> [since he sent this to lists, I suppose it's fair game to forward -
> Yale can be so evil]
>
> Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 18:01:11 -0400
> From: Paul Kennedy <paul.kennedy at yale.edu>
> Subject: what are we supporting?
>
> So, instead of consulting about a faculty petition which puts
> pressure upon Yale, why not think of one that is directed to the
> leadership of Locals 34 and 35, asks them to moderate their
> intimidation, stop disrupting classes (Doug Rae and Cynthia's class
> could not continue), get into the real world, and cease their
> obsessive anti-Yale delusions? I would be happy to sign it.
I feel I learned all I needed to know about Paul Kennedy from his review last year of "What Went Wrong?" by Bernard Lewis. (Still online at http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/27/books/review/ 27KENNEDT.html?ex=1062907200&en=7fe3b3673b005950&ei=5070)
It's interesting to me how the view of people with power towards those with less is always the same, no matter who the people with less power are. For instance, I'm sure Kennedy's advice for the Arab and Muslim worlds is to "get into the real world, and cease their obsessive anti-America delusions." Forty years ago his advice to black Americans would have been to get into the real world, and cease their obsessive anti-white delusions. And so on.