Piled High and Deep
Posted by David Darlington on 17 December 2006 | 4 responses
As an addendum to my story on the Holocaust deniers conference in Iran, it seems that one of the alleged scholars participating, former KKK-er David Duke, has been awarded the PhD in history from the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management (MAUP), based in the Ukraine. The MAUP, founded in 1989 and enrolling 50,000 students, has a history of supporting anti-Semitic and racist individuals and causes, according to its wikipedia article. “Dr.” Duke’s dissertation was entitled, “Zionism as a Form of Ethnic Supremacism.”
Racism has got to be one of the more unusual self-designed majors, I must say.
(hat tip to Ralph Luker)
4 Responses to “Piled High and Deep”
I assume you’re referencing the old joke-we all know what BS stands for, an MS stands for More of the Same and a PhD is Piled High and Deep.
I worked in the grad dorm cafeteria (Owen Hall-when you get out, you’re really Owen) at Michigan State; I nicknamed the large ice cream cone the PHD.
Of course, if you want it not just deep and high, but deep_er_ and high_er_, you have to go to…
http://www.phdcomics.com/
The Iranian public appears to have tired of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Holocaust Denier Conferences, and his pronouncements on Israel and nuclear weapons, judging by last week’s election results for municipal councils across Iran. Of course, growing unemployment probably had lots to do with that, too. But it looks like his grip’s slipping.
Dukes actions are hardly a fringe anymore.
Take a look at Richard Dawkins latest tome, where he argues that Judaism pomotes genocide. (His word), p. 256.
Ironic words from a leading atheist calling for toleration of atheism but intolerance toward religion.