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Date: Feb 17, 2005

Editorial Doesn't Mince Words

Date: Feb 17, 2005

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Date: Feb 17, 2005

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050217/COL0601/502170378/1189

Date: Feb 17, 2005

Excellent Letter!

Date: Feb 17, 2005

I just wrote Stringfellow to thank him for his column. His contact information is: To contact metro columnist Eric Stringfellow, call (601) 961-7236 or e-mail estringfellow@clarionledger.com.

Date: Feb 17, 2005

I hope my husband doesn't mind, but I just fell in love with Eric Stringfellow.

This is the best article yet. It is clear, concise, to the point and brings up honor, something that should be near and dear to a worl' class southern gentleman like Thames.

Date: Feb 17, 2005

Kick, the clock is ticking and the time is now.............

Date: Feb 17, 2005

Wow!

And this is the same columnist who wrote a mealy-mouthed defense of Thames the last time he commented on the situation at USM. That tells you how much damage the Black Friday memo has done to the Thames regime, among those who are paying attention.

Thames has no sense of honor, so Stringfellow's appeal to him will go nowhere. But let's hope 7 or more Board members are listening.

Robert Campbell

Date: Feb 17, 2005

This is great! Just what we need....fingers crossed, everyone. And prayers, if you are so inclined.

Date: Feb 17, 2005

"...a worl' class southern gentleman like Thames."

For those of you familiar with the first act of Gone With the Wind, you will remember that "true Southern Gentlemen" find honor a very important thing to have. However, you'll also remember that these same "Southern Gentlemen" have bucketloads of pride that can get them into bucketloads of trouble ("one Southerner can whip 10 Yankees"). In Shelby's case, I think pride wins out, and he goes down with the ship he's sinking.

Although I think a typical Southern man can still whip a solid 6-7 Yankees :)

Date: Feb 17, 2005

That's the kind of thinking that got you into trouble in the 1860s!

Date: Feb 17, 2005

quote:
Originally posted by: The Rock
""...a worl' class southern gentleman like Thames."
For those of you familiar with the first act of Gone With the Wind, you will remember that "true Southern Gentlemen" find honor a very important thing to have. However, you'll also remember that these same "Southern Gentlemen" have bucketloads of pride that can get them into bucketloads of trouble ("one Southerner can whip 10 Yankees"). In Shelby's case, I think pride wins out, and he goes down with the ship he's sinking.
Although I think a typical Southern man can still whip a solid 6-7 Yankees :) "

Good point. The planter class held to its code of "honor", but keep in mind there is also the white trash peckerwood stereotype. They don't have honor (think the various members of the Snopes family in Faulker's novels). Thames is of that type

Date: Feb 17, 2005

quote:
Originally posted by: Robert Campbell
"Wow! And this is the same columnist who wrote a mealy-mouthed defense of Thames the last time he commented on the situation at USM. That tells you how much damage the Black Friday memo has done to the Thames regime, among those who are paying attention. Thames has no sense of honor, so Stringfellow's appeal to him will go nowhere. But let's hope 7 or more Board members are listening. Robert Campbell"

Eric certainly writes some head scratching columns. My favorite by Mr Stringfellow was a piece he wrote a while back explaining why there should be a Burger King in west Jackson.

Just when I decide Eric's journalism is not something I care to read he comes up with a very insightful column about the Jackson City council and now of course the the well thought out piece about the train wreck at USM.

Now turn to the next page of the Clairon Ledger and read Thomas Sowell's syndicated column.

Talk about missing the point on freedom of speech and tenure.

Date: Feb 17, 2005

THANK YOU, Eric Stringfellow and the CL editors--

excellent thoughts, beautifully timed--

Would you all like some "NO QUARTER" T-shirts?

Anne Wallace

Date: Feb 17, 2005

quote:
Originally posted by: The Rock
""...a worl' class southern gentleman like Thames." For those of you familiar with the first act of Gone With the Wind, you will remember that "true Southern Gentlemen" find honor a very important thing to have. However, you'll also remember that these same "Southern Gentlemen" have bucketloads of pride that can get them into bucketloads of trouble ("one Southerner can whip 10 Yankees"). In Shelby's case, I think pride wins out, and he goes down with the ship he's sinking. Although I think a typical Southern man can still whip a solid 6-7 Yankees :) "

The Rock, I agree with Land of Lincoln. 6 or 7 is too high for a work day. Usually we can only whip 5 on a work day. The 10 is for the weekend. Now that does average out to 6.42 a day, but that's averaging, and no good southern gentlemen do that.

Date: Feb 17, 2005

I rely on the electronic edition of the CL, which doesn't seem to include Sowell's column.

Is it a general-purpose piece on tenure and freedom of speech, or is it a reaction to particular individuals (e.g., Ward Churchill)?

Robert Campbell

Date: Feb 17, 2005

Sorry, I meant to address that to state street--not assume his or her identity.

RC

Date: Feb 17, 2005

A link to the Sowell editorial is on drudgereport.com. Sowell is listed alphbetically among numerous other editorial writers.

Actually, I think the piece is quite good. Academia needs to come to grips with the growing unease the public has with the tenure/academic freedom issue or have draconian changes imposed by outsiders. As for the Harvard President, what is wrong with his suggestion to consider all possible reasons for the paucity of women scientists? Would there be a similar furor if someone suggested that men may be less gifted than women in learning a foreign language?