Turning Crimson at Harvard
Bill McGurn ·
April 3, 2012 at 4:37pm
Rather speaks for itself. We are told this is the eighth annual seminar. You would think after the first one or two, even Harvard students would have learned.
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Jan '11
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You know, I have a post in the works defending some non-marital sexual relationships, but the sheer moral lassitude in that video gave me the willies.
Noteworthy point: there's something deliciously funny about a speaker to Harvard undergrads talking about sex-negative attitudes.
Edited on April 3, 2012 at 7:00pmApr '11
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Tom, Oldsmobile murderer? Explain please.
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At first I thought this was a matter of the lads and lasses at the Crimson having an April Fool's joke. It seems to have been published the day after April Fool's, however, once again proving how difficult it is today to satirize higher ed. Of course we can see it all occurs on a podium bearing the Harvard coat of arms which itself bears the Latin word Veritas (truth).
Properly speaking, Veritas isn't even the true motto. The true motto, which I believe remains on the seal on every diploma, is Veritas Christo et Ecclesiae ("Truth for Christ and the church").
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WHAT is this person doing talking to a 5th grade Catholic school girls' class? She was invited to speak to such a class? Am I understanding/hearing this correctly? (Listen at 1:38...)
Mar '11
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Where's Rush Limbaugh when he's really needed?
Apr '11
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After viewing this, the wisdom of C.S. Lewis from Mere Christianity (you know the writers of children's books that dumb Sarah Palin is fond of) comes to mind.
He gives a perfect analogy of a visitor arriving in a culture, of which he has no forehand knowledge, finds himself seated in an auditorium full of people. There, a cart with a covered dish is wheeled out to center stage and the cover lifted revealing a plate of ordinary food. Upon the revelation of the ordinary food the audience erupts in a frenzy. The only impression the stranger could be left with is one of how grossly distorted is this culture's view of food.
My apologies to Mr Lewis for my inadequate paraphrase but to do his wisdom true justice acquire the book and read it for yourself.
P.S. My only consolation, is that the speaker and her audience, will become so preoccupied with sex and it's pleasures now, that they will forget to vote come this November.
Oct '10
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The long memory of the Internet is like a modern day digital tattoo. That clip and that speech are not going anywhere. When her son or daughter eventually says to her "There's no right or wrong, no right or wrong when it comes to sex and dating when it's consensual," I struggle to think about what her response to that is as a mother and parent.
When there is no right or wrong, there can be no justice or accountability because all outcomes are equivalent. So, I think that such a hedonistic mindset tends to perpetuate victimization because there's no redress for the perpetrator. Troubling stuff under the guise of raunchy humor.
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Yes.
Nov '10
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Aaron, I was there once, back in the dark, dimly remembered 1950's.
I doubt that today's students are capable of understanding a lecture by Big Al. The idea of winning fairly in a hard fought contest is remote from their experience. They're ALL supposed to win, without substantial effort, and with Mama and Daddy (or us taxpayers) picking up the tab.
Aug '10
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Sorry. the (dis) Honorable Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who abandoned a drowning Mary Jo Kopechne (a probably 22-year-old intern or Hill staffer) after he plunged his Olds into the drink on Chappaquiddick, a smaller island that is part of Martha's Vineyard.
May '10
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iWc: The breathtaking hedonism, with no grasp at all that *all* kinds of happiness are a result of grown-up behavior and relationships..... I, for one, feel diminished for having watched this.
And I think the video is beneath Ricochet. · 7 hours ago
Why is the video beneath Ricochet? It's the real world. If it shocks you that's the point. This is the crap that is going on in our institutions of higher education. If Bill McGurn doesn't post this it still exists. The embarrassment is all for Harvard to have.
Oct '10
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Andrea Ryan
iWc: The breathtaking hedonism, with no grasp at all that *all* kinds of happiness are a result of grown-up behavior and relationships..... I, for one, feel diminished for having watched this.
And I think the video is beneath Ricochet. · 7 hours ago
Why is the video beneath Ricochet? It's the real world. If it shocks you that's the point. This is the crap that is going on in our institutions of higher education. If Bill McGurn doesn't post this it still exists. The embarrassment is all for Harvard to have. · 3 hours ago
I kind of agree with iWc, though after this I feel less bad about a comedy video I once posted that, ahem, had some not-safe-for-work lines at the end.
Ricochet has a lot of socially-conservative-leaning members, including yours truly. While I'm mostly a moderate when it comes to non-abortion social issues, videos like this are still a little shocking. I suppose I shouldn't say anything after posting that comedy video, but still, I was surprised.
Jan '11
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Yes, women are highly skilled at making men stupid. Not that much skill is needed. I wonder if women know making men stupid does not make the women smarter.
Aug '10
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Imaginary question from the audience:
"So you say there's no right or wrong when it comes to sex if it's consensual. You say that as if it's an uncontroversial scientific fact. How do you know that's true? Just because you say it doesn't make it so. Every culture that's ever existed has had various taboos about sex, understanding that there is danger in sex, that it unleashes feelings that we can't always control, and that can turn self-destructive, or even destructive of others. These cultures all have different, imperfect ways of dealing with the dangers, but you're here to tell them, to tell all those billions of people who've walked the Earth before you, that they're all just so terribly mistaken. A twenty-something student brings the world her glad tidings of joy: Sex is no big deal! When is Harvard going to realize what a prophet they have in their midst, and build a shrine to you?"