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Professor Dabashi's Logic
Reader comment on item: Campus Watch - A Good Idea?

Submitted by Lee D. Cary (United States), Sep 30, 2002 at 21:52

I regret missing the live debate with Professor Dabashi. The script was fascinating. His rapid resort to name-calling ("failed academic" and "charlatan") might have been the best live humor of my day. It goes to prove that, when logic fails, the unarmed debater can only resort to school-yard insults. If such unsophisticated thinking reflects the tolerance for crude polemics hanging on the vines of the Ivy League, I'm sure enough glad I sent my kids to reasonably-priced state schools where, I do believe, they learned the awesome power of an applied logical syllogism! Dr. Lee D. Cary

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Are you all missing the point? [411 words]David WoodOct 9, 2002 05:03
KUDOS TO DANIEL PIPES [162 words]BruceOct 8, 2002 20:58
A failed academic? I don't think so. [185 words]Maryallene OtisOct 8, 2002 09:48
The pot calling the kettle black [178 words]SusanOct 7, 2002 16:05
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[w/response] [74 words]		Jed GelberOct 5, 2002 01:32
Great job; Dabashi is a worrisome and dangerous 'joke' [87 words]Stanley MarguliesOct 4, 2002 00:22
Campus Watch: Bringing Balance to a Lopsided Discussion [149 words]Eva GoldmanOct 3, 2002 17:44
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