Comments on: Curiouser and curiouser: a footnote to Yale’s Islamophobia-phobia http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/08/20/curiouser-and-curiouser-a-footnote-to-yales-islamophobia-phobia/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:59:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Out of the mouth of babes… « DaTechguy’s Blog http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/08/20/curiouser-and-curiouser-a-footnote-to-yales-islamophobia-phobia/#comment-30829 Out of the mouth of babes… « DaTechguy’s Blog Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:30:30 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/?p=1383#comment-30829 [...] Saudi money for me! And I could really use [...] [...] Saudi money for me! And I could really use [...]

]]> By: Rich Rostrom http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/08/20/curiouser-and-curiouser-a-footnote-to-yales-islamophobia-phobia/#comment-29821 Rich Rostrom Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:03:13 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/?p=1383#comment-29821 Banjo: That's an insult to ballerinas: they are very tough women who work very hard. (Dancing on pointe isn't just difficult, it's painful.) Banjo: That’s an insult to ballerinas: they are very tough women who work very hard. (Dancing on pointe isn’t just difficult, it’s painful.)

]]> By: Archie http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/08/20/curiouser-and-curiouser-a-footnote-to-yales-islamophobia-phobia/#comment-29804 Archie Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:47:37 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/?p=1383#comment-29804 Duke of Sharon: “I named my colon Mohammed” Big deal! Even the most devout Muslims use that name for terrorists and other low-life scum. Duke of Sharon: “I named my colon Mohammed”

Big deal! Even the most devout Muslims use that name for terrorists and other low-life scum.

]]> By: John S. Ford http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/08/20/curiouser-and-curiouser-a-footnote-to-yales-islamophobia-phobia/#comment-29481 John S. Ford Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:12:18 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/?p=1383#comment-29481 Left to their own, large institutions will almost always disappoint. Certainly universities should have a different mission than for-profit corporations but ultimately such differences are abstract. I remember when my school, the University of Chicago, refused to divest its endowment's portfolio of South African investments; this at the height of apartheid. Their reasons were quite practical: such investments had been profitable. In response to student protests, the then chancellor made a famous statement to the effect that the University of Chicago could get along perfectly well without students. Certainly arguments can be made both ways about whether such behavior is consistent with a school's mission but this response suggests that it probably wasn't. Witness the Catholic Church's handling of child molestation cases. THEIR mission (the propagation of goodness, godliness, and faith) HAD to have been different than some private corporation or government agency. How well did they adhere to their mission statement? Yale clearly has to go back to THEIR mission statement and see if in fact they're really doing the right thing. Left to their own, large institutions will almost always disappoint. Certainly universities should have a different mission than for-profit corporations but ultimately such differences are abstract.

I remember when my school, the University of Chicago, refused to divest its endowment’s portfolio of South African investments; this at the height of apartheid. Their reasons were quite practical: such investments had been profitable. In response to student protests, the then chancellor made a famous statement to the effect that the University of Chicago could get along perfectly well without students. Certainly arguments can be made both ways about whether such behavior is consistent with a school’s mission but this response suggests that it probably wasn’t.

Witness the Catholic Church’s handling of child molestation cases. THEIR mission (the propagation of goodness, godliness, and faith) HAD to have been different than some private corporation or government agency. How well did they adhere to their mission statement?

Yale clearly has to go back to THEIR mission statement and see if in fact they’re really doing the right thing.

]]> By: Illini http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/08/20/curiouser-and-curiouser-a-footnote-to-yales-islamophobia-phobia/#comment-29470 Illini Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:14:03 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/?p=1383#comment-29470 Actually the only newspaper in the country that published the cartoons was the Daily Illini at the University of Illinois. The Editor in Chief was fired as a result because of the fear of violence. As it turned out, there was no violence. http://tinyurl.com/mzvxko Actually the only newspaper in the country that published the cartoons was the Daily Illini at the University of Illinois. The Editor in Chief was fired as a result because of the fear of violence. As it turned out, there was no violence.
http://tinyurl.com/mzvxko

]]> By: Banjo http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/08/20/curiouser-and-curiouser-a-footnote-to-yales-islamophobia-phobia/#comment-29452 Banjo Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:01:51 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/?p=1383#comment-29452 What good is freedom of the press if the publishers and editors are ballerinas who never grew a pair? What good is freedom of the press if the publishers and editors are ballerinas who never grew a pair?

]]> By: Daily Pundit » Boolah Boolah Boobs http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/08/20/curiouser-and-curiouser-a-footnote-to-yales-islamophobia-phobia/#comment-29446 Daily Pundit » Boolah Boolah Boobs Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:34:22 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/?p=1383#comment-29446 [...] Roger’s Rules » Curiouser and curiouser: a footnote to Yale’s Islamophobia-phobia * * * UPDATE: a friend who is knowledgeable about this episode makes an insightful observation about Ambassador Negroponte’s intervention: “Negroponte says that he agreed with the University’s decision. That implies that the University had made up its mind in advance of even getting in touch with him. He agreed. He didn’t counsel or persuade. I view this as crucial in establishing that the University did not operate in good faith—that it was NOT interested in the interests of academic freedom, historical truth or fairness. It was interested from the outset entirely in squelching the cartoons because they would damage what the University perceived as its own, corporate (economic) self-interest. [...] [...] Roger’s Rules » Curiouser and curiouser: a footnote to Yale’s Islamophobia-phobia * * * UPDATE: a friend who is knowledgeable about this episode makes an insightful observation about Ambassador Negroponte’s intervention: “Negroponte says that he agreed with the University’s decision. That implies that the University had made up its mind in advance of even getting in touch with him. He agreed. He didn’t counsel or persuade. I view this as crucial in establishing that the University did not operate in good faith—that it was NOT interested in the interests of academic freedom, historical truth or fairness. It was interested from the outset entirely in squelching the cartoons because they would damage what the University perceived as its own, corporate (economic) self-interest. [...]

]]> By: Duke of Sharon http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/08/20/curiouser-and-curiouser-a-footnote-to-yales-islamophobia-phobia/#comment-29440 Duke of Sharon Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:08:57 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/?p=1383#comment-29440 "Funny! Now take a walk through some Brooklyn neighborhoods." Yes, that would provide an excellent illustration of the fact that the First Amendment (and most others for that matter) is meaningless without the Second Amendment. “Funny! Now take a walk through some Brooklyn neighborhoods.”

Yes, that would provide an excellent illustration of the fact that the First Amendment (and most others for that matter) is meaningless without the Second Amendment.

]]> By: loop http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/08/20/curiouser-and-curiouser-a-footnote-to-yales-islamophobia-phobia/#comment-29373 loop Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:32:10 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/?p=1383#comment-29373 Yale University Press's Donatich said he "never blinked" before when they published a book on Thailand. But it looks like there is a different story on that too: http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/18121 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/25/world/asia/25thailand.html Yale University Press’s Donatich said he “never blinked” before when they published a book on Thailand. But it looks like there is a different story on that too:

http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/18121

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/25/world/asia/25thailand.html

]]> By: Peter the Australian http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/08/20/curiouser-and-curiouser-a-footnote-to-yales-islamophobia-phobia/#comment-29367 Peter the Australian Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:52:03 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/?p=1383#comment-29367 One wonders how Mr Negroponte would react if someone suggested that girl shouldn't wear a short skirt because it might cause a man to rape her. it is those who would htreaten violence over the cartoons that should be condemned, not those who would publish. Yale University Press is staffed by a bunch of weak-kneed pansies who are happy to enjoy the freedom of our civilisation, but are not able to or prepared to fight for that freedom. One wonders how Mr Negroponte would react if someone suggested that girl shouldn’t wear a short skirt because it might cause a man to rape her.

it is those who would htreaten violence over the cartoons that should be condemned, not those who would publish.

Yale University Press is staffed by a bunch of weak-kneed pansies who are happy to enjoy the freedom of our civilisation, but are not able to or prepared to fight for that freedom.

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