Nobel Prize is racist!

[ThePresence]

At least according to this dude.

From Memri.
You can to the site and click on the video, the bottom one.
Or you can click here.

 

[TheWart]

yea, I saw this earlier today...laughable if this guy wasn't considered a "respected" authority.

Here is a link to a series of excerpts from the video:
http://vwt.d2g.com:8081/2006/11/ive_been_waiting_years_for_thi.html#more

My personal favorite excerpt is this:

Are we Arabs not included in the transfer of the scientific genetic code? We, the descendants of Al-Khawarizmi, Al-Jahez, Al-Razi, Avicenna, and Ibn Al-Haytham ? are we all born idiots? Is there not a single scientist among us? Are we not included in the genetic code? Is intelligence not transferred down among us Arabs?

Interviewer: Scientific creativity occurs in freedom and democracy, brother.

Samir 'Ubeid: Democracy does not explain how it was awarded to 167 Jews, from among those 15 million scattered around the world, while abandoning 1.5 billion Chinese, a billion Indians, and 380 million Arabs. This is racism.

Coming in at a close second for most ridiculous comment:

Samir 'Ubeid: If you are a traitor to your country, and a heretic, who curses his Prophet, you deserve a Nobel Prize.

Can I get a "lol"

 

[jman19]

Originally posted by: TheWart
yea, I saw this earlier today...laughable if this guy wasn't considered a "respected" authority.

Here is a link to a series of excerpts from the video:
http://vwt.d2g.com:8081/2006/11/ive_been_waiting_years_for_thi.html#more

My personal favorite excerpt is this:

Are we Arabs not included in the transfer of the scientific genetic code? We, the descendants of Al-Khawarizmi, Al-Jahez, Al-Razi, Avicenna, and Ibn Al-Haytham ? are we all born idiots? Is there not a single scientist among us? Are we not included in the genetic code? Is intelligence not transferred down among us Arabs?

Interviewer: Scientific creativity occurs in freedom and democracy, brother.

Samir 'Ubeid: Democracy does not explain how it was awarded to 167 Jews, from among those 15 million scattered around the world, while abandoning 1.5 billion Chinese, a billion Indians, and 380 million Arabs. This is racism.

Can I get a "lol"

You know how it is, with all of that free thinking and funding going on in those parts of the world (historically).

 

[TheWart]

Originally posted by: jman19

Originally posted by: TheWart
yea, I saw this earlier today...laughable if this guy wasn't considered a "respected" authority.

Here is a link to a series of excerpts from the video:
http://vwt.d2g.com:8081/2006/11/ive_been_waiting_years_for_thi.html#more

My personal favorite excerpt is this:

Are we Arabs not included in the transfer of the scientific genetic code? We, the descendants of Al-Khawarizmi, Al-Jahez, Al-Razi, Avicenna, and Ibn Al-Haytham ? are we all born idiots? Is there not a single scientist among us? Are we not included in the genetic code? Is intelligence not transferred down among us Arabs?

Interviewer: Scientific creativity occurs in freedom and democracy, brother.

Samir 'Ubeid: Democracy does not explain how it was awarded to 167 Jews, from among those 15 million scattered around the world, while abandoning 1.5 billion Chinese, a billion Indians, and 380 million Arabs. This is racism.

Can I get a "lol"

You know how it is, with all of that free thinking and funding going on in those parts of the world (historically).

THat is the really depressing aspect...I mean for hundreds of years the Islamic empire produced the most cutting edge scientific, medical, philosophical, and religous texts of the day. Yet some of the leaders in that part of the world today wish to pretend that nothing secular (read: evil) ever came out of dar al-islam.

 

[ThePresence]

Bump for more discussion.

 

[BD2003]

You cannot fight racism with more racism.

While politics has always played a role in the nobel prize, there has been little nobel prize worthy science or peace coming from that region for quite some time.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: BD2003
You cannot fight racism with more racism.

That would be admitting that his charges are correct, and racisim is involved.

While politics has always played a role in the nobel prize, there has been little nobel prize worthy science or peace coming from that region for quite some time.

True. And while politics certainly plays a role that should not be confused with racism.

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: BD2003
You cannot fight racism with more racism.

That would be admitting that his charges are correct, and racisim is involved.

Not quite. He's fairly out of his mind. I say that only because his tactics are counter-productive to his own message.

While politics has always played a role in the nobel prize, there has been little nobel prize worthy science or peace coming from that region for quite some time.

True. And while politics certainly plays a role that should not be confused with racism.[/quote]

When international politics comes into play, it can most certainly become a question of race. Many deserving candidates got shafted because they were from the wrong place at the wrong time.