Every disingenuous, dishonest, worthless, KAIROS-related, Stephen Harper-generated talking point fresh off the fax machine? Check.
HOW STUPID IS SANDY CRUX? This is a woman who has a Ph.D. and yet writes the following (emphasis thigh-suckingly added):
The Middle East is a muddle to say the least, but Israel is the only democractic country there. We should not be funding groups that recommend boycotting them for decisions made back in 1948 or even later.
And here's KAIROS:
Minister Kenney’s charge against KAIROS is false. KAIROS did not lead this campaign. In 2007, KAIROS took a public position opposing sanctions and a boycott of Israel.
One might point this out to the irredeemable retardedness that is Sandy Crux but that would be like casting intellectual pearls before swine. A spectacular waste of time.
BONUS TRACK: You won't find a funnier Sandy Crux beatdown than this.
12 comments:
She is one amazing stenographer.... not one original thought in there...
It would be safe to hazard that Crux got her PhD the paint-by-numbers way.
Some educational institution gave her a template; Crux plugged in acceptable documentation in the prescribed order - thesis done.
She memorized the required texts and was able to regurgitate on command - comprehensive done.
Crux's thesis defense must have been an eye-gouging event but I suspect at that point everyone at the educational institution just wanted to be rid of her forever.
From what I've been able to gather, Crux has assigned far too much power to the formal education system's ability to truly "educate," people, something I accuse a lot of teachers of. It's understandable; teaching is an important vocation. However there is a surplus of people in the system who are not actual teachers, but are merely applying technique in which they've been trained and which they believe, when carefully followed, will produce an expected result. I include administrators and trustees in that group as well.
An example of that is that you can teach anything to anybody, without much thought to wider cultural/social/economic influences or what particular individuals, families and communities understand and value about education. That's simply not true, as Crux herself ably demonstrates, mostly by not understanding that you have to assess output in some fashion when talking about 'accomplishments.' Since I have no evidence to attribute that to dotage, I can only assume she's either very dim-witted or very dishonest.
There is/was a conservative criticism to be made of progressive educational policies, but it got buried in a bitter battle of political differences about what public education is for and how we pay for it. A battle that the Right started, certainly in Ontario, by asserting that any problems with teaching had to do with the moral corruption of liberals and progressives, who to their own discredit, championed public education as means of achieving social change (in some places more than others). Neither is impressive, but the latter was/is at least well-intentioned, particularly in light of the social decay that neoliberal economic policies have brought about.
Rob Day, aka CC:
It has come to my attention that you are ridiculing my book. I would remind you that it was published by Toronto publishers Wall & Emerson, who have subsequently sold their titles, including mine to the University of Toronto Press. What you write is clearly defamation. I would ask you, nicely, to remove the offending link of its cover and any other mention whatsoever to that title anywhere on your blog.
I would have e-mailed you but could not find an e-mail address.
Moreover, some of the comments here are also defamatory and yet you have done nothing about removing them. For example:
"Crux's thesis defense must have been an eye-gouging event but I suspect at that point everyone at the educational institution just wanted to be rid of her forever."
"Since I have no evidence to attribute that to dotage, I can only assume she's either very dim-witted or very dishonest."
"It would be safe to hazard that Crux got her PhD the paint-by-numbers way."
"Some educational institution gave her a template; Crux plugged in acceptable documentation in the prescribed order - thesis done."
It is one thing for us to have differences of opinions regarding politics but quite another to trash someone's lifelong reputation and their age.I have never done that to you and would have thought you would know better than to get so personal. What you say about the accomplishments is fair game, not what you say about me personally and my educational background, or especially a book I wrote that is in the special needs offices of thousands of universities and colleges around the world.
Regards,
Sandy Crux
P.S. I removed my first comment because there was a typo in the word defamation. Otherwise, the two comments are identical.
I declare victory! gusneri
hey, why the hell am i being asked for word verifications? and why am i typing them in the body of the comment? maybe if i had attended a special needs university. oh! oh! no fair, foul ball, i say old man, that just won't do, ovaltine, dromidary, dastardly petunias, fish mongers, rump roasts and lady fingers.
Let me see if I have this straight, Doc ... you're threatening to sue CC because Lindsay wrote a witty, satirical post almost 11 months ago mocking the cover of your book based on his university experience with iconography.
Is that about right?
Well ... I think one can now safely assume that your Ph.D. is not in law. Pearl-clutching FTW!
I am the great and powerful CC. Apparently, it's always my fault.
Might be your fault but I still declare victory!
Moreover, some of the comments here are also defamatory and yet you have done nothing about removing them. For example:
...
"Since I have no evidence to attribute that to dotage, I can only assume she's either very dim-witted or very dishonest."
I would be happy to have you explain to me how you can call something an accomplishment without any reference to assessment of output to meet objectives, stated, implied or otherwise.
Dear Ti-Guy:
Accomplishment (n): Anything done by Stephen Harper.
I'm glad we had this little chat.
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