[Vision2020] Wilson's MA thesis

[Tom Hansen]

Arnold, Arnold, Arnold -

Doug "His Whineyness" Wilson is a public figure.  I will not go into into 
detail of what that entails.  Simply put, the crossbar concerning public 
figures is considerably lower than it is for private citizens.  It's not 
like we are discussing missed National Guard meetings, huh?

As far as discussing your scholastic records on a public website is 
concerned, I am certain that I would find it no more entertaining than 
watching paint dry.

Take care, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho


>From: Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
>To: Nick Gier <ngier at uidaho.edu>, vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Wilson's MA thesis
>Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 01:00:50 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Mr. Gier,
>
>If Mr. Wilson was one of your students I do not
>believe that it is ethical for you to be talking about
>his performance as a student on a public website. This
>includes what classes he took or did not take from
>you, or what portions of a thesis he completed or did
>not complete. I know if I had a former teacher of mine
>discussing my performance or anything else about me as
>student on a public website I would not be happy about
>it and would most likely report it to the educational
>institution where they were employed. I think some of
>your comments boarder on breach of confidentiality
>between a student and teacher.
>
>Take Care,
>
>Donovan J Arnold
>
>--- Nick Gier <ngier at uidaho.edu> wrote:
>
> > Hail to the Vision!
> >
> > I just want to make one correction and post one
> > reminder.  First, I did not
> > direct Doug Wilson's MA thesis.  After three years
> > of friendly theological
> > and political debate we decided it was best that
> > someone else chair the
> > thesis committee.  I chose not to be on the
> > committee at all.
> >
> > By the way, last time I looked, the two copies of
> > Wilson's thesis were
> > still missing from our department library of which
> > I'm the librarian.  In
> > the past Wilson's goons actually hid or removed my
> > books in BookPeople or
> > the UI Bookstore, and Wilson once took
> > responsibility for tearing down of
> > some of my posters on campus. (The topless campaign
> > was just one of many.)
> > But, for the life of me, I cannot understand why
> > Wilson would direct them
> > to remove his thesis.  It is actually a much better
> > piece of scholarship
> > than some of his more recent productions.
> >
> > Second, I did not teach Wilson or Doug Jones logic.
> > In fact, I did not
> > teach any UI student logic.  That was the job of my
> > other colleagues. I've
> > posted this before, but just wanted to repeat it
> > now.
> >
> > Nick Gier, Head Banshee (my favorite name Wilson has
> > called me)
> > Palouse Region, Planet Earth
> >
> > "The god you worship is the god you deserve."
> > ~~ Joseph Campbell
> >
> > >
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