Word: adomanisã
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Dates: during 2004-2004
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...Mark Adomanis??s recent Dartboard (“Why Stop at Posters? Dec. 3) unfairly chastises the Election Commission for regulating candidate postering instead of candidate promises. In the process, he engages in distasteful name-calling that attempts and fails to hide Adomanis??s lack of critical thought about the topic of his piece...
...ultimate arbiter of truth.” I contend that it is the role of the media and voters to analyze and weigh the claims and promises of the candidates. If the candidates’ far-fetched or unlikely claims are not being publicly debunked to Adomanis??s satisfaction, he ought look no further for blame than his own organization, The Crimson...
Furthermore, I take offense at Adomanis??s idle name-calling. The Election Commission is charged by the Undergraduate Council with running smooth and fair elections. To call it “self-important” for creating and enforcing regulations unfairly belittles an organization that is simply doing exactly what the Undergraduate Council created it to do. Its members work long hours for—and this particularly applies to its chair and its non-Undergraduate Council members—little thanks and even less recognition. They ought be praised for their efforts instead of condemned...
...Mark Adomanis?? Nov. 15 comment (“Did Bush Get It Right?”) is replete with distortion and logical fallacy. First, Adomanis cites an academic report that claims that a totalitarian system like that of North Korea’s is as effective as a completely democratic one in curtailing terrorism, and draws the conclusion that Bush’s attempts at democratization in the Middle East are therefore justified. The report as Adomanis presents it appears to suggest that political stability, not political freedom, better curbs terrorism. Second, he creates a liberal straw...
...couldn’t help thinking that the exploits of the far-right Harvard students are usually good for a few harmless laughs; I even enjoy engaging in debates with my more conservative colleagues, especially as we get closer to the election this week. However, Mark Adomanis?? comments go beyond what I would consider even absurd. Of course, I appreciate the freedom to express his opinion, but it must be said that his words were absolutely ridiculous...