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To: JohnM who wrote (10109)	10/1/2003 8:59:31 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) of 793643

John, we have posted many times about the split in this country between the people and Academia. But I read some numbers today that really brought it home. Victor Davis Hanson kicked off a new "Education" section in NRO today with an article called, " Topsy Turvy," exploring the vast chasm that has opened up between our Universities and the rest of the country. He starts off by citing the fact that 70% of the people in California backed taking out Saddam. Yet the USCB Faculty Senate voted 84-5 condemning the war. Santa Cruz voted 58-0 and Chico 43-0. What a striking difference! Hanson goes on at length about his personal experiences as a Classics Prof. It is too long to post. For anybody interested, it is at ads.nationalreview.com But the reason I bring this up is that it is a very good example of this Intellectuals/masses split. I don't know of any country in History where the Intellectuals disliked their own Society so much. Of course, other Intellectuals will criticize their Society. But they rally around it in time of crisis. Not ours.

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