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| Nobelist protests lack of Israeli speakers at chemistry conference in Jordan |
| 2010-08-31 |
| Roald Hoffmann was invited to speak and to organize a workshop for young scientists, noticed no Israelis wanted. After trying unsuccessfully to work behind the scenes, he is now asking the sponsoring organization and invited speakers to boycott the conference. |
| Posted by:Snaviger Snase3322 |
| #2 Now, seriously, I didn't realize there were any young scientists in Jordan..... and anyhow I think Chemistry is considered un-islamic ( with the exception of "explosives 101") by the bunch of religious idiots pulling the strings of the "Prince Abdallah" puppet. |
| Posted by: Elder of Zion 2010-08-31 17:49 |
| #1 Make a change for academics to be overtly anti-anti-semitic, rather than anti-semitic, but then it seems unlikely Prof Hoffman isn't Jewish himself, albeit not the self-loathing type. "'It's extremely frustrating for everybody,' says Bernd Rode, one of the conference's founders and a chemist at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. Even if nothing else is done, Rode says, conference organizers will hold a panel discussion at the meeting to allow participants to discuss the issue thoroughly." That'll be the cue for the frothy-mouthed anti-semitism. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2010-08-31 11:33 |