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Thu May-27-10 09:10 AM
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Poll question: Over the course of their histories, have Harvard and Yale churned out an unusually high number of |
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Thu May-27-10 09:11 AM
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1. Americans love war, that's why we have more of em than any other nation/culture nt |
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Thu May-27-10 09:13 AM
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The reason presidents get a popularity boost from declaring war randomly is something else entirely. It's coincidence. Yeah. That's it. Coincidence.
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Thu May-27-10 10:10 AM
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7. that's why so many sign up for the military |
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and have gladly demanded higher taxes to pay for the wars.
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Thu May-27-10 10:17 AM
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Thu May-27-10 09:12 AM
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2. Since the first line is "Generals gathered in their masses" ... |
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and these schools are better known for academia, I'd say no.
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Thu May-27-10 09:14 AM
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4. No. Whatever Harvard & Yale are doing it falls on fertile ground. We are an Un-happy people bereft |
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Edited on Thu May-27-10 09:17 AM by patrice
of meaning (other than that pre-manfactured for us by churches), so "we" seek meaning in Extremities and War is one of the best for this because billions of people can pay their mortgages and buy SUVs because they work for Wars 'r' U.S. and they stay literally stoned on the (biological) War-buzz.
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Thu May-27-10 09:15 AM
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5. really? provide the evidence for that? |
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I'm sure Harvard and Yale have also churned out a high number of peace movement leaders- and leaders of just about anything else one can imagine.
This is just a silly, silly poll.
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Thu May-27-10 10:06 AM
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6. John dos Passos, Henry David Thoreau, Ursula K. Leguin, Frank O'Hara, George Plimpton... |
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Helen Keller, Paul Krugman, Sinclair Lewis, Garry Trudeau, Thomas H. Gallaudet, Jerry Brown, Leonard Bacon, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Paul Newman, and on and on...
These are "War Pigs?"
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Thu May-27-10 10:29 AM
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9. Our feelings about the poll aside, |
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listing alumni who are not 'x' is no way to demonstrate that there are not a large number of alumni who ARE 'x'
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Thu May-27-10 10:31 AM
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