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Greetings:<br><br>
I would like to challenge Donovan to show where I disclosed any private
information about Wilson's UI performance in my post. There is a
judgment implied in my claim that his MA thesis is a pretty good piece of
scholarship. That should be taken by anyone as a compliment.
Professors say such things about their students all the time without
breaching confidentiality.<br><br>
Here is how my article "The Wilson Story: A Personal Account"
(<a href="http://www.class.uidaho.edu/ngier/WilsonStory.%20htm" eudora="autourl">www.class.uidaho.edu/ngier/WilsonStory.
htm</a>) begins:<br><br>
One day in 1975 a nice young man came up to me after a session of my
Introduction to Philosophy. He introduced himself and asked me
one question: Is it OK if I defend the faith in this class? I
answered a fate-filled Yes, and thus began my history with Douglas
Wilson. We had friendly theology debates on a regular basis, in and
out of the classroom. He wrote a fairly respectable M.A. thesis on
free will and then took on his local ministry. He had defended the
faith well and we only hoped that he would use his degree responsibly.
Sadly, this appears not to have been the case.<br>
In the early 1980s we team taught (along
with two other people) a course on 20th Century theology, and then we had
a debate on abortion in February of 1983. Canon Press may still
have tapes of the debate, or anyone can borrow my cassette. Wilson
had a regular column in what was then called <i>The Idahonian</i>, and
Wilson came out with a piece that listed points that I tried to refute in
the debate. (For the specifics see my article at
www.class.uidaho.edu/ngier/abortion.htm.) In a letter to the
editor, I cried foul, not because I could claim that my refutations were
sound; rather, because Wilson did not mention my responses at all.
It was at that point that I began to question Wilsons intellectual
integrity and honesty, and that has been my main point of criticism in
the current controversy.<br><br>
OK, Donovan, where have I broken any confidentiality? I've used the
"defending the faith" story several times in Wilson's presence
and instead of objecting he laughed along with everyone else, including
the entire NSA student body in the spring of 2000 in the Nuart
Theatre.<br><br>
Try reflecting just a little bit before you hit the keys,<br><br>
Nick GierŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ<br>
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<font size=2>"The god you worship is the god you
deserve."<br>
~~ Joseph Campbell<br>
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