We have three observations about the Harvard professor incident:
1. We find it interesting that the fact that this was the professor's home was evidently not established early on way before the dispute escalated;
2. We find it fascinating that the versions of two members of society, who most would ordinarily view as responsible and honest citizens (this obviously does not include politicians), would vary so dramatically from a factual point of view.
3. Finally, considering that the reading and viewing public were not present at the scene (and thus have no first hand knowledge), and that there is no video tape to our knowledge of the sequence of events and what was said, how so many have formed conclusions, and made assumptions, about who did what and who was wrong.
After Obama modifed his statement from the Cambridge Police Department "acted stupidly," to a vague, "there was an overreaction" I wrote a post about it:
Good point. I'm coming to see this story as a splendid distraction.
Funny: was reading about Obama on my Kindle this week, about the president complaining that people didn't get good information about his health care ideas. I looked up to see CNN trumpeting Michael Jackson's chef, unpopular athletes, and the Gates story.
Dental in Richmond
· 3 months ago
This is certainly a peculiar incident. I have read a lot of commentaries about it and there are varying responses. However this is the first time that I've heard that Harvard is getting broke...that was a real shocker.
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1. We find it interesting that the fact that this was the professor's home was evidently not established early on way before the dispute escalated;
2. We find it fascinating that the versions of two members of society, who most would ordinarily view as responsible and honest citizens (this obviously does not include politicians), would vary so dramatically from a factual point of view.
3. Finally, considering that the reading and viewing public were not present at the scene (and thus have no first hand knowledge), and that there is no video tape to our knowledge of the sequence of events and what was said, how so many have formed conclusions, and made assumptions, about who did what and who was wrong.
There are some things which Professor Gates might have considered upon the arrival of the police, no matter how incensed he may have been.
http://hnicwatch.blogspot.com/2009/07/i-hate-ch...
Funny: was reading about Obama on my Kindle this week, about the president complaining that people didn't get good information about his health care ideas. I looked up to see CNN trumpeting Michael Jackson's chef, unpopular athletes, and the Gates story.