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Einstein was right about Israel
2012-04-05
Invoking Einstein while beating the dead horse of apartheid.
How very collegiate.
A letter written in 1929 and a modern Jewish resident of Pretoria, who clearly was not the subject of an extensive interview. The columnist really knows how to pick his sources.
Posted by:Besoeker

#5  Funny how in the late 20's Einstein thought the two great semetic peoples could get along and a couple of then suddenly he's coming up with theories that helped the creation of the A-bomb. Perhaps he got a closer look at the attitudes of one of those two great semetic people who sided with the Nazis as fast as they could.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2012-04-05 21:58  

#4  He was not the best friend Jews ever had.
Posted by: newc   2012-04-05 16:22  

#3  The demands for restitution will head towards infinity. The actual payments will head towards zero.
Posted by: Frozen Al   2012-04-05 12:41  

#2  quintessential elements of perpetual restitution.

According to Einstein's Relativity, as we go faster and faster into the future, restitution should either go to zero or infinity. I'm not sure which (but I do have an intuition).
Posted by: SteveS   2012-04-05 12:02  

#1  Nineteenth century slavery and twentieth century apartheid, duel origins of global evil and quintessential elements of perpetual restitution.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-04-05 09:15  

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