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April 03, 2006

Yale and it's Taliban

Sayeed Rahmatullah Hashemi (ex-Taliban ambassador-at-large) has been attending classes at Yale University (rather old news). This has attracted a fairly steady stream of (not unfounded) criticism, which sadly seems to have bypassed how he managed to obtain a student visa to begin with. Today, Zachariah Victor, a member of Yale’s Graduate and Professional Student Senate (PhD Music) offers his considered and rational opinon:

“The outsiders are largely right-wing commentators. They don’t have reason, science or history on their side, so they try to degrade intellectuals and universities. Rational argument cannot support them, so they turn to ‘morality’ and religion. They have little expertise, so they deprecate expert opinion and appeal to populist sentiment. They cannot comprehend the breadth of our constitution, so they try to subject the rights of the few to the superstitions of the many.”

Secure in his own vast cognitive power, Victor solely delivers polished ad-hominem attacks, supported by a mass of condescending arrogance to those considers his intellectual inferiors. And I dare say that would include all who do not kowtow to his expertise.

Victor, however, may be right. I certainly can't think of any reason or history of the Taliban that may make their spokesperson undesirable.

Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at April 3, 2006 12:27 PM

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