Professor De Genova's Moral
Clarity
Tom
Marsland
Friday, April 4, 2003
The
War of Iraqi Liberation has injected a truth serum directly into the
arteries of at least some of America’s university professors. At
least one has done more than admit his anti-Americanism: He's
embraced it, relished it, waxed braggadocios about it.
He was willingly ‘outed’ in this voluntary walk off the plank of
the good ship ‘Patriotism.’ Seemingly, he wishes only to touch the
hem of Benedict Arnold’s garment.
Professor Nicholas De Genova is such a man and more – he is
actually honest! A traitor? Yes – but an honest traitor!
The untenured associate professor at New York's prestigious (not
sure why anymore) Columbia University says that "The only true
heroes are the ones who find ways to defeat the U.S. military." At a
recent Columbia University 'teach-in,' he called for "a million
Mogadishus against the U.S. fighting man" and called for the "defeat
of America."
In a weird and near ‘twilight zone’ moment, we owe a debt of
gratitude to this traitorous purveyor of illogic. He has engaged in
a rare moment of perfect moral clarity via a little known and even
less-utilized tool in the university's hallowed halls: honesty.
We know exactly what Professor De Genova’s values are, we know
exactly what he is not: a patriotic American.
This sets the professor apart from his peers. Most are lying to
us, perhaps even to themselves. He is not. When he said he wanted
our troops to fail and die, I believed him. I don't believe the
others.
The highest level of irony has been achieved here. These same
supposed purveyors of the art of higher cognitive applications are
given to illogic regarding world events and their attendant
causation.
Those who teach the science of ‘logic’ have no ability to apply
it in even its simplest form, common sense. In our universities,
common sense appears to be the least common of all the senses.
In reality, it is the simplest application of deductive reasoning
and, therefore, logic.
Let's look at the typical university professor's anti-war axiom:
"I am against the war but for the troops."
Is this possible? Can one be against rain but for moisture?
Against the military but for a secure defense?
I just reread an old grad school text addressing the fundamental
laws of logic, the rules of inference, and the application of proper
deductive reasoning, and I think I can be of assistance here.
Being an educated type myself (please don’t hold that against
me), I could go all ‘professorial’ on you and began regurgitating
the foundational principles of logic. Principles such as
hypothetical and disjunctive syllogisms (rules number seven and
eight, from the nine rules of reasoned inference – impressed?).
But to the horror of most educators, I’d rather be real and
explain this with that above-referenced rarity, common sense.
Common sense does not allow one to:
- Say you support the cruise line even though you want to see
the ship sink.
- Support women’s equality, but deny women the right to vote.
- Advertise your wealth, but overdraft your checking account.
- Ask for a handout while claiming you’re not a ‘bum.’
- Claim you hate to read, then rattle off your 15 favorite
books.
- Maintain “There is no God” but then pray to Him daily for your
needs.
- Claim you were never married while showing your friends your
wedding pictures.
- Complain that the light is not shining while reading aloud
from a brightly illuminated text.
- Hate what America stands for whilst enjoying its benefits
(sorry, Professor).
- Disdain fossil fuels usage and technology while flying first
class to the Kyoto Summit.
- Complain about right-wing talk radio dominating the media
while appearing on left-wing CNN.
And finally, common sense does not allow one to say "I am opposed
to the war but I support the troops!" As if to back that up, many
protesters are carrying posters saying "Solidarity with Iraq!" A
clear violation of logic when it is followed by "Anti-war, but for
our troops."
Is it not Iraq they're fighting? If Iraq wins, will our troops
not die? Logic 101 violated at all levels ... period.
Now do you see what I mean about Professor De Genova's moral
clarity? He hates America and our troops and has told us so. He is a
traitor to America, but not to his own conscience.
I really want to say, "Thank you for your moral clarity,
Professor, and now please go directly to jail, do not pass go, and
do not collect $200." But I suppose this will result in his
promotion to a full professorship, in line for head of his
department at Columbia, and the granting of everlasting tenure.
God help us.
Hear Tom Marsland's talk show daily on the nationwide Salem Radio
Network's AM 980 KKMS in Minneapolis, Minn., & weekly as U.S.
correspondent on New Zealand's Radio Rhema. A former heavyweight
wrestler & corporate CEO, Tom writes cultural, political &
religious commentary for the Assist News Service, NewsMax.com,
Minnesota Christian Chronicle and others.
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