Who is Gene Sharp? | 191 comments (191 topical, editorial, 1 hidden)

Coincidentally, that was my reaction to the uncritical adulation here for the original NYT piece.

AbuKhalil loves Cal State Stanislaus and its students and would not consider trading it -- even for the more highly regarded UC Berkeley, where he is a visiting professor each spring.
"You know how shallow some Lebanese are about designer names, designer shoes, designer human beings, designer universities, excessive elegance?" he asked. "When I first came to Stanislaus, my mother was like, 'When are you going to leave? When are you going to leave?' She is a very well-educated person, very Francophile and very status obsessed. I had to tell her, 'You know, if you really want my happiness, you have to end this conversation. You have to accept that your son is happy at a non-prestigious university.' "

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue Feb 22nd, 2011 at 03:00:30 AM EST
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I wasn't laughing at the prestige of the campus, but at the Afghanistan, Pakistan, CSUstan...

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Feb 22nd, 2011 at 03:49:48 AM EST
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ThatBritGuy:

the uncritical adulation here for the original NYT piece.

Do you really believe what you're writing? Or are you just dishonest?

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by Melanchthon on Tue Feb 22nd, 2011 at 06:09:59 AM EST
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I don't consider being told that my post was a "new low for ET" when I questioned the facts and the tone of the NYT piece to be either.

YMMV.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue Feb 22nd, 2011 at 07:22:24 AM EST
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Your post?

Take a look at who Migeru said that to.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Feb 22nd, 2011 at 07:57:41 AM EST
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If you mean you didn't appreciate what stevesim said to you... I don't know, maybe you understand what he's saying. My mileage varies.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Feb 22nd, 2011 at 08:00:27 AM EST
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