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Professor [who else, but Dershowitz?] plumbs new depths

There are many, including this MPS, who regard Alan Dershowitz an absolute disgrace - not only for some of the views he spews [he doesn't articulate!] but his behaviour, which reflects badly on the lawyers, the Harvard Law School, where he "teaches" and Jews generally. And that isn't to forget that it has been established that he is a plagiarist.

Now, Dershowitz has plumbed new depths in hisaccusations levelled at Nobel Peace Prize winner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu. IOL reports:

"Tutu is a bigot and a racist," said Derschowitz about the Nobel Peace Prize winning South African archbishop. He is "blind, deaf and dumb when it comes to issues of Israel".

So, there you have it! Of all the people who might be "attacked" the professor goes for Tutu. Check out Tutu's criticism of Israel here.

On the subject of bigotry and racism, Irfan Yusf, writing in newmaltilda in "Does One Moron Really Ruin The Whole Conference?" rightly says that racism is alive and well, and not just in Iran. It's also pretty big in Israel and Australia. We need to get over Ahmadinejad's rant and seize opportunities like Durban II to fight it.

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