Children's Crusade

SC&A is waist deep in big-college liberalism on a visit to the zoo:

Prior to the presentation by the KCC (Kumbaya Clerics Corps), we had the opportunity to mingle and engage in a bit of chit chat with other attendees. It became immediately clear that all in attendance shared a kind and gentle spirit, coupled with absolute hatred for George Adolph Bush (the President was referred to that way more than once) as well as any version of Christianity that did not see the world their way. In addition, there was much visceral hatred extended towards Israel and Jews that would refuse to participate in their own slaughter and vilification. . .

In any event, the presentations were made and they were followed up by questions. Naturally, the self absorbed undergrads immediately took to the floor and predictably found novel ways to repeat the same thing, that we all need to get along. They ended their profound remarks with misunderstood quotes from Khalil Gibran, Kierkegaard, Andy Warhol and their pre school teachers.

When the 'look at me, mommy!' crowd was done, another 'Muslim scholar' in attendance took to the microphone to make a statement, in which he noted the obvious superiority of the Quran as and unchanged sacred text, as opposed to both the Old and New testaments. We immediately rose and challenged his assertion re the Quran, citing scholarly evidence to the contrary (there are at least three versions of the Quran. Yes, we are equipped to that argument. We are after all, SC&A).

At that point, we were interrupted and told that this was not the forum for textual discussions that might offend some. . .

At this point, [a Professor of psychiatry at Duke Medical School] pulled us aside and said, he didn't want to get into the specifics of what was and wasn't said (of course not). He did say that George Bush was a fascist and almost a Nazi (clearly, he wanted to have something to add for another day).

We looked at this world-renowned doctor and asked, "Are you insane?" Clearly uncomfortable, our conversation progressed and then the doctor went on to say that there was another way to disarm Saddam other than war. We asked what that was.

The doctor went on to describe a technique used in residential settings, when a client is in a highly agitated state (please note that even SC&A can be PC). The client is surrounded by professionals that very slowly move in to subdue the client. It is the hope that the when the client sees the inevitable, he will return to a calm state.

The doctor noted that the US needed to surround Iraq with two million soldiers and very slowly, go house to house, looking for weapons and in doing so, they would tighten the noose around Saddam Hussein. Thus surrounded, the doctor posited the notion that Saddam would come to his senses and surrender.

This was the advice and opinion from a world class psychiatrist teaching at a world class institution.

Answer: yes, academic liberals are insane. Gullible too. And the big fools say to push on.