[Vision2020] Towing the what?

[Tony]

Thanks for pointing out my faulty gramma Ralph.  And kind of you too for 
doing so offlist.  Yes, the proper term would have been: Toe to (the 
prevailing wisdom) rather than "tow."

I promise to toe to proper gramma in the future so as to not uncure your 
rath.

Yours for a scolarly discuss,

-Tony
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Nielsen" <nielsen at uidaho.edu>
To: "Tony Simpson" <tonytime at clearwire.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 11:04 AM
Subject: Towing the what?


> Tony,
>
> You can't tow a paradigm, but you can tow a trailer. The phrase you  are 
> thinking of is "toe the line." Just google "toe the line"  including the 
> quotation marks.
>
> As for the "root of all evil," I think most Christians would agree  that 
> humanity is indeed the root of all evil. Have you never heard of  the 
> theory or dogma of "original sin"? We are all sinners just for  being 
> born. It all began with Eve and Adam.
>
> Ralph
>
> Tony tonytime at clearwire.net
> Sat Mar 31 09:39:37 PDT 2007
>
> Ted makes an important point about the political pressures faced by 
> scientists in an academic environment which encourages if not  enforces 
> conformity to conventional wisdom.  The resulting group  think is hardly 
> conducive to flushing out truth from prejudice and  presumption. In such 
> an environment where one's doctoral thesis if it  is to be accepted, must 
> tow the left wing, humanity is the root of  all evil paradigm, it is 
> obvious how an aspiring scholar might be  tempted to slant her research to 
> please those who hold her future in  their hands.
>
> The university is alleged to be a place where a variety of views are 
> thoughtfully considered if not embraced.
>
> Would that it were so.
>
> -T
>
>