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Unread post by c_tietze » Tue May 17, 2005 12:09 pm

Morphius wrote:
c_tietze wrote:Bill Cosby rec'd an honorary degree at one point from another college. Just to show you how much stock one should take in the handing out of "honorary" degrees.
Are you suggesting that Bill Cosby isn't deserving of a degree?
Of course he doesn't.
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Unread post by jellyfish » Tue May 17, 2005 12:16 pm

c_tietze wrote:
Morphius wrote:
c_tietze wrote:Bill Cosby rec'd an honorary degree at one point from another college. Just to show you how much stock one should take in the handing out of "honorary" degrees.
Are you suggesting that Bill Cosby isn't deserving of a degree?
Of course he doesn't.
He already has a degree from Temple.
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Unread post by jellyfish » Tue May 17, 2005 12:17 pm

Also, I think he has his Doctorate as well.
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Unread post by a1075dd63aa12 » Tue May 17, 2005 1:08 pm

anyone else kind of see that as an insult to people who attend that school? you drop thousands and thousands of dollars to get a degree, yet they hand one out to some rockstar/actor who never attended a class in some cases? haha im just playing devils advocate on this one tosome point
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Unread post by T1nM4n » Wed May 18, 2005 12:18 am

fatjack wrote:
jellyfish wrote:
checkii wrote:
Dale_Milligan wrote:
checkii wrote:thats a great quote.
Just a quick serious question. Was the Never ending story huge in America? :?
yes. People who are now between 21 and 28 loved that movie.
Check, you assesment is a bit off. Make it 21-33.
19-33
17-33, cuz i sure as hell love that movie and im 17
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Unread post by Jay » Wed May 18, 2005 1:13 am

um, info, an honorary degree isn't the same thing as an actual degree. :shock:
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Unread post by GSR » Wed May 18, 2005 9:45 am

good work dave.
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Unread post by c_tietze » Wed May 18, 2005 10:26 am

That's the point, these honorary degrees are just well calculated p.r. moves and nothing more.
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Unread post by jellyfish » Wed May 18, 2005 11:44 am

c_tietze wrote:That's the point, these honorary degrees are just well calculated p.r. moves and nothing more.
Hence me saying earlier they are only invited to receive an honorary degree for .... Oh fuck it. Look a few posts back. :)
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Unread post by c_tietze » Wed May 18, 2005 12:40 pm

jellyfish wrote:
c_tietze wrote:That's the point, these honorary degrees are just well calculated p.r. moves and nothing more.
Hence me saying earlier they are only invited to receive an honorary degree for .... Oh fuck it. Look a few posts back. :)
Right, I wasn't trying to disagree :lol:

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