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Stephen Hawking Turned Down Knighthood

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the camelot-is-a-silly-place dept.

schliz writes "Professor Stephen Hawking has revealed that he turned down the offer of a knighthood over 10 years ago. The scientist has released correspondence showing that he was approached with the offer of a knighthood but refused it on principle. Professor Hawking has also revealed correspondence showing harsh criticism of what he sees as the UK government's mismanagement of science funding. He is particularly critical of the merger of the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council and the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils."

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  1. Kill all Muslims by Kill+all+Muslims · · Score: -1, Troll

    Praise Jesus.

    --
    A dead Muslim a day keeps Satan away!
  2. Ixnay on the Itlestay by L3J · · Score: 0, Troll

    The article states that "Professor Hawking does not like titles. In fact he dislikes the whole concept of them,". Should we ignore his Ph.D.? What about the CBE he was awarded in '82? "Commander of the British Empire? Fellow of the Royal Society? Bah, call me Steve"

  3. Re:Hawking is just mad for this reason... by tietokone-olmi · · Score: 0, Troll

    Wow, AC's friend says so. Just, wow.

    This is a shock.

    I'll start burning them niggers right away.

  4. Re:What do you get with knighthood? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    You fucking god damn piece of shit Europeans. I wish you would all just die. Your EU is a joke, Ireland even agrees with me. A note vote on Lisbon and now your bureaucratic goons are going to do everything they can to steamroll over Irish rights. You people make me so fucking sick. With your clown cars and your joke socialist pseudo-union.

    The devil will be lacing up his ice skates before I set foot on your decrepit continent. I wish you pukes would come here to Atlanta so I could kick your asses around your collective necks. Be thankful I don't have my finger on The Button. I swear I would start thermonuclear war and face the consequences just to wipe your arrogant faces off of the map. If everyone of you died tomorrow, I'd be jumping for joy. Fuck your mothers, fuck your kids, fuck your babies (what babies you impotent pukes have), fuck your parliaments, fuck your queens, you imperialist pricks. You fucks fawn over your precious "royalty". You see how far that your highness shit got here in America. My dogs are better than you all are. I wouldn't spit on you if your assholes were on fire. To sum it up, please die. In lieu of that, open your borders wider so the muslim hordes can hurry up and take over. The rest of the world will be a much better place. And while you're at it, take Canada, Australia, and New Zealand with you. Fuck you all. Die.