Notre Dame Cathedral Ablaze

[JimC]

A philosophy professor, eh...

I jumped to the conclusion he was a deranged atheist (having moderated lots of them), but then I saw this quote from him: "God wants me here."...

[Hermit]

A philosophy professor, eh...

I jumped to the conclusion he was a deranged atheist (having moderated lots of them), but then I saw this quote from him: "God wants me here."...

In the USA even students studying for their first post-graduate degree who work as part time casual tutors are considered to be professors. A few years ago I looked at the staff list of a US university with 12,000 students. Several hundred of its teachers were titled "professor".

[Scot Dutchy]

It is like Belgium where all secondary school teachers are called professor.

[Svartalf]

that's interesting, in France, "professeur" is not used in a logical way, primary school teachers are 'professeur des écoles", and top grade university teachers are 'professeur des universités"... and lower level university teachers are known by other titles, as are secondary school teachers.

[L'Emmerdeur]

In Lamparello's case, he's working on a PhD. in philosophy.

Lamparello was an adjunct professor at Seton Hall University and part-time professor at Lehman College.

A Seton Hall spokeswoman said he started in spring 2018 but is no longer part of the faculty, though she could not confirm whether he has been fired.

Lamparello taught online at Lehman starting in the 2018-19 academic year.

Although [family friend] Altomare described the family as devoutly Catholic, Lamparello's mother Dolores described the family as "regular Catholics."

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[pErvinalia]

Professor in Australia is a lofty academic position. You need years of teaching and research to get there.

[Scot Dutchy]

As in most Anglophile areas. Professor here is the head of department in a university.

[L'Emmerdeur]

'Professor' is not a title given to secondary school teachers in the US, despite the claim to the contrary above. Lamparello has taught at at least one other college (Brooklyn College), and has published a work on analytic philosophy. The publisher, Wipf and Stock, is not a vanity press.

[Forty Two]

There is a difference in word usage relative to academic ranks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_ ... w_Zealand)

Somehow, that will mean the North American usage is inferior. Probably because of American exceptionalism or something.

[Galaxian]

More & more indications that Notre Dame fire was deliberate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mmfXjnK0TQ

[Hermit]

There is a difference in word usage relative to academic ranks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_ ... w_Zealand)

Somehow, that will mean the North American usage is inferior. Probably because of American exceptionalism or something.

That is not something I argued. In fact, I did no more than to point out the difference in the usage of "professor", but if you think North American usage is inferior somehow, probably because of American exceptionalism or something, who am I to argue?

[Galaxian]

More & more indications that Notre Dame fire was deliberate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mmfXjnK0TQ

Even more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sK7n9mXP7A

It's a shame, but there are psychos on this planet who stop at nothing to make their mark on the world or to get their way. The destruction of the archaeological sites and ancient buildings and museums & libraries are merely par for the course to them. They are like the arsonists who join the fire brigade so that they can enjoy the fiery spectacle that they created.

Of course all this is unavoidable. It is a law of Nature that there MUST be psychopaths in society. It is part & parcel of Natural Selection. Psychopaths & sociopaths tend to climb their way to the top... it is in their character to do so; they let nothing get in their way.

So we have a cabal of them in the high echelons of power. To give meaning to their lives they often have ritualistic organizations that allow them some play-acting. Esoteric mystical things such as the Freemasons, and other much more secretive organizations, Illuminati, Rosicrucians, and so forth. Some are in allegiance with each other, some oppose each other. But prominent in all of them is that the common rabble, the tax payers, the 99% are mere bottom feeders, beasts of burden, livestock; to be used and abused as the mood takes their oppressors.

The mainstream news media are simply tools to propagate the illusion of "freedom & democracy". Yeah, pull the other one! In this centenary of WW1 recall how gleefully the sheeple went into battle to die for their masters.

[Rum]

Oh hello. How’s the therapy going?

[Svartalf]

More & more indications that Notre Dame fire was deliberate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mmfXjnK0TQ

except the spire was carpentered with pine wood... if the fire took there, it would have been very easy.

[Hermit]

More & more indications that Notre Dame fire was deliberate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mmfXjnK0TQ

except the spire was carpentered with pine wood... if the fire took there, it would have been very easy.

And the oak beams are nowhere near 800 years old. The last time they were replaced was in the 19th century. If it wasn't for Victor Hugo's novel, the church may have been demolished altogether instead. Victor Hugo was obviously not a member of the Deep State.