Tuesday, December 12, 2006
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I never get invited to the cool conferences
A perennial fear that plagues aspiring policy wonks and scholars is the concept that they will be shut out from all the high-powered conferences and projects that are going on in their field. I thought I was over that fear, but, gosh darn it, I didn't get the invite to this cool conference in Tehran that's "debating" the Holocaust. I mean, this keynote speech by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad looks like a killer: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday told delegates at an international conference questioning the Holocaust that Israel's days were numbered.Apparently, some students were not too keen to hear this message, according to the Scotsman's Michael Theodoulou: A conference of the world's most prominent Holocaust deniers opened in Iran yesterday amid international condemnation and protests by dozens of Iranian students, who burned pictures of president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and chanted "death to the dictator".Hmmm... embarrassing does seem to be a word that keeps cropping up about this conference. posted by Dan on 12.12.06 at 01:36 PM Comments: Wow, nobody will touch this post with a ten foot pole. That says something, though I am not sure what. posted by: Mitchell Young on 12.12.06 at 01:36 PM [permalink]If it makes you feel better, Dan, next year's conference will be about how genocide is not happening in Darfur, and how the campaign to stop it is all a Zionist plot. posted by: Zathras on 12.12.06 at 01:36 PM [permalink]Let me pose another question, since this discussion hasn't really taken flight. Despite the millions of words devoted to the topic, are there any aspects of the Holocaust which would provide interesting fodder for academic inquiry but which are not explored due to the sensitive nature of the subject? In other words, could there be any merit to the claim that certain avenues of study have not been pursued (and in fact could not be pursued) within Europe or North America? posted by: &chik on 12.12.06 at 01:36 PM [permalink]The Los Angeles Times had an great editorial on the Tehran Holocaust Denial Conference today. The editors note that denying the Holocaust deligitimizes Israel and works to propel backing for Iran's effort to wipe Israel off the map. Interesting comments from the Times, whose editors have shown some backbone in recent foreign policy commentaries. Check out www.latimes.com. posted by: Donald Douglas on 12.12.06 at 01:36 PM [permalink]The Los Angeles Times had an great editorial on the Tehran Holocaust Denial Conference today. The editors note that denying the Holocaust deligitimizes Israel and works to propel backing for Iran's effort to wipe Israel off the map. Interesting comments from the Times, whose editors have shown some backbone in recent foreign policy commentaries. Check out www.latimes.com. posted by: Donald Douglas on 12.12.06 at 01:36 PM [permalink]Today's Los Angeles Times had a nice editorial denouncing the Tehran conference. Delegitimizing Israel helps propel Tehran's efforts to wipe the Jewish state off the map. The Times editors have shown some backbone in recent foreign policy commentaries. posted by: Donald Douglas on 12.12.06 at 01:36 PM [permalink]I'm worried that fruitloop is going to get a nuke and nuke Israel. "Wipe off the map" + nukes = kaboom. posted by: h on 12.12.06 at 01:36 PM [permalink]Post a Comment: |
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