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MY RESPONSE TO WILKIE The vast majority of Israelis have hatred for the barbarity of war. It is not something that we have chosen, but have had inflicted upon us since 1948. If you have hatred for the barbarity of war, then why are your misgivings directed solely at Israel and not the palestinians? Do you honestly believe that Israel has waged war on them and their actions constitute self defence? Perhaps you can visit the following link to truly appreciate what I am saying: http://www.all4israel.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=faces David UPDATE: Wilkie responds "Thanks."

RESPONSE FROM PROFESSOR WILKIE I just received this response from Professor Wilkie: Thank you for your further comments. My hatred is for the barbarity of war, not for the Israelis in particular. I don't get applications from the countries you mention, I would also have grave misgivings about them although, as I have been taught by this episode, academic freedom means turning a blind eye to any such misgivings. I will finish by saying that if you met me, I don't think you would find me the monster that you envisage. Yours sincerely Sorry again Andrew Wilkie

PROFESSOR OF HATRED I am sure some of you of you have already read about anti-semitic Oxford professor Andrew Wilkie, who wrote the following email to an Israeli student requesting the oportunity to work in his laboratory: Dear Amit Duvshani, Thank you for contacting me, but I don't think this would work. I have a huge problem with the way that the Israelis take the moral high ground from their appalling treatment in the Holocaust, and then inflict gross human rights abuses on the Palestinians because they (the Palestinians) wish to live in their own country. I am sure that you are perfectly nice at a personal level, but no way would I take on somebody who had served in the Israeli army. As you may be aware, I am not the only UK scientist with these views but I'm sure you will find another suitable lab if you look around. Yours sincerely, Andrew Wilkie I first read about it on Yobbo's blog and immediately felt my blood pressure rising. I have since ...

NICE GUYS DON'T ALWAYS FINISH LAST A moment of on-field sportsmanship from Australian wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist has led to him being signed up to play a role in the corporate world. Gilchrist has joined foreign exchange company Travelex as a non-executive director. The company already sponsors Gilchrist but says it chose him after his decision to walk in the World Cup semifinal despite being given not out. Company chairman Lloyd Dorfman says Gilchrist has showed strong ethics in a high-pressure situation. "Here you've got a guy who is prepared to walk himself out in the critical moment in the semifinal of a World Cup tournament, and in terms of integrity I don't think you can do much better than that." (Taken from OurBrisbane.com ) Go figure....being a nice guy actually helping you climb the corporate chain. Next thing you know, politicians will be telling the truth. At any rate, way to go Gillie! I wonder if Lleyton Hewitt will be ge...

STICKS AND STONES WILL BREAK MY BONES The media generally loves to portray the middle east conflict as a battle between David (the palestinians) and Goliath (Israel). The image of the stone-throwing palestinian teenager juxtoposed against the soldier has become the weapon of choice for the left-wing media. After all, what chance does a stone throwing kid have against an M-16? One fallacy is that having big rocks thrown at your head is not liable to cause any severe damage. Try telling that to a friend of ours whose life has been irrevocably affected by such an occurrence. Another fallacy is that the palestinian teenagers only ever throw rocks. Those of us who actually live here and either serve in the army or have family and friends serving, know that these kids are involved in far more malignant activities. In many cases, their rock-throwing exploits occur in tandem with the firing of real weapons. The idea is to cause our soldiers to think twice about firing back. When ...

"TOUGH CROWD" I just read this article from The Sydney Morning Herald : Man killed for singing Sinatra off-key A 25-year-old Filipino man has been stabbed dead for singing a Frank Sinatra classic out of tune during a birthday party. Police officer Noel Albis said the victim, Casimiro Lagugad, was asked to sing Sinatra's popular song My Way during the party in the Manila suburban city of Caloocan on Sunday. "Witnesses said the suspect, Julio Tugas, 48, one of the guests and a neighbour of the victim, got irked because Lagugad was singing out of tune," Officer Albis said. "Tugas suddenly attacked the victim and stabbed him in the neck," he added. Guests rushed Mr Lagugad to the hospital, but he died while being treated. In my opinion, singing in tune is no easy task. If the assailant felt he could sing the song better, perhaps he should have taken a stab at it.

SUICIDE MISSION I know I talk alot about suicide bombers. But check this out for a suicide mission (taken from The Age, June 23 2003 ): In an unscheduled preliminary to the world heavyweight championship fight in Los Angeles, three spurned autograph seekers took on Mike Tyson in a Brooklyn hotel lobby early on Saturday. Big mistake - everybody lost. Police said the former heavyweight champ was standing in the lobby of the Marriott Hotel at 5.30am, waiting with his sister for a ride to a local airport to catch a connecting flight to the Lennox Lewis-Vitali Klitschko title fight in Los Angeles. Just then, two men and a woman returned to the hotel, drunk, after a night on the town, a police official said. When they asked the former champion for his autograph, Tyson refused and took an escalator up one level, sources said. The three followed. "There is a verbal exchange," said the official. "One of the males (later identified as Samuel Velez, 22, 162 c...