After the Duke lacrosse players were charged with "raping" a hired "exotic dancer," they were kicked out of school, their coach fired - and a gaggle of professors paid for a full page newspaper ad denouncing the young men and their alleged conduct.
The students and coach not only were innocent - as "presumed" by the state, despite their being charged - but subsequently were declared innocent by the state's attorney general.
Since then, Duke reportedly has agreed to pay each of the real victims in this matter, more than a million dollars each. That might cover their legal bills and offer some comfort.
But how about those self-righteous professors? The ones whose names were on that ad denouncing the young athletes, who were the real victims?
The professors should be required to pay damages, and for another advertisement in the same newspapers - one carrying a written apology, along with their signatures and pictures. The stripper probably can't afford to do so - but the professors obviously can.
And, socially, they should be regarded as in the same class as the stripper.
I believe those professors should be terminated by Duke. However, it will not happen. Liberals don't believe in holding people accountable for their actions. It would be interesting to see what subjects they teach. I bet it isn't anything in hard science or engineering.
Posted by: Larry Huggins | July 22, 2007 at 08:05 PM
You are exactly right in terms of the teaching responsibilities. I had seen a breakdown somewhere online and had actually printed it off, but excessive websearching has failed reproduce it. However, I'm pasting a link that tells the name of each prof. and what he or she teaches.
http://z10.invisionfree.com/FODU_Open_Board/index.php?showtopic=4&st=0
Posted by: Charlie Whitley | July 27, 2007 at 08:17 AM