On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:54:17 -0700, Lee Zasloff wrote:
Outrageous.
Indeed but it is curious that no one else here has commented on the
situation which reminds me of a quote by Martin Luther King, Jr:
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the
silence of our friends."
Perhaps it is bystander apathy. But it is now clear that bystander
apathy only occurs in specific situations -- compare what happened
after the explosions at the Boston marathon to what would have been
predicted by the classic theory.
Perhaps some people don't want to get involved. Perhaps some people
don't care. Perhaps some people who believe in the "Just World
Hypothesis"
may say, well, that person's fate was a direct result of her actions.
She
should have worked harder, published more, have been more popular with
the "right" people, and so on.
Perhaps they are more concerned about their own situations which may
be materially better than that of Prof. Vojtko's. Nonetheless, one
always
has to look out for #1.
Who knows why people do or don't do things, like not express
outrage at blatant exploitation of vulnerable people. It's not like we
understand why people behave the way they do.
-Mike Palij
New York University
[email protected]
On Wednesday, September 25, 2013 1:07 PM, Mike Palij wrote:
An obituary about an adjunct professor and how she died:
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/death-of-an-adjunct-703773/
As one of the people who commented said:
|Why is anyone surprised? Saddened, yes.
Indeed.
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