Baa Baa Black Sheep

[D.O.A.R.]

Anyone old enough to remember this show? I loved it, and the Corsair has always been a favorite. Anyways.....

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Conten...tbgof.asp?pg=1

Kids.

[Philistine]

I loved that show as a kid.

History channel was rebroadcasting it a few years ago. Still liked it. And I agree with you on the Corsair. And the UW student senate.

--Philistine

[Epee_Pox]

It should be beyond belief that university student leaders would be so painfully ignorant. But it is actually not in the least surprising. Which is even more disappointing.

For those not bothering to click through the link, the student senate at the University of Washington was debating a proposed memorial to World War II combat pilot Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, a 1933 engineering graduate of the university, who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service commanding the famed "Black Sheep" squadron in the Pacific.

The student senate rejected the memorial because "a Marine" is not "an example of the sort of person UW wants to produce." The student opponents of the memorial indicated: "We don't need to honor any more rich white males." Other opponents compared Boyington's actions during World War II with murder.

It wouldn't be that hard to actually learn about what the man's actions really were like. The 1970s television show portraying Colonel Boyington's heroism as a pilot and as a Japanese prisoner of war still airs frequently on cable. Apparently, though, it's an unusual UW student who gets exposed to U.S. history even if it's spoonfed to him by TV.

As for the sin of honoring a rich white male, Boyington (who died in 1988) was neither rich nor white. He happened to be a Sioux Indian, from a very modest background, who wound up raising his three children as a single parent.

[gojujay]

Epee Pox- you forgot to add that when people ofund out about the refusal, there was such an uproar that you could hear the beep-beep backing-up warning tones emanating from the Student Senate from miles away. They have since rethought there position and are scrambling to make good. Where are their vaunted principals now? Too funny.

[jeff]

I read about him as a kid.... On top of the other idiocy, what can possibly be meant by " "I don't want to feel like we're trying to impose an ideal of achievement on the UW."? So, even achievement is bad? Idiots.

[Feltan]

If this was fiction, no one would believe it possible. The author would be castigated as a right wing nut.

Regards,
Feltan

[Slim]

It should be beyond belief that university student leaders would be so painfully ignorant. But it is actually not in the least surprising. Which is even more disappointing.

For those not bothering to click through the link, the student senate at the University of Washington was debating a proposed memorial to World War II combat pilot Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, a 1933 engineering graduate of the university, who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service commanding the famed "Black Sheep" squadron in the Pacific.

The student senate rejected the memorial because "a Marine" is not "an example of the sort of person UW wants to produce." The student opponents of the memorial indicated: "We don't need to honor any more rich white males." Other opponents compared Boyington's actions during World War II with murder.

It wouldn't be that hard to actually learn about what the man's actions really were like. The 1970s television show portraying Colonel Boyington's heroism as a pilot and as a Japanese prisoner of war still airs frequently on cable. Apparently, though, it's an unusual UW student who gets exposed to U.S. history even if it's spoonfed to him by TV.

As for the sin of honoring a rich white male, Boyington (who died in 1988) was neither rich nor white. He happened to be a Sioux Indian, from a very modest background, who wound up raising his three children as a single parent.

To me, what is really sad is that the true history is clearly being thrown out the window in order to further the political correctness agenda being pushed by the faculty at these institutes of higher education.

The flower-power hippies of the 60s and 70s are now the tenured faculty members of the 00s and the ones responsible for shaping the future leaders of tomorrow.

Scary stuff.