I can't imagine how distressing that must have been. And to be forced to take such an awful, impossible decision.
Alice is right, of course, we need you in that job because if you were not there, things would go very much worse for a great many people.
And I mean that sincerely, Arthur. These are not meaningless noises of sympathy I'm mouthing. Even in her inability to speak up, your Norma Brownmiller was making a contribution by filling a chair that might otherwise have been filled by someone ready to speak vociferously in favour of the worst possible course.
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Date: 2011-06-27 10:24 pm (UTC)I can't imagine how distressing that must have been. And to be forced to take such an awful, impossible decision.
Alice is right, of course, we need you in that job because if you were not there, things would go very much worse for a great many people.
And I mean that sincerely, Arthur. These are not meaningless noises of sympathy I'm mouthing. Even in her inability to speak up, your Norma Brownmiller was making a contribution by filling a chair that might otherwise have been filled by someone ready to speak vociferously in favour of the worst possible course.
And you took the risk she could not.
I'm very grateful to you for that.