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Old 03-30-2003, 01:35 PM
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COLUMBIA PROF WISHES DEATH FOR GIs

PC Dave posted this in another thread, but I want it to have it's own thread so more people will read it. Here's the link: NY Post Article

COLUMBIA PROF WISHES DEATH FOR GIs
By CLEMENTE LISI

March 29, 2003 -- American soldiers should suffer "a million Mogadishus" in Iraq, a Columbia University professor told thousands of students and faculty members at an anti-war forum.

Nicholas De Genova said those inflammatory words - a reference to the Somali city where 18 U.S. soldiers were killed in the 1993 incident that inspired the movie Black Hawk Down - at an "anti-war teach-in" Wednesday at the school's Low Library.

"The only true heroes are those who find ways that help defeat the U.S. military," said De Genova, an assistant professor of anthropology and Latino studies.

De Genova also asserted that Americans who call themselves "patriots" are white supremacists.

De Genova's hopes for an American defeat in Iraq was cheered by the crowd of 3,000 people who had gathered at the five-hour anti-war lecture.

"If we really [believe] that this war is criminal . . . then we have to believe in the victory of the Iraqi people and the defeat of the U.S. war machine."

De Genova said the U.S. Army is composed largely of men and women with a "treacherous lack of prospects for a decent life."

The 35-year-old professor's mention of the bloody Somali ambush where American soldiers were dragged through the streets was largely met with silence from the stunned crowd of peaceniks.

Two professors who spoke after De Genova immediately distanced themselves from his explosive anti-American comments.

De Genova could not be reached for comment last night.

In a statement released yesterday, a Columbia University spokesman said De Genova "was speaking as an individual at a teach-in. He was exercising his right to free speech. His statement does not in any way represent the views of Columbia University."

History professor Eric Foner, who helped organize the event, said he did not share De Genova's opinions on the war.

"I disagreed strongly and I said so," he said. "If I had known what he was going to say, I would have been reluctant to have him speak."

Foner said De Genova was a last-minute invitee and one of 25 speakers who "did not represent the general tone of the event - which was highly educational."

I know I found it to be highly educational, now I know what I'll be doing this afternoon. While I support an individual's right to freedom of expression, I also see these ignorant, hateful, and poorly chosen sentiments to be a direct insult to those who have sacrificed their lives to give this jackass his right to express this vile venomous, bigoted, racist verbal hate-crime.

Let's all exercise our rights to freedom of expression through the following channels. Those millions of soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen, as well as their families who have sacrificed for our rights would surely appreciate your efforts. . .


Nicholas Paul De Genova

You can and should email this loser at: npd18@columbia.edu
Or call him, he's a Professor of Latina/o Studies / Anthropology.
212-854-0199 or fax: 212-854-0500

Lee C. Bollinger is President of Columbia University.
bollinger@columbia.edu 212-854-9970

Emily Lloyd is Executive Vice President for Administration.
el101@columbia.edu 212-854-2871 fax: 212-854-7260
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Old 03-30-2003, 02:44 PM
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De Genova said the U.S. Army is composed largely of men and women with a "treacherous lack of prospects for a decent life."

Yea putz I bet I could bat you a 100 yards with my Ferrari! GO ARMY!
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Old 03-30-2003, 02:52 PM
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Post Follow-Up Articles. . .

Here's a link to a response to this worm's comments from the administration at Columbia as published in the New York Times

And an excellent article written by a Columbia student named Matthew Continetti that appeared in the National Review

Now I have to go make some calls to my "Italian friends" in New York who have kids serving in the military. . .Capice?
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Yea putz I bet I could bat you a 100 yards with my Ferrari! GO ARMY!
I have to comment here because Jeff is being too humble. "rsbiomedical" served with honor as a member of the U.S. Army Rangers. It was HIS unit that was depicted in the movie, "Blackhawk Down" serving in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Jeff owns a very successful biomedical company that serves a three state area of the midwest, and drives a brand new Ferrari Modena. That's not what anyone would call an example of a "treacherous lack of prospects for a decent life."
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I have to comment here because Jeff is being too humble. "rsbiomedical" served with honor as a member of the U.S. Army Rangers. It was HIS unit that was depicted in the movie, "Blackhawk Down" serving in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Jeff owns a very successful biomedical company that serves a three state area of the midwest, and drives a brand new Ferrari Modena. That's not what anyone would call an example of a "treacherous lack of prospects for a decent life."
Jeff's success in the light of the Professors remarks reminds me of a very old joke which has the punchline of, "Yes, but just imagine what you could have accomplished if you had not been in the Army!"
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It speaks to the mindset of those in the audience that this guy was able to walk out of there after that speech.
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I sent him a note as well. Things slowly boil on me, and this one is definitly hitting 220 degrees right about now. It's going to be a pleasure to watch this guy get media raped!
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I sent him a note as well. Things slowly boil on me, and this one is definitly hitting 220 degrees right about now. It's going to be a pleasure to watch this guy get media raped!
Pathetically, he'll probably get whacked by Columbia, become a hero of the left, and get tenure at Berkeley. Perhaps Scott's friends in New York will have better luck.
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Give him a call his voice mail is on!
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Give him a call his voice mail is on!
Professor Pinhead's mailbox is full, you'll have to resort to email, but keep trying to call public enemy #1...
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Maybe he needs a fax!
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I am a Latino...

(actually I prefer the appellation "American with Hispanic roots" ).

I am also a pro-America, red-white-and-blue patriot.

So I guess that makes me, according to Professor Turd, the first Hispanic-white supremacist
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Wow, what an arse monkey.

It appalls me that people say things like that. I feel that there are legitmate reasons to be unhappy with the course that the U.S. administration has taken, however, wishing death on our brave soldiers at the hands of suicide bombers and false surrendering guerillas is at least as immoral as the war itself could *theoretically* argued to be.

Plus, now that we have actually engaged the enemy, the best hope for both pro and anti war talking heads should be the swiftest and most peaceful conclussion possible.
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So I guess that makes me, according to Professor Turd, the first Hispanic-white supremacist
By his definition, Colin Powell and Condi Rice are white supremacists.

Bet that comes as a surprise to Rice, one of whose formative memories was when one of her friends was one of the four black girls killed in the 1963 Birmingham church bombing.

If any of you know any Columbia alumni, have THEM get in touch with the school and make it clear that not another dollar flows while this prick is employed. That WILL get the President's attention; their free speech will count for a bit more than the professor's.
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The university replied

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/03/03/statement_Genova.html
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