http://www.depthfirstsearch.net/blog/2009/08/06/on-the-gates-controversy/ “We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done." Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:59:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.depthfirstsearch.net/blog/2009/08/06/on-the-gates-controversy/#comment-227 JS Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:41:26 +0000 http://www.depthfirstsearch.net/blog/?p=1298#comment-227 The incident raises all kinds of other questions like town vs. gown and economic class differences that did not get nearly as much play as the race issue. But I'd be surprised if someone who knows POTUS personally and is a superstar faculty member at Harvard doesn't also have some degree of local political power. But maybe I've just been watching too many television dramas. The incident raises all kinds of other questions like town vs. gown and economic class differences that did not get nearly as much play as the race issue. But I’d be surprised if someone who knows POTUS personally and is a superstar faculty member at Harvard doesn’t also have some degree of local political power. But maybe I’ve just been watching too many television dramas.

]]> http://www.depthfirstsearch.net/blog/2009/08/06/on-the-gates-controversy/#comment-226 Jonathan Mugan Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:54:30 +0000 http://www.depthfirstsearch.net/blog/?p=1298#comment-226 I wonder if there would be a strong connection between the university and the city. I would guess that they might be in separate universes and may even compete for power. Maybe the civil authority would be more likely to retaliate if the officer had wrongly arrested a prominent local business leader. I wonder if there would be a strong connection between the university and the city. I would guess that they might be in separate universes and may even compete for power. Maybe the civil authority would be more likely to retaliate if the officer had wrongly arrested a prominent local business leader.

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