From: Howard Engelskirchen (hengels@ZOOM-DSL.COM)
Date: Tue Apr 29 2003 - 15:20:34 EDT
> > > http://www.onlinejournal.com/Commentary/042503Amit/042503amit.html > The building world boycott of the US > Eminent physicist refuses to review American colleagues' papers > > Reprinted April 25, 2003 > > Dr. Daniel Amit: "What we are watching today, I believe, is a > culmination of 10-15 years of mounting barbarism of the American culture > the world over, crowned by the achievements of science and technology as > a major weapon of mass destruction." > > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 6:11 AM > Subject: Review_request AMIT EA8932 > > Dr. Daniel Amit > Univ. di Roma > La Sapienza > Ple Aldo Moro 2 > 00185 Roma, ITALY > Electronic URL-Download Referral from Physical Review E > Code: EA8932 > > Title: Transitions in oscillatory dynamics of two connected neurons with > excitatory synapses > Received 08 January 2003 > > Dear Dr. Amit: > > We would appreciate your review of this manuscript, which has been > Submitted to Physical Review E. This message is the COMPLETE REFERRAL. > No hardcopy will be sent unless requested. > ------------------------------ > From: "Daniel Amit" <daniel.amit@roma1.infn.it> > To: "Physical Review E" <pre@ridge.aps.org> > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 6:11 PM > Subject: Re: Review_request AMIT EA8932 Roudi > > I will not at this point correspond with any american institution. > > Some of us have lived through 1939. > ------------------------------ > From: "martin blume" <blume@aps.org> > To: <daniel.amit@roma1.infn.it>; > <damita@green.fiz.huji.ac.il> > Subject: your email to the American Physical Society > Date: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 10:31 PM > > Dear Dr. Amit, > We have received your email with your decision not to review a paper > for us in light of American actions in the middle east. We recognize > that > reviewing manuscripts is a voluntary activity, one that you perform as a > service to the physics community, and we thank you for your efforts. > > Given the voluntary nature of your participation we of course respect > your decision to cease, and have made an indication in our database so > that > no further papers will be sent to you for review until you inform us > otherwise. > > We ask, however, that you consider the following in hopes that in the > not too distant future you will decide to review for us again. We regard > > science as an international enterprise and we do our best to put aside > political disagreements in the interest of furthering the pursuit of > scientific matters. > > We have never used other than scientific criteria in judging the > acceptability of a paper for publication, without regard to the country > of origin of the author. We have done this even in cases where some of > us > have disagreed strongly with the policies of that country, and we will > continue this practice. We believe it is essential that all parties > involved make every effort to separate social and political differences > from their > participation in scientific research and publication. The pursuit of > scientific knowledge needs to transcend such issues. > > Sincerely, > Martin Blume > Editor-in-Chief > ------------------------------ > Dear Dr Blume, Editor in Chief > American Physical Society > 09.04.2003 > > Thank you for you letter of April 8. I would have liked to be able to > Share the honorable sentiments you express in your letter as well as > your > Optimism in the future role of science and the scientific community. To > be > frank, and with much sadness and pain, after 40 years of activity and > collaboration, I find very little reason for such optimism. What we are > watching today, I believe, is a culmination of 10-15 years of mounting > barbarism of the American culture the world over, crowned by the > achievements of science and technology as a major weapon of mass > destruction. > > We are witnessing man hunt and wanton killing of the type and scale not > seen since the raids on American Indian populations, by a superior > technological power of inferior culture and values. We see no corrective > force to restore the insanity, the self-righteousness and the lack of > respect for human life (civilian and military) of another race. > > Science cannot stay neutral, especially after it has been so cynically > used in the hands of the inspectors to disarm a country and prepare it > for > decimation by laser guided cluster bombs. No, science of the American > variety has no recourse. I, personally, cannot see myself anymore > sharing a common human community with American science. Unfortunately, I > also belong to a culture of a similar spiritual deviation (Israel), and > which seems to be equally incorrigible. > > In desperation I cannot but turn my attention to other tragic periods in > which major societies, some with claims to fundamental contributions to > culture and science, have deviated so far as to be relegated to > ostracism and quarantine. At this point I think American society should > be > considered in this category. I have no illusions of power, as to the > scope and prospect of my attitude. But, the minor role of my act and > statement is a simple way of affirming that in the face of a growing > enormity which I consider intolerable, I will exercise my own tiny act > of disobedience to be able to look straight into the eyes of my > grandchildren and my students and say that I did know. > > With regard > Daniel Amit > > PS I intend to distribute our exchange as much as possible. I authorize > And pray that you do the same. > > ************************************************** > forwarded by: > The Edmonds Institute > 20319-92nd Avenue West > Edmonds, Washington 98020 USA > telephone: 1-425-775-5383 > email: beb@igc.org > website: <http://www.edmonds-institute.org> > > ************************************************** > > >
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