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The University of Washington: Umm.. whats a most derogatory comment?

at around evening time on Tuesday, the 14th of February 2006 by Capt Jake Fortune

Students reject honor to ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep’ hero
Member of Marines not ‘sort of person UW wanted to produce’The University of Washington’s student senate rejected a memorial for alumnus Gregory “Pappy” Boyington of “Black Sheep Squadron” fame amid concerns a military hero who shot down enemy planes was not the right kind of person to represent the school.

Pappy Boyington is like the Chuck Norris of WWII. He was a POW of the Japanese and war HERO of the first degree.

Student senator Jill Edwards, according to minutes of the student government’s meeting last week, said she “didn’t believe a member of the Marine Corps was an example of the sort of person UW wanted to produce.”

Damn. I don’t believe a mindnumbingly stupid person like Jill Edwards was an example of the sort of person Americans want to produce. But that is just me, and I despise willfully stupid people.

Also covered at Myopic Zeal and the Jawa Report.

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