The world is changing faster than even the best of us (not including Rumpole) can keep up with it. Thus the news that a UM Professor was fired after he shared his screen during a Zoom class and some obnoxious twerp college student shared a screen shot showing that Professor Moriarty had a book mark on his web browser for "Busty College Girls". The Tik-Tok went viral here (there is a phrase that would be virtually unrecognized in the 1960's, 70's, 80's, & 90's) and UM canned the prof.
Query: If the book mark was for "proportionally shaped college girls", would Moriarty have been fired? Or "College girls between 5'4 and 5'8 and 120-140 pounds"? You get the idea. Pornography is banned at places of higher learning.
So we began to wonder what are on other people's book marks? And here are our purely unscientific and unsupported guesses:
DOM- Everyone's favourite federal blogger is easy: "StarWars"; "Miami StarWars"; "Harvard StarWars fan club"; "1977 Senate Committee Notes on 1956 Money Laundering"; and "Great Criminal Defense Closing Arguments of the 1950's".
Judges Sayfie and Soto...amongst other tabs might be one of the various "WhoisRumpole" websites;
Those State Attorney Laptops they have in court: "VictimswantMax"; "The Fun Of Saying No"; "the subtle exclusion of certain jurors"; and "Linkedin legal jobs";
Various Judges of Miami: "Mediator and Arbitrator certification courses"; (notably absent- Westlaw or Lexis).
Should the professor have been fired? Or are Professors people too, with the same foibles and desires as any other person?
Honestly, you’re not far off.
ReplyDelete"So we began to wonder what are on other people's book marks?"
ReplyDeletePeople with unscrupulous bookmarks would do well NOT to achieve and occupy socially noticeable occupations.
Professors are people too and should be allowed to view whatever's legal.
ReplyDeleteThe problem isn't with the term "Busty" in the bookmark.
The problem for a university professor is with the term "college girls"
How would you feel if you were now a woman taking one of his classes? Would you wear something different to show off if you're well-endowed?
If you're not, would you be concerned that you weren't going to get as good a grade because the professor didn't find you attractive?
While I'm sure it happens, college women shouldn't have to be wondering if their professor is grading them based on their breast size.
There was this kid I grew up with. Younger than me. We did our first work together at the PDS office. worked our way out of the Pits. Things were good. We made the most of it. Your father too. As much as anyone I loved her and trusted her. Later on she had an idea to apply to be a judge. That Kid's name was Dava Tunis. And she was appointed Judge in Dade County. This was a great judge. A judge of vision and guts and there isn't even a statute or a signpost or a plaque with her name on it. Someone filed against her. No one knows who gave the order. When I heard it, I wasn't angry. I knew Dava. She was headstrong, talking loud in court, interrupting lawyers, saying insulting things. So when she turned up with opposition...I let it go. And I said to myself...(chuff) 'THIS (chuff) IS THE BUSINESS WE HAVE CHOSEN." (Chuff). I didn't ask who gave the order. Because it had nothing to do with business. (Chuff chuff).
ReplyDeleteBrilliant.
ReplyDeleteNow tell me this: Who had Frank Pantangelli killed??
Political correctness is destructive. If I were king of the world (or at least ruler of all colleges) I would force every school to erect a statue of Donald Sutherland at its main gathering place. And for those who do not understand why Donald Sutherland, go back to school and learn what college life was like in 1962 or at least as depicted in movies circa 1979.
ReplyDeleteThe....Rosatto brothers.
ReplyDelete"Who had Frank Pantangelli killed??"
ReplyDeleteThe...Rosato brothers.
12:25 pm, that's why colleges have blind grading systems.
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