Antics at U.N. Racism Conference

Hey, Ahmadinnerjacket was just confused. He heard there was going to be a racism conference and thought it would be the perfect venue to share stories about blood-drinking jooooos. Surprisingly, some representatives objected (the U.S. had already refused to attend).

This is kind of old; it happened yesterday morning. And I imagine it's mostly theater for these clowns. Except the actual clowns who were there. They're doing God's work:

As Mr. Ahmadinejad began to speak, two protesters wearing rainbow-hued clown wigs — their statement on the tenor of the proceedings — pelted him with red foam noses. Hustled out the door by security agents, they were soon followed by lines of stony-faced diplomats from the 23 European nations attending the conference. They walked out to the sound of some other delegates applauding Mr. Ahmadinejad.

The United States and more than a half-dozen other nations had already boycotted the gathering out of concern that it would focus on maligning Israel rather than on the global problems of discrimination, replaying the disputes that marked the first United Nations conference on combating racism in Durban, South Africa, in 2001.

The Czech Republic is the only country to have walked out and then kept walking. It won't be back for today's three ring act.

posted by Gabriel Malor at 08:41 AM

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