Re: [Phys-L] political yes, partisan no

[bernard cleyet <bernard@cleyet.org>]

OK!  I agree, except in this case it’s very partisan.  

So thinks bc.  


> Also, corporate politics and university politics are intensely political,


I remember W. Wilson saying Princeton politics, much worse than Federal.  (Same, more intelligent combatants)


> On 2017/Mar/04, at 19:05, John Denker via Phys-l <phys-l@mail.phys-l.org> wrote:
>
> On 03/04/2017 07:54 PM, bernard cleyet wrote:
>
> > becoming rather partisan
>
> That is not the right way to think about it. 
> -- I oppose anybody who is doing the wrong thing, regardless of party.
> -- I support anybody who is doing the right thing, regardless of party.
>
> The last time I got mixed up in a political fight, my side won on a
> unanimous vote.  It was intensely political, but the efforts and the
> results were bipartisan.
>
> Also, corporate politics and university politics are intensely political,
> but not partisan in the usual sense.  Lots of shifting alliances.
>
> If somebody wants to make science or truth or integrity or good governance
> a partisan issue, I'll fight him on that, because it's the wrong thing to do.
>
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