Title VI

[Stuart Goldberg]

In answer to Sharon Knox's posting:

One might note that the Bush administration has displayed a rather
narrow view of what constitute acceptable points of view on America's
place in the world.

Education demands dialogue, and the voices that say that "preemption" as
a national foreign policy is deeply flawed and will come back to haunt
us are just as valuable as those that say it is effective.  Or have we
already closed for all time the case on whether rhetorical bluster and
military intervention are a better formula for American safety in the
world than a nuanced understanding of other cultures and diplomacy (in
every sense of the term)?  Since when has national defence become
exclusively military?

Should we rally to our nation's defense in time of need?  Of course.
Should we want the Bush administration - OR ANY OTHER PRESIDENTIAL
ADMINISTRATION -- and its appointees OVERSEEING the education of the
next generation of internationally savy Americans, Americans who will
hopefully have an inordinate impact on the shaping of American foreign
policy in the next century?  I don't think so.

Stuart Goldberg
Georgia Tech



-----Original Message-----
From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Sharon Knox
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 12:27 PM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] Title VI

The primary purpose of Title VI of the
     National Defense Education Act
is to educate linguists for  _national defense_.

People who have been indoctrinated with the idea that the U.S.
government
is an evil imperialistic giant are perhaps unlikely to make
positive contributions to the national defense.  It makes sense for the
government to want to have some oversight over what's done with money
earmarked for this specific purpose.

Why should taxpayers pay to train linguists who have no intention of
using
their skills to serve in such a capacity?

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