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> I also take offense at the libelous implication that Amelia (author) makes of the sexual nature of Wadhwa's offer to talk to people who disagree with him at h
by spb 12y ago
> I also take offense at the libelous implication that Amelia (author) makes of the sexual nature of Wadhwa's offer to talk to people who disagree with him at his private office at Stanford.
I don't really think it's like that. It's more the latently threatening implications of requesting that someone come see you, one-on-one, behind closed doors on your own turf.
Think of it like the iconic scene in the film Network (as referenced earlier this week in the Better Call Saul premiere) where Ned Beatty's seemingly-harmless Arthur Jensen invites Peter Finch's anxious and ambitious Howard Beale to talk in his corporate conference room. Once the doors close and Beale is without recourse or defense, Jensen blows up into an apocalyptic rage, contextualized by his tone and environment to inescapably inculcate his forced parishioner that he is no less than, as Beale meakly whimpers at the end of the tirade, "the face of God".
Clip for those who haven't seen it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuBe93FMiJc#t=20s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuBe93FMiJc#t=20s