How I'd Fix Israel

[MicroBalrog]

Still waiting on something that is worse than American professors.

"The Holocaust was an environmental project."

DOES THIS NOT ANYHOW FAZE YOU?

[LadySmith]

I can't even entertain such an absurd concept.

[MicroBalrog]

I can't even entertain such an absurd concept.

This was said by a man who teaches at Tel-Aviv University to a crowd of Israeli citizens, and did not result in a riot.

[wmenorr67]

Did he actually believe this or just fishing for a response?

[MicroBalrog]

Did he actually believe this or just fishing for a response?

A very good question. He got no response. I really am not sure if he meant it.

[Perd Hapley]

Well, everyone knows that Jews are all greedy capitalists.  And everyone knows that greedy capitalists are bad for the environment.  Hey, makes sense, don't it?   

[Scout26]

Assault Wookie Suits

There's a huge market for those......expecially if they're Chee-to stain resistant.

Sorry for the thread drift.

[roo_ster]

America sucks, White people are evil and all wars were ultimately our fault.
Yes, I have a copy.

And you read it, too.

[roo_ster]

Just as there are non-American posters on this forum (Iain, me, the Norwegian fellow whose name I can't recollect) who give input on debates about Obama vs. McCain vs. Hillary, it's perfectly okay for other people to comment on Israeli politics.

Now you done it!

Conflating Swedes & Nords, a sure-fire way to see the herring hit the fan.

FWIW, I have a colleague of Norwegian heritage from Minnesota with a rather serious bias against Swedes. 

As Dave Barry writes, "I am not making this up."

[Manedwolf]

Just as there are non-American posters on this forum (Iain, me, the Norwegian fellow whose name I can't recollect) who give input on debates about Obama vs. McCain vs. Hillary, it's perfectly okay for other people to comment on Israeli politics.

Now you done it!

Conflating Swedes & Nords, a sure-fire way to see the herring hit the fan.

FWIW, I have a colleague of Norwegian heritage from Minnesota with a rather serious bias against Swedes. 

As Dave Barry writes, "I am not making this up."

That's an even quicker way to cause a bar brawl than arguing the spelling of "whiskey" vs. "whisky" in the wrong country.

[taurusowner]

Well then Balrog, as an Israeli citizen I would say you've got your work cut out for you.  Time to spend less time debating American politics with mostly Americans on the internet and start some serious work in your country.  Good luck

[MicroBalrog]

Well then Balrog, as an Israeli citizen I would say you've got your work cut out for you.  Time to spend less time debating American politics with mostly Americans on the internet and start some serious work in your country.  Good luck

I vote, volunteer, and write for various outlets. And besides, if everything works out right, I'm going to be leaving in fall 2009. And this country has no voting rights for expat citizens.

[SomeKid]

Still waiting on something that is worse than American professors.

"The Holocaust was an environmental project."

DOES THIS NOT ANYHOW FAZE YOU?

We have professors who don't think it even happened, debate whether it was really bad if it did, or who wish Hitler had gone further. Like I said, still waiting on something worse than what American college professors profess.

[LadySmith]

This was said by a man who teaches at Tel-Aviv University to a crowd of Israeli citizens, and did not result in a riot.

Now I'm not sure which disturbs me more: the comment or the lack of a reaction. 

We have professors who don't think it even happened, debate whether it was really bad if it did, or who wish Hitler had gone further.

I just might go back to college in the hope of running across such a professor.
It would probably be more fun than when I found myself in classes with instructors who parroted anti-gun propaganda. 

[SomeKid]

LS, I think one of the Colorado campuses has such a professor. I forget the scumbags name, but he has said such lines as: (Referring to the 9/11 victims) "Little Eichmens getting what they deserve"

Ward Churchill. Finally remembered the name. I think he may have been fired because he lied on his application, claiming to be an Indian.

[LadySmith]

SomeKid, I remember some of the controversy about that guy.
To quote Bugs Bunny..."What a maroon."

[Perd Hapley]

Churchill was fired for "research misconduct," but he indeed appears to have lied about his ancestry, as well as inflating his military experience. 

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2007/jul/25/cu-regents-fire-ward-churchill/

http://www.nationalreview.com/hanson/hanson200503240801.asp

[RevDisk]

Still waiting on something that is worse than American professors.

"The Holocaust was an environmental project."

DOES THIS NOT ANYHOW FAZE YOU?

I wouldn't be fazed for the same reason I wouldn't be fazed by a nutter ranting about alien bases on the moon.  If someone is quite obviously insane, it's best to nod a lot and inch the hand towards your weapon as you move towards the exit.  Reading your brief description, the guy is an obvious nutter.

I'd say you have an excellent grasp on the realities of your current government.  Folks on this side of the pond don't get why I like Israelis so much and why I think their government is completely bonkers.  Socialist militaristic theocracies kinda do that to me.  But to each their own.

[MicroBalrog]

Of course, there is a reason I am collecting recommendations and studying for the GRE, RevDisk.

[RevDisk]

Of course, there is a reason I am collecting recommendations and studying for the GRE, RevDisk.

Yea, you had meantioned about wanting to do stuff here in the States.  What's the plan?  You want to move over here permanently, or just for XYZ?

[MicroBalrog]

Hopefully Ph. D. first, then leave the country (if I understand correctly, the law mandates that), and then come back after a few months to apply for citizenship, and seek a job in academia.