Comments on: What Larry Summers Really Said http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/what_harry_summers_really_said/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:18:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Meezer http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/what_harry_summers_really_said/comment-page-1/#comment-37214 Meezer Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:32:53 +0000 /?p=9340#comment-37214 I am a woman AND a math major. At my college more than 50% of the instructors are women. Most of the full professors are women. From my small sample it does seem as though the ones most likely to do really high-falutin research stuff are men. I have no problem with what Summers said. I've been married for 25 years. News flash: men and women are different. My own opinion is that the brain circuitry required for the highest levels of math and science are parallel to the ones that won't let men ask for directions. I am a woman AND a math major. At my college more than 50% of the instructors are women. Most of the full professors are women. From my small sample it does seem as though the ones most likely to do really high-falutin research stuff are men. I have no problem with what Summers said. I've been married for 25 years. News flash: men and women are different. My own opinion is that the brain circuitry required for the highest levels of math and science are parallel to the ones that won't let men ask for directions.

]]> By: Cassandra http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/what_harry_summers_really_said/comment-page-1/#comment-37210 Cassandra Mon, 21 Feb 2005 21:21:21 +0000 /?p=9340#comment-37210 The reason he didn't want to release the transcipt should be obvious: 1. The conference was supposed to be OFF THE RECORD. If you release the transcript, that violates the whole spirit of academic inquiry - something his faculty (on any OTHER occasion) would be up in arms about. 2. Now people will cherry-pick isolated quotes and use them out of context to crucify him. The reason he didn't want to release the transcipt should be obvious:

1. The conference was supposed to be OFF THE RECORD. If you release the transcript, that violates the whole spirit of academic inquiry - something his faculty (on any OTHER occasion) would be up in arms about.

2. Now people will cherry-pick isolated quotes and use them out of context to crucify him.

]]> By: Cassandra http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/what_harry_summers_really_said/comment-page-1/#comment-37209 Cassandra Mon, 21 Feb 2005 21:18:48 +0000 /?p=9340#comment-37209 I'm sorry Kevin. I poured over the transcript all weekend. The man is being unfairly persecuted. What the hell happened to this country when you can't even throw questions out there for debate in an academic setting? I'm a woman and I have NO PROBLEM with anything Summers said. None whatever. This is nothing more than payback for Summers being the only one with the guts to stand up to Cornell West and it sickens me. And to have this all happen in the name of "women's rights" is just plain obscene. I'm sorry Kevin. I poured over the transcript all weekend.

The man is being unfairly persecuted. What the hell happened to this country when you can't even throw questions out there for debate in an academic setting?

I'm a woman and I have NO PROBLEM with anything Summers said. None whatever.

This is nothing more than payback for Summers being the only one with the guts to stand up to Cornell West and it sickens me. And to have this all happen in the name of "women's rights" is just plain obscene.

]]> By: Kevin Drum http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/what_harry_summers_really_said/comment-page-1/#comment-37197 Kevin Drum Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:42:38 +0000 /?p=9340#comment-37197 I think you're being unfair to reporters. Since Summers refused to release a transcript, all they had to go on was the recollections of attendees. What's more, Summers got a chance to respond and pretty much acknowledged that he had said what his critics said he said. What more could reporters do? The transcript actually has ammunition for both sides. But if Summers really thought it backed him up, why did he refuse to release it for so long? I think you're being unfair to reporters. Since Summers refused to release a transcript, all they had to go on was the recollections of attendees. What's more, Summers got a chance to respond and pretty much acknowledged that he had said what his critics said he said. What more could reporters do?

The transcript actually has ammunition for both sides. But if Summers really thought it backed him up, why did he refuse to release it for so long?

]]> By: Steven Taylor http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/what_harry_summers_really_said/comment-page-1/#comment-37152 Steven Taylor Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:59:34 +0000 /?p=9340#comment-37152 Isn't it Larry? Isn't it Larry?

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