02 08:58||   2010-03-02 08:58|| Front Page Top

#3 She has a great future as a Democratic Party Astroturfer.
Posted by ed 2010-03-02 09:30||   2010-03-02 09:30|| Front Page Top

#4 “Black student leaders and others believe the events are indicative of a university system that doesn’t do enough to help blacks.”

Attention activists, organizers, and rabble-rousers of all stripes. Let this be a lesson for you - perhaps, even a Teaching moment. Always exploit isolated acts to your advantage regardless of intent or how innocuous they may seem. Then search for other events (even ones that are remotely related) to portray the actions as part of a larger pattern. But, always remember to refrain your focus from individual responsibility. You have bigger fish to fry. The object of your rancor should be something larger and much more vague – for instance “The system”. Not only does this create a perpetual target but also your attention should be concentrated on the deepest pockets. Now put your books down and go out and protest dammit!
Posted by DepotGuy 2010-03-02 10:25||   2010-03-02 10:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Seems that a number of racist incidents have been false flag operations by minorities to make the majority seem racist. Even this case, which apparently was an accident, was by a minority student. If it had been a white student there would be demands for expulsion, even if it was an accident. This one will probably slip away into obscurity, the damage already done.
Posted by rjschwarz 2010-03-02 12:11||   2010-03-02 12:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Burning a flag is free speech. Burning a cross is not. Nude dancing and pan handling is free speech. A noose is not...
Posted by M. Murcek  2010-03-02 12:46||   2010-03-02 12:46|| Front Page Top

#7 doesn’t do enough to help blacks.”

That phrase alone tells the tale, GIMME, GIMME,GIMME.
Posted by Redneck Jim 2010-03-02 13:35||   2010-03-02 13:35|| Front Page Top

#8 By now, the admin's default presumption should be that it's a hoax. That's the way to bet. Investigation to see if a particular case is an exception.
Posted by Richard Aubrey  2010-03-02 15:53||   2010-03-02 15:53|| Front Page Top

#9 But WAIT! There's MORE!
KKK-style pillowcase found at UCSD
The symbol was draped on a statue outside the library
University of California San Diego police say a crudely-fashioned KKK-style hood was found outside the campus library late Monday.

The hood was on a Theodor Seuss Geisel statue -- at the location where the campus was going to celebrate the children's author's birthday today. The event was called off given racial tensions that have grown seemingly daily on the campus for the past two weeks.

In a statement released Tuesday afternoon, campus authorities say the hood -- apparently made from a white pillowcase -- was discovered about 11 p.m. outside the library that carries Geisel's name. A rose was inserted in the statue’s fingers.

“The items have been removed and the police are processing them for evidence, including fingerprint and DNA analysis. An aggressive police investigation is underway,” the statement read. “We will pursue this with all of our authority and individuals who are responsible will be punished to the full extent of the Student Code of Conduct and all applicable laws.”

Chancellor Marye Anne Fox is quoted in the statement as saying that “we will not allow this incident, or any incident, to deter the progress we are making to change and heal our university community.”

Audrey Geisel, widow of Theodor Geisel, said the chancellor and campus librarian called her to inform her of the incident.

If her husband, who died in 1991, were alive, she said he would find the incident bizarre.

“The vast, vast majority (of students) are just the greatest – they’re just splendid, fine, period,” she said. “A little faction always exists in all places and they get a little carried away, I think. ‘Now, hear this — somebody’s paying attention’ — and they get kind of rambunctious.”

This was all started by a black student masquerading as "Jigaboo Jones". Apparently racial grievances have to be self-created in academia nowadays to justify the protests, racial demands, etc...
Posted by Frank G 2010-03-02 19:31||   2010-03-02 19:31|| Front Page Top

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