tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7913315949004699572..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Glenn in Gardenia and Reg W. Send In Today's VidShizzle.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-73808202915396777802015-09-12T22:47:33.451-04:002015-09-12T22:47:33.451-04:00or "muslins [sic] are evil"or "muslins [sic] are evil" Middle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-54172761095099356952015-09-12T14:42:55.663-04:002015-09-12T14:42:55.663-04:00Well, given the political bent of the organization...Well, given the political bent of the organization that produced the video, I imagine they were going to edit the piece to ridicule anything that wasn't a simplistic "They hate freedom, democracy, and our way of life."Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-20715802480710739132015-09-12T04:29:18.353-04:002015-09-12T04:29:18.353-04:00It's easier to give a snappy answer for Pearl ...It's easier to give a snappy answer for Pearl Harbor, though. One can just say that the attack happened because Japan wanted an empire in the Pacific, and saw America as being in its way. <br /><br />Osama bin Laden gave at least three written reasons for 9-11: (1) He didn't like America's economic sanctions of Iraq made after the Gulf War in 1991. (2) He didn't like America'sFroderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-6904566979997979952015-09-12T03:27:26.966-04:002015-09-12T03:27:26.966-04:00Bubba. It depends. How old were you when it happen...Bubba. It depends. How old were you when it happened? Its also impossible to tell because it would have to be asked to a college student in 1955. Do you think a college student from that era would have a better or worse guess than these students?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-3721541801002826512015-09-12T01:52:35.160-04:002015-09-12T01:52:35.160-04:00You can always answer by giving them a re-enactmen...You can always answer by giving them a re-enactment of the Battle of Pearl Harbor, thusly:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ccuWFidUYIFroderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-5162197838266236782015-09-12T01:47:02.998-04:002015-09-12T01:47:02.998-04:00Suppose I'm walking across campus tomorrow. So...Suppose I'm walking across campus tomorrow. Someone suddenly appears, shoves a microphone in my face, and asks, "Why was Pearl Harbor attacked on December 7, 1941?"Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43567282472829903502015-09-11T23:17:11.682-04:002015-09-11T23:17:11.682-04:00"even X sometimes have good ideas."
And..."even X sometimes have good ideas."<br /><br />And a stopped clock is sometimes right.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84291252754909978762015-09-11T18:01:58.494-04:002015-09-11T18:01:58.494-04:00P.S. to Hiram: sorry; no. I've got my own gr...P.S. to Hiram: sorry; no. I've got my own grading/commenting to do. I'm told drinking helps (though it just makes me fall asleep -- so, not so well in my case). Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-48797755017354814712015-09-11T18:00:39.851-04:002015-09-11T18:00:39.851-04:00The question is a bit tricky, especially when aske...The question is a bit tricky, especially when asked in a way that suggests that there is a single right answer (Like Charlie, I'm not sure exactly why we were attacked on 9/11, and I'm not sure anybody else is either, though some explanations -- including some of the ones the students interviewed cited -- are more plausible/likely to be at least one piece in the puzzle than others. ThereContingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-467130364327323322015-09-11T17:33:58.973-04:002015-09-11T17:33:58.973-04:00Should the blog not have put this up? You're r...Should the blog not have put this up? You're right about the trickiness of the question, but I think it's a little instructive that the big moment of this generation is a complete blank for most. I think the video indicts us more than them. And it never occurred to me that the YAF was a youth conservative org until I went to their page. What does it say about them that they made or Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-49854755850487418282015-09-11T09:25:19.780-04:002015-09-11T09:25:19.780-04:00Also should be noted that this YAFTV is not some b...Also should be noted that this YAFTV is not some bastion of intellectual objectivity; they only want more of their 9/11 so they can get back to the business of warmongering.Chicago Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636688986941621951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-69805686750141597762015-09-11T09:21:31.984-04:002015-09-11T09:21:31.984-04:00I think this question is trickier than we are led ...I think this question is trickier than we are led to believe. What would we expect the answer to be? One student says "I don't know why that particular day," which I think is fair given the question's emphasis on the date. But there is certainly no consensus on the reasons behind the attack: some might say religious ideology, others political, still others would find the Chicago Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636688986941621951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-20355995474867936702015-09-11T07:18:07.228-04:002015-09-11T07:18:07.228-04:00I find it interesting that people can't concei...I find it interesting that people can't conceive of the attacks having a primarily religious motive. But otherwise this is just more of "it happened before I can remember, so I don't bother to remember anything about it." Grump grump.introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.com