Last night i was reading an article published in Harper Magazine in 2001:
The American Rome: On the Theory of the Virtuous Empire,” by Lewis H. Lapham
Published in August, a month before the 9-11 attacks, it had some interesting insights into American foreign policy, the decision of the United Nations Human Rights Commission to kick America out a couple of months prior, and a look at how America wages (or does not wage) wars against the rest of the world.
This article was assigned to to us for class and was provided online as a download, this morning i wanted to share this article with the members of this forum and spearhead a discussion so that not only would i be able to de-construct the articles arguments prior to tomorrows lecture (since i find this forum to be better informed and opinionated than a university class where only 20% of the people actually care about the material, and the discussion is very short, after all said and done, there is probably just an hours worth of verbal-on-the-fly discussion that is full of logical holes and things left unanswered)
The professor however decided to substitute that essay for another essay and subsequently pulled the original. Since i never saved the PDF i now have no access to this piece of information!
So i go to the world wide web to try and nab a copy. Tough luck, the only thing i can find is from Harper itself and they want me to pay 17 bucks for a subscription.
The last time i posted one of these articles a member got all edgy with me about copy right laws and all that nonsense.
I personally do not believe in paying for education, unless there is some direct cost associated with physical materials (like a film lab, or clay work).
Even if i do bust down and pay the 17 bucks for a years access (pennies right?), it would be a legal infraction for me to copy and post the article here.
How could education and enlightenment happen when there is a dollar sign on everything?
Particularly when the information is so damn old (8 years!)
I hear it in the news all the time, that "we" must provide better education for our kids, but what about better education for us adults.
At this point my education is effectively limited to a single professor and a small sample of intellectual students, most of whom are fresh out of highschool.
The only way i can expand my own education , and help educate others (you), is by sharing what i know/learned and asking for a discussion, however that would be
breaking the law, how absurd is that?
discuss.
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