London University apologizes for map with no Israel
From Eye on the World:New Middle East research center at London School of Economics, sponsored by UAE, has map of the Middle East that has Beirut and the Gaza Strip but no Israel.
(JPost) LONDON – A prestigious British university apologized on Thursday for using a map of the Middle East without Israel in an article in one of its publications.HOW DO SUCH "PRODUCTION OVERSIGHTS" HAPPEN?
The alumni magazine of the London School of Economics, LSE Connect, published a story about the school’s new Middle East research center with a map of the Middle East that had Beirut and the Gaza Strip but no Israel.
In the article, it said that the creation of the center was made possible because of the support of two organizations from the United Arab Emirates. The Emirates Foundation for Philanthropy and the Aman Trust contributed £9.2 million.
“I am outraged that a leading London university institution can falsify reality in this way; is it really necessary to resort to this kind of chicanery in order to placate your Arab donors? Has LSE no academic integrity left? I am ashamed to call myself a graduate,” a former LSE student said in a letter to the publication’s editor.
In a statement, LSE apologized for the error, saying it was a production oversight and that it did not come from the Middle East Center.
THEY HAPPEN BECAUSE UNIVERSITIES GET THEIR INFORMATION ON THE MIDDLE EAST FROM PEOPLE WHO PUT THEIR POLITICS ABOVE THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH.
THE BUSINESS OF A UNIVERSITY IS TO TEACH STUDENTS TO LEARN THROUGH THE PROCESS OF LOGIC, REASON, AND THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD.
IF UNIVERSITIES ARE EMPLOYING PROFESSORS WHO ARE WILLING TO JETTISON LOGIC, REASON, AND THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD, THEN THEY ARE NO LONGER SERVING THE FUNCTION FOR WHICH THEY EXIST, AND OUGHT NO LONGER BE CONSIDERED INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, BUT OUGHT BE, INSTEAD, CALLED POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS.
5 comments:
Pastorius,
Well at least they corrected this oversight.
There was no oversight - this was a blind attempt to appease.
All pisslamic schools in America have such a map. It's been reported before, but I don't know if anyone was successful in getting them to change it?
American Rose,
Unfortunate, I doubt anyone has been successful in getting them to change those maps unfortunately. To even admit that Israel exists for them would be tantamount to admitting that Israel has a right to exist. But there is a small bright side to all this. Whenever someone tries to argue for the two state solution, point out the existence of these maps to them.
It was an accident. Last map was missing England. The one before that the old Confederate South in the US.
Oversight. My asp.
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