[BostonCard]

[quote author=Boston Card link=topic=16972.msg194703#msg194703 date=1497303553]
https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/blog/...-its-name/
Of course, since Leland Stanford Jr. University was named after Leland Stanford's deceased son, and not the governor, then the whole premise of the satire is mistaken, and any arguments that Stanford should rename, whether real or imagined, are moot.

BC

Well, maybe not any arguments. Leland Stanford Jr. had some of his own issues, depending on who you believe. However, since his parents named the University, I don't see how anybody can argue it should be re-named. But in today's PC world, nothing would surprise me. It is even more true than ever that

The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.

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I'd be curious to hear what "issues" the 15 years old had before he died.

BC

[BostonCard]

[quote author=Boston Card link=topic=16972.msg194703#msg194703 date=1497303553]
https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/blog/...-its-name/
Of course, since Leland Stanford Jr. University was named after Leland Stanford's deceased son, and not the governor, then the whole premise of the satire is mistaken, and any arguments that Stanford should rename, whether real or imagined, are moot.

BC

Well, maybe not any arguments. Leland Stanford Jr. had some of his own issues, depending on who you believe. However, since his parents named the University, I don't see how anybody can argue it should be re-named. But in today's PC world, nothing would surprise me. It is even more true than ever that

The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.

[/quote]

I'd be curious to hear what "issues" the 15 years old had before he died.

BC