User:Leoboudv
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This user lives in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada but was originally born and raised in Malaysia. I have a strong interest in some museum artifacts, Egyptology, Star Trek and world politics. I also collect stamps as a hobby and have a BA degree from
On other matters, this user strongly disagrees with the efforts of some Left Wing or pro-Palestinian groups to ban Israeli academics from attending and lecturing at European or Canadian Universities because 1) Israel has a right to defend its citizens from suicide attacks by Islamic terrorists even if it means using force and 2) Israeli academics and professors are not responsible for Israel's state policies--whether good or bad. Israel's politicians are. Besides, we need to get a balance of discussion on heated topics like Kosovo, Chechenya, Evolution, etc from all spectrums of a conflict--including the protracted Israeli and Palestinian dispute. Biased arguments from a single side and banning people from speaking at Forums removes any balance of discussion on controversial ideas and reminds me of the Year 1933 when Hitler's Nazi supporters burned books composed by left-wing writers and Jews at German Universities immediately after coming to power. If you burn a book today, you may burn the people behind the books tomorrow...as
This is my Wikimedia Commons account.