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> nothing all that bad happened to him most people would characterize "getting smeared on pretty much all major media outlets" and "forced to resign" as pretty
by jbellis 19y ago
> nothing all that bad happened to him
most people would characterize "getting smeared on pretty much all major media outlets" and "forced to resign" as pretty bad.
> He wasn't assaulted. He wasn't put on trial or sent to jail
"you probably won't go to jail" is a pretty far cry from your original post, that "no one can fault you."
- curi 19y agoNo one reasonably can fault you. No one published reasonable explanations of why/how he'd done anything wrong. No one said anything that would be embarrassing or difficult to explain to his friends. No one said anything that would weigh on his conscious. He clearly was in the wrong job, for a man like himself. He should aim his life more towards cooperating with people he considers decent human beings. A push in that direction, isn't so bad. The only reason he might not like it, is if he isn't focussed on the truth, and still has mixed feelings (sometimes preferring status, reputation with silly people, etc). Mixed feelings are not safe ground.
- daniel-cussen 19y agoI see your point. Part of being the president of Harvard is never saying anything controversial, no matter how much the organizers of a conference push you towards it. I think it was Vartan Gregorian who said a University president could charm, but never offend. You basically give up your freedom of speech.
- daniel-cussen 19y agoHe got faulted bigtime. He pretty much got ousted by the faculty. Harvard lost hundreds of millions in alumni donations because they were upset Summers was treated this way. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Summers#Summers.27_opposition_and_support_at_Harvard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Summers#Summers.27_opp...