I would not have accepted the funding in the first place - which is what happened in my 3rd year of grad school. I was eligible for a scholarship program that ended up being sponsored by an organization I disagreed with. Although it would have meant about $5000, I withdrew my application.
On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 12:09 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Given how much he is attacking the ACA and his efforts to repeal it, >> this is one of those cases where the hypocrisy is simply egregious. It >> really is a case of do as I say not as I do. >> > > You used to work in research, right? > > If your research outfit received a grant from a Republican government that > you openly attacked, would you be a hypocrite if you didn't quit your job? > Let's say the money came from a particularly odious piece of legislation > that had a whole bunch of shit in it that you despised...and your grant > program was "moved" under this umbrella. > > Now what? > > And to bring it full circle, let's say you were on the brink of an > important discovery with the potential to help millions of people, and the > money would be a critical in allowing you to continue your > research.....what do you do? How do you reconcile your principles with your > intentions to help people? Do you quit? If you don't, are you necessarily a > hypocrite? > > Again, I don't think Ryan is anywhere near this altruistic, and he probably > is a hypocrite...i just don't think this stands alone as evidence of such. > That's all. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:354550 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
