[Peace-discuss] Inga Karliner's response to my letter

[E. W. Johnson via Peace-discuss]

I didn't detect the accent .


On 01/15/2015 05:27 AM, Brussel, Morton K wrote:
> Yes, amazing!
>
> Inga Karliner is a high energy research physicist, not on the faculty, 
> but fairly prominent in outreach activities in the department. I’m not 
> sure why she hasn't became a certified faculty member. She is married 
> to Jon Thaler, a high energy physics faculty member. She got a PhD at 
> Stanford in 1974, has been at the Institute for Advanced Study at 
> Princeton, and has been a useful member of the department. She 
> evidently is descended from Polish Jews, many perhaps lost in WWII.. 
> She retains a slight accent.
>
> I was amazed at what I consider a stupid letter, inordinately 
> nonsensical; not recognizing that David was asking defenders of 
> Israeli policy, not “private” people, to debate him. It seems to me 
> that she became unstuck—that he would suggest such a preposterous 
> thing. Evidently, she is a fervid supporter of Israel, but one who 
> doesn’t want to reveal why.
>
> My rare encounters with her have been pleasant. Would it have been so 
> had she known what I thought about the local Zionist lobby? Does she 
> want to hide her proud Polish background?
>
> Is such a letter worth a response?
>
> —mkb
>
>
>> On Jan 14, 2015, at 1:05 PM, E. W. Johnson via Peace-discuss 
>> <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net 
>> <mailto:peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>> wrote:
>>
>> Wow.
>>
>> Inga seems like a really pleasant lady with a great
>> sense of humour.  She any relation to George Karliner?
>> I always thought he was funny with those 7 words ya
>> can't use in email and all.
>>
>> Anyway it really is a big University if
>> they have a whole department just for
>> administering physics.  Is she a "physician"
>> or just a Professor?
>>
>> It seems that she only wants to be CC:ed on email (indirectly "in the 
>> loop")
>> not be in the To: (direct) list, but as long as you
>> don't address her directly or make eye contact,
>> she should be ok.  Well, actually eye contact should
>> be ok if it's only the eye to eye kind.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 01/15/2015 02:20 AM, David Green via Peace-discuss wrote:
>>> Mr Green:
>>> Do not address me directly at my U of Illinois email, or any other 
>>> email.
>>> If you do this again, I'll report you for harassment, and for 
>>> violating University rules.
>>> Inga Karliner
>>> Physics Department
>>> University of Illinois
>>> Urbana, IL 61801
>>>
>>> karliner at illinois.edu <mailto:karliner at illinois.edu>
>>> 217 333 9358
>>>
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