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Otago Daily Times
December 31, 2003
University degree
Letter to
the Editor
by Suzanne George, Dunedin
I feel the University of Otago Council and external examiners should come
under greater public and taxpayer scrutiny for awarding a doctor of
literature degree to Lynley Hood for "special excellence in . . social
or historial knowledge", one of three unnamed external examiners
suggesting the degree be awarded on A
City Possessed alone (ODT, 12.12.03).
I strongly question Ms Hood's biased view, based on my reading of her book. I
readily found what I regard as discrepancies in her research, apparent deeply
offensive bias and inhumanity towards her own gender and sexually abused
childsren, the main academic failure being to acknowledge the discovery of a
child sex ring operating in both Christchurch
and Dunedin
in 1984.
It seems anyone who fails to be "enlightened" by Ms Hood's tome is
told they either have not read the book, or are misrepresenting its contents,
or she does not bother to reply.
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