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Re: Background information
It is pitty to find wrong icons in scientific fields just because they say
what science does not but comply with people fear of unknown.
Khalid Aleissa
----- Original Message -----
From: "Franz Schönhofer" <franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT>
To: "'Monica Oosting'" <monica.oosting@zircatec.ca>; "'Radsafe'"
<radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 11:50 PM
Subject: AW: Background information
> Monica,
>
> I do not know the person, but I might guess something from his name:
> "Durakovic" is a typical slavic name as used most probably in Serbia,
> Montenegro, Bosnia or in Kosovo. His first name "Asaf" seems to me to be
> a muslim name, so that I would cautiously trace his roots to Kosovo or
> Montenegro. On the other hand he might be as well an American citizen,
> child of immigrants.
> --------
> I paused for about two minutes and had a look on Google myself - and
> what I found within those two minutes including opening and closing
> Google is dozens of hits for this name, all in connection with clearly
> anti-DU-issues. (Anti-DU is not necessarily the same as anti-nuclear.)
> Since the presentation is entitled "Uranium and Health" you can imagine
> what to expect, but you could of course visit the sites mentioned in
> Google and draw your conclusions. I just wonder, how long it takes you
> to "perform a quick google search"!!!
>
> Regarding your remark on "what Robert Kennedy Jr. said": Whatever this
> person said or Putin or Chirac or Schroeder or Mao Tse Tung or Clinton
> or or or or: It is politics, should never be taken serious and the
> "opinion" of politicians change within a second if they think it is
> favourable for them and they do not have the slightest problem to
> explain suasively why now everything is different. We even had about
> twenty years ago a case in Austria when a prominent anti-nuclear member
> of parliament voted for the opening of the moth-balled nuclear power
> plant at Zwentendorf, simply because his party was advocating it.
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> Franz Schoenhofer
> PhD, MR iR
> Habicherg. 31/7
> A-1160 Vienna
> AUSTRIA
> phone -43-0699-1168-1319
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---
>
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu [mailto:owner-
> > radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu] Im Auftrag von Monica Oosting
> > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 09. Dezember 2004 20:53
> > An: Radsafe
> > Betreff: Background information
> >
> > Good Day Everyone
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone has heard of Dr. Asaf Durakovic. Tomorrow
> night
> > he is giving a presentation entitled "Uranium & Health" in Port Hope,
> > Ontario. We have a few very active anti-nuclear groups in the area
> and I
> > am
> > not sure if he was invited by one of those groups. I am just now
> doing a
> > quick google search to try and determine if this presentation will be
> anti
> > focused or a fair representation. If anyone has any previous
> experience
> > with him, please provide a quick overview of what I may expect.
> >
> > BTW some of you may be interested by the website of one of our anti
> > groups.
> > They reference an interview with Robert Kennedy Jr. where he states:
> > "Port
> > Hope has been called upon to make itself the national sacrifice zone
> for
> > Canada. The question Canadians have to ask themselves is how much are
> we
> > going to allow the people of Port Hope to bargain about the destiny of
> > their
> > community."
> >
> > Check it out if you get a chance.
> >
> > ph-fare.com
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any feedback.
> >
> > Monica
> > monica.oosting@zircatec.ca
> >
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