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jonalvy44
03-28-2003, 04:07 PM
http://www.syracuse.com/newsfla....atenews (http://www.syracuse.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/newsflash/get_story.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?n08 27_BC_NY--Professor-Mogadis&&news&nystatenews)



Columbia teacher calls for `a million Mogadishus'

The Associated Press
3/28/03 12:01 PM

NEW YORK (AP) -- A Columbia University professor told thousands of students and faculty that he would like to see "a million Mogadishus" -- referring to the 1993 ambush in Somalia that killed 18 Americans and inspired the movie "Black Hawk Down."

The professor, Nicholas De Genova, also called for the defeat of U.S. forces in Iraq and said, "The only true heroes are those who find ways that help defeat the U.S. military." And he asserted that Americans who call themselves "patriots" are white supremacists.



De Genova's hopes for the defeat of the United States were cheered by the crowd of 3,000 at the Wednesday night anti-war teach-in, Newsday reported. But his mention of the Somali ambush -- "I personally would like to see a million Mogadishus" -- was largely met with silence.

A call Friday to De Genova, 35, an anthropology teacher, was answered with a recording that said his voice mailbox was full.

Columbia spokesman Joe Kennedy said the university was preparing a statement about the event.

History professor Eric Foner, who helped organize the teach-in and spoke after De Genova, said Friday, "I disagreed strongly and I said so. If I had known what he was going to say I would have been reluctant to have him speak."

He said De Genova was a last-minute invitee, was just one of about 25 speakers and "did not represent the general tone of the event, which was highly educational."

His Info:



NICHOLAS DE GENOVA, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Telephone: (212) 854-0199
office: 416 Hamilton
email: npd18@columbia.edu

HOME NUMBER AND ADDRESS!!!
Degenova, Nicholas
438 W 116th St,
New York, NY 10027-7203
(212)864-7103




The President of the University:

LEE C BOLLINGER
Title: PRESIDENT PROFESSOR
Dept:
OFFICE OF
PRESIDENT
Mail Addr: 202 LOW LIBRARY
mail code 4309
Phone: MS 4-9970
+1 212-854-9970

EMail: bollinger@columbia.e du

melton3jd
03-28-2003, 04:18 PM
Is ANYONE surprised?

azwhitewolf
03-28-2003, 05:51 PM
Quote[/b] ]The professor, Nicholas De Genova, also called for the defeat of U.S. forces in Iraq and said, "The only true heroes are those who find ways that help defeat the U.S. military." And he asserted that Americans who call themselves "patriots" are white supremacists.
So where do Colin Powell and Alan Keyes, among countless OTHERS fall in - certainly not "white supremacists?!"
Quote[/b] ]But his mention of the Somali ambush -- "I personally would like to see a million Mogadishus" -- was largely met with silence.
As the students, largely uneducated to begin with, were wondering silently, "What the hell is a 'mogadishus'? It's not on the menu at Starbucks, is it?" While another student responded, "I think PETA was protesting mogadishus because of it's savage killing of the mogadishi".

Quote[/b] ]A call Friday to De Genova, 35, an anthropology teacher, was answered with a recording that said his voice mailbox was full.
I can't imagine the messages he got! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rofl.gif

navyblue
03-28-2003, 06:24 PM
This would be a good one to also post on Free Republic. *Sorry, I don't know to post on there.

Bet the dear old professor would get lots of freep mail!

pRIMrose
03-29-2003, 06:56 AM
Wonder where "free speech" ends and "treason" kicks in? http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/teeth2.gif If this isn't advocating the otherthrow of our government ~ and our troops *are* a big part of that government ~ then I don't know what is. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/fire.gif http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/fire.gif

Terri
03-29-2003, 08:34 AM
Unfortunately, the story has been removed and the link no longer works.

Their is an article in Education about the same thing. I'm going to move this over there and merge the two.