tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662517.post8568900073759640672..comments2024-02-10T20:49:20.762-05:00Comments on bjkeefe: Something to Gnaw Overbjkeefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662517.post-35920823922946040482008-04-14T20:36:00.000-04:002008-04-14T20:36:00.000-04:00JJ: Yup. That's about how I feel.JJ: Yup. That's about how I feel.bjkeefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662517.post-36272765507115870152008-04-14T15:07:00.000-04:002008-04-14T15:07:00.000-04:00I don't believe it's the school's place to do anyt...I don't believe it's the school's place to do anything to John Yoo on account of his dangerous, horrid, intellectually and legally shoddy work for the Bush administration. <BR/><BR/>It was their place to not have hired him in the first place, but that ship has obviously sailed. <BR/><BR/>I do believe that Mr. Yoo should be subject to war crimes charges just like his administration patrons, though.jiminy jillikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03695672010597487313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662517.post-38556426568596436462008-04-11T20:33:00.000-04:002008-04-11T20:33:00.000-04:00Don: 99% of me agrees with you. I can only say tha...Don: 99% of me agrees with you. I can only say that there is at least a theoretical point that the dean raises that I am unable to dismiss out of hand; to wit, Yoo supplied legal analysis only, and is not responsible for others acting upon it.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it's too much of a stretch to compare a White House counsel drawing up a brief with a professor writing a boundary-pushing paper for a legal journal, but I just can't make myself say with certainty that the dean is making the wrong call.bjkeefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662517.post-17162671360917667382008-04-11T18:46:00.000-04:002008-04-11T18:46:00.000-04:00"...academic freedom mean nothing unless they also..."...academic freedom mean nothing unless they also apply to unpopular points of view..."<BR/><BR/>This is not an issue of point of view, which he is welcome to regarding the actions of others. This was instead an action, which probably rises to the level of a war crime, and is in any event a felonious assault and battery. There is no 'academic shield' for such.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com