Comments on: Vernon Barger: perspectives on neutrino physics http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/05/22/vernon-barger-perspectives-on-neutrino-physics/ private thoughts of a physicist and chessplayer Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:50:26 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: dorigo http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/05/22/vernon-barger-perspectives-on-neutrino-physics/#comment-97601 dorigo Mon, 26 May 2008 13:00:20 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1265#comment-97601 Dear Paulie, I was going to delete your comments, because of your apologetic views on nazi germany in another thread and because of their irrelevance to the post above. On a second thought, I will leave them there. After all, they are not offensive. Only, try to comment on the matter which is discussed if you are able to. Cheers, T. Dear Paulie,

I was going to delete your comments, because of your apologetic views on nazi germany in another thread and because of their irrelevance to the post above. On a second thought, I will leave them there. After all, they are not offensive. Only, try to comment on the matter which is discussed if you are able to.

Cheers,
T.

]]> By: Paulie http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/05/22/vernon-barger-perspectives-on-neutrino-physics/#comment-97599 Paulie Mon, 26 May 2008 12:49:39 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1265#comment-97599 ITALY Just before World War II started in Europe, Italy invaded the almost defenceless country of Ethiopia (Abyssinia) in October 1935. It was a brutal and ruthless invasion in which a form of mustard gas was used for the first time since the Great War of 1914-1918. On February 19/20, 1937, Mussolini's Blackshirt Fascists committed a series of particularly senseless massacres on the Ethiopian people. In Addis Ababa, (which was captured in May, 1936 and liberated in April, 1941 by the British) a bomb was thrown towards a table around which General Graziani and number of Italian officers were seated. No one was killed but after a moments silence one of the officers fired his revolver into a group of Ethiopian civilians seated at a table nearby in the courtyard of the Palace. The Italian Carabinieri then followed suit and in the melee that followed over 300 Ethiopians lay dead in the courtyard and around the Palace. The corpses were then robbed of all valuables and money. Houses nearby were set on fire and burned well into the night and next day. Over the next three days at least three thousand Ethiopians were killed by rampaging gangs of fascist soldiers. During the Italian invasion around 275,000 Ethiopians were killed, 17,800 of whom were killed by bombing. According to Ethiopian sources a total of 670,000 Ethiopians lost their lives during the entire Italian occupation. For this and other atrocities committed by fascist troops in Africa and the Balkans, no Italian was ever prosecuted for war crimes. As one author states "There was no 'Nuremberg' for Italian war criminals". (Ethiopia declared war on Italy, Germany and Japan on December 1, 1942). ITALY
Just before World War II started in Europe, Italy invaded the almost defenceless country of Ethiopia (Abyssinia) in October 1935. It was a brutal and ruthless invasion in which a form of mustard gas was used for the first time since the Great War of 1914-1918. On February 19/20, 1937, Mussolini’s Blackshirt Fascists committed a series of particularly senseless massacres on the Ethiopian people. In Addis Ababa, (which was captured in May, 1936 and liberated in April, 1941 by the British) a bomb was thrown towards a table around which General Graziani and number of Italian officers were seated. No one was killed but after a moments silence one of the officers fired his revolver into a group of Ethiopian civilians seated at a table nearby in the courtyard of the Palace. The Italian Carabinieri then followed suit and in the melee that followed over 300 Ethiopians lay dead in the courtyard and around the Palace. The corpses were then robbed of all valuables and money. Houses nearby were set on fire and burned well into the night and next day. Over the next three days at least three thousand Ethiopians were killed by rampaging gangs of fascist soldiers. During the Italian invasion around 275,000 Ethiopians were killed, 17,800 of whom were killed by bombing. According to Ethiopian sources a total of 670,000 Ethiopians lost their lives during the entire Italian occupation. For this and other atrocities committed by fascist troops in Africa and the Balkans, no Italian was ever prosecuted for war crimes. As one author states “There was no ‘Nuremberg’ for Italian war criminals”. (Ethiopia declared war on Italy, Germany and Japan on December 1, 1942).

]]> By: Paulie http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/05/22/vernon-barger-perspectives-on-neutrino-physics/#comment-97598 Paulie Mon, 26 May 2008 12:41:35 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1265#comment-97598 The Italian Inquisition In 1542, Pope Paul III established the Roman Inquisition in Italy to counter Protestantism in that country. At first the Roman Inquisition restricted itself to persecuting intellectuals who questioned either interpretations of the Bible or parts of the Bible itself, and in 1559, it produced an Index of Forbidden Books - a list of mainly pagan works which contradicted the Christian world view (many of these were scientific treaties, but the index went on to include the work of scientists such as Galileo in 1633, who dared to publish a work saying that the earth was not the center of the universe and was only a planet rotating round the sun.) Galileo's work contradicted the Biblical Old Testament story of a battle which lasted so long that the Israelites had asked God to make the day longer so they could kill all their foes, and, according to the scriptures, God duly "stopped the sun" to prolong the daylight hours - proof, the church held, that the sun revolved around the earth and not vice versa. Joshua 10, (v12, 13) states ".. Sun stand thou still upon Gibeon . . . . And the sun stood still in the midst of heaven . . " The Index of Forbidden Books - called the Index Liborurm Prohibitorum - was continuously published by the Catholics until 1966, when it was quietly dropped. GIORDANO BRUNO The Italian Inquisition

In 1542, Pope Paul III established the Roman Inquisition in Italy to counter Protestantism in that country. At first the Roman Inquisition restricted itself to persecuting intellectuals who questioned either interpretations of the Bible or parts of the Bible itself, and in 1559, it produced an Index of Forbidden Books – a list of mainly pagan works which contradicted the Christian world view (many of these were scientific treaties, but the index went on to include the work of scientists such as Galileo in 1633, who dared to publish a work saying that the earth was not the center of the universe and was only a planet rotating round the sun.)

Galileo’s work contradicted the Biblical Old Testament story of a battle which lasted so long that the Israelites had asked God to make the day longer so they could kill all their foes, and, according to the scriptures, God duly “stopped the sun” to prolong the daylight hours – proof, the church held, that the sun revolved around the earth and not vice versa.

Joshua 10, (v12, 13) states “.. Sun stand thou still upon Gibeon . . . . And the sun stood still in the midst of heaven . . ”

The Index of Forbidden Books – called the Index Liborurm Prohibitorum – was continuously published by the Catholics until 1966, when it was quietly dropped.

GIORDANO BRUNO

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]]> By: dorigo http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/05/22/vernon-barger-perspectives-on-neutrino-physics/#comment-97524 dorigo Fri, 23 May 2008 03:40:34 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1265#comment-97524 Ok, sorry - I corrected the problem. My latex is fine, the interpreter isn't... Cheers, T. Ok, sorry – I corrected the problem. My latex is fine, the interpreter isn’t…

Cheers,
T.

]]> By: Kea http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/05/22/vernon-barger-perspectives-on-neutrino-physics/#comment-97519 Kea Fri, 23 May 2008 01:41:52 +0000 http://dorigo.wordpress.com/?p=1265#comment-97519 No, I have the same problem. No, I have the same problem.

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