Re: Academic Freedom, was Re: Ward Churchill. . . .
On May 27, 2006, at 12:02 AM, Carrol Cox wrote:
This whole discussion has focused wrongly. The Investigation was
corrupt from the beginning, and Churchill was wrong only in making a reply.
There’s no doubt that there would have been no investigation except
for Churchill’s politics generally and the roosting chickens piece
specifically. But the investigation itself was not hackwork, and
Churchill was wrong to make stuff up and plagiarize. And once
published, how can he not make a reply? I know this won’t fit in with
your agent- and agency-less version of politics, but there are a lot
of people watching, maybe scratching their heads, and a nonresponse
would look like a guilty plea. But as I recall, your view is that our
side never makes mistakes, and it’s only the rulers that are
blameworthy, so I guess I’m not surprised.
Doug