Talk:Manhattanville controversy
How is the Expansion a Scandal??Absentminded 22:00, 19 March 2007 (EDT)
- That really depends on who you ask. I'm pretty sure an opponent of it would brand it a scandal. Feinstein 23:46, 19 March 2007 (EDT)
- The expansion plan itself isnt a scandal, however, it is controversial, and there's a difference. A 'scandal' (using the term broadly) would be the various embarrassing episodes chronicled by the Spectator along the way. Absentminded 23:57, 19 March 2007 (EDT)
- I don't necessarily disagree with you, but in common currency, the word is used to characterize a wide variety of situations. If you asked me, I call most of the incidents surrounding this 'contretemps.' Feinstein 00:07, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
- The expansion plan itself isnt a scandal, however, it is controversial, and there's a difference. A 'scandal' (using the term broadly) would be the various embarrassing episodes chronicled by the Spectator along the way. Absentminded 23:57, 19 March 2007 (EDT)
