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So as some of you know I go to MSU. Theres a professor here who is I've personally felt really uncomfortable around because he always seemed a bit nuts. One of his rules (in a university mind you) would be no baseball hats.....no cell phones (even on vibrate). A few times he heard some kids phones vibrate and gave them a HUGE lecture infront of everyone and a stare of death. So anyway one day.....he starts up these talks about "the west" you know...how we should learn this history of "The west!" in science. Im all for history so I didnt put too much thought into that at the moment.
Come to find out he sent a letter several years ago to the Muslim Student organization here on campus when they wanted to protest the Danish Cartoons. Its up on a number of websites. Heres one link http://lighthousepatriotjournal.wordpress.com/2006/06/28/myth-buster-professor-indrek-wichman-speaks-out/
Dear Moslem Association:
As a professor of Mechanical Engineering here at MSU I intend to protest your protest. I am offended not by cartoons, but by more mundane things like beheadings of civilians, cowardly attacks on public buildings, suicide murders, murders of Catholic priests (the latest in Turkey!), burnings of Christian churches, the continued persecution of Coptic Christians in Egypt, the imposition of Sharia law on non-Muslims, the rapes of Scandinavian girls and women (called “whores” in your culture), the murder of film directors in Holland, and the rioting and looting in Paris France.
This is what offends me, a soft-spoken person and academic, and many, many, many of my colleagues. I counsel you dissatisfied, aggressive, brutal, and uncivilized slave-trading Moslems to be very aware of this as you proceeded with your infantile “protests.” If you do not like the values of the West — see the 1st Amendment — you are free to leave.
I hope for God’s sake that most of you choose that option.
Please return to your ancestral homelands and build them up yourselves instead of troubling Americans.
How fucking LOL is that? To a student organization? I knew something about this guy was off the moment I met him. Hes not one of those redneck Americans either which makes it more scary. I swear hes one of the most uncomfortable people Ive been around like I wouldn't be surprised if he brought a gun in one day.
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Don't take his classes then. I know that is probably not an option, so maybe you could talk to your university guidance counselor and they can get you into a different class with a different teacher.
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Crazy profs are at every school. This one, I must agree, is a little further from the rocker than most.
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Wtf? That is fucked up. I wonder if my friend who went to MSU and is an engineer had him. o.O
Edit: my friend said his craziness is pretty well known and that they even talked about him in his EE Ethics class lol.
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How is this prof still holding his job.
Wichman says he never intended the e-mail to be made public, and wouldn’t have used the same strong language if he’d known it was going to get out.
lol, gtfo.
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This is like that prof out west who says the holocaust never happened O.o
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He doesn't seem that crazy to me.. maybe he's just too opinionated and racist?
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Hey I went to MSU for Electrical Engineering undergrad, ive never seen this guy in all my years in that building. But I know even my professors avoided him because he wasnt a pleasant guy. We talked about this in an ethics class I had.
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This one's messed up...
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Don't take his classes, please. Show him what he's doing wrong. :/
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There are a LOT of people with rightwing conservative views in this country who are not anything near king of the hill status. The stereotype concerning the midwest is somewhat absurd; intelligent, contributing members of society can have absolutely retarded political standpoints, too.
P.S. Stop making fun of texas :<
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i guess i'm pretty lucky not to have a weirdo teacher/professer during my school years
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although that letter is a bit uh, bizzare, i 100% agree with no baseball hats or cell phones, both are incredibly rude
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Hm I was hesitant to write something at first because I don't think he's crazy and I would disagree with what seems to be everyone's interpretation of the emails meaning. Until his last few sentences he was making some good points in what I think he was trying to get across. He was attacking their religion and the violence it has promoted, while they protest a f***ing cartoon when the members of their religion threaten to kill someone if they so much as draw a cartoon of the prophet muhammad.
I share his frustration in that networks are afraid to show pictures of muhammad in cartoons or whatever, I thought this country promoted free speech, we shouldn't live in fear of retribution from any religiosity.
So I may be wrong in what he meant, but I read it numerous times and to me its more of an attack on the muslim faith/religion and the fundamentals of free speech. He certainly could have done a better job wording and expressing himself, especially to a student organization, but other than the last few sentences he has a point.
full disclosure i am a non-believer not a christian if someone wonders that after what i wrote.
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Neither the behavior you described or the letter he wrote seem to be that outlandish.
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There's professors like this from all sides of the political spectrum. All of them should lose their jobs.
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I dont think he should lose his job or anything. Hes just a nut. If you guys knew him youd probably read the letter with a different tone. Hes seems totally capable of snapping at any moment.
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Snet
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I don't see anything wrong with his letter.
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The only crazy professor I had for a class was actually pretty cool :p
Anyways, that sucks for you though. Just get him to retire >.>
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