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Rosetta scientist Dr Matt Taylor apologises for ‘offensive’ shirt
theguardian.com ^ | 14 November 2014 | James Meikle

Posted on 11/15/2014 1:56:04 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper

Dr Matt Taylor, the British scientist involved in the Rosetta mission, cries as he makes an apology for wearing an ‘offensive’ shirt.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: churyumovgerasimenko; comet; comet67p; matttaylor; philae; rosetta; unitedkingdom
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To: Politicalkiddo
My guess: Since he looks at women as "sex objects", women are not welcomed into the scientific community. The shirt made me think of Heavy Metal...
21 posted on 11/15/2014 4:21:29 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Berlin_Freeper

“Taylor’s gaudy clothing, including images of semi-naked women...”

Apparently, the offended don’t watch TV...or go to the beach...or even the local mall.


22 posted on 11/15/2014 4:53:11 AM PST by moovova
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Donate And Keep The Lights On


23 posted on 11/15/2014 4:55:27 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I am a woman, and thought his shirt was hilarious.

I LOVE Vintage Hawaiian Shirts, with their kitschy Hula Girls and Woodies (the car!), surfboards, umbrella cocktails, and other goofy retro designs. I also LOVE the sexy Nose-Art of our WW2 Airplanes! This is part of Americana.

I am probably the most “liberated” female on the planet (self-employed, widowed, harley-riding, bass-playing, straight-shooting, FReeping, tax-paying, conservative-voting, Teapartying, Gospel-singing, Rock-and-Roll-Playing, Devil-kicking WOMAN) and I HATE Feminism!


24 posted on 11/15/2014 4:58:40 AM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper; Politicalkiddo; EEGator
My guess: Since he looks at women as "sex objects", women are not welcomed into the scientific community. The shirt made me think of Heavy Metal…

That’s what it reminded me of, or any number of comic books or graphic novels or a particular (and brilliantly funny) South Park episode.

FWIW, the shirt was designed and made for him by a friend of his, a woman BTW, Elly Prizeman….. I guess she looks as women as “sex objects” too? I’m a bit surprised that there wasn’t more of an “outrage” over the fact the women on the shirt were depicted holding guns….”Oh the horrors…..Dr. Taylor obviously supports gun violence.”

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/11/15/Brilliant-anti-feminist-spoof-claims-space-scientist-s-shirt-is-sexist

I am a woman, and while the shirt isn’t exactly appropriate “office” attire (and he wasn’t exactly working in an “office” environment), I don’t find it at all offensive or sexist. If a young woman is thinking of going into STEM and changes her mind solely because of this guy wearing that shirt, she probably wasn’t cut out for it in the first place and is better suited for something like becoming a social worker or a Starbucks barista.

And ETA, Kim Kard"ass"ian can bare her naked oil covered "ass"ets for a magazine cover and I don't hear these same feminists expressing outrage over that.

25 posted on 11/15/2014 5:07:07 AM PST by MD Expat in PA
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To: Berlin_Freeper

He should have said “Sorry, now go make me a sammich and iron my pants!”


26 posted on 11/15/2014 5:17:18 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: sagar

“Looks like a hobo”

Or a guy who works at a comic book store.


27 posted on 11/15/2014 5:19:30 AM PST by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: equaviator
I know what you nean, dude!


28 posted on 11/15/2014 5:24:09 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Taylor’s apology is as silly as the “feminists’” complaints.


29 posted on 11/15/2014 5:35:28 AM PST by Savage Beast (Hubris and denial overwhelm Western Civilization. Nemesis and tragedy always follow.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Forty years ago, for several unbearably tense days—April 13 to April 17, 1970—the whole world watched as NASA Flight Director Gene Kranz led a team that worked around the clock to rescue Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise. After an explosion of an oxygen tank partially crippled the moon-bound spacecraft, NASA’s mission was to bring the trio safely back to Earth

Today, Kranz’s five-button, off-white vest (familiar to moviegoers who watched actor Ed Harris play Kranz in the film version of the crisis) holds pride of place at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.

Kranz’s wife, Marta, created the garment that would establish a Mission Control tradition. In 1962, when the Kranzes moved into a Houston neighborhood peopled by other space-program families, “all the wives sewed, and I began making vests for Gene,” she recalls. “Gene wanted some kind of symbol for his team to rally around. I suggested a vest.” The color, she adds, was not left to choice: “There were three Mission Control teams—red, white and blue—and Gene’s was the white team, so his vests were always white.” (Marta Kranz also made colorful vests for her husband to wear when celebrating splashdowns. At the successful conclusion of Apollo 13, however, relief replaced celebration; the white vest stayed on.)

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gene-kranzs-apollo-vest-9045125/?no-ist

I wonder if now days, these feminazis, wouldn’t have make a big stink about Gene Kranz’s vests because his “wife” made them for him, you know; “obviously she was under the oppressive thumb of a misogynistic husband who only valued her for her sewing skills and she never was able to become the head of NASA Mission Control herself”, not to mention the blatant “patriotism”, a symbol of repression and of white supremacy apparent in that Red White and Blue vest. / s

30 posted on 11/15/2014 5:35:55 AM PST by MD Expat in PA
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To: MD Expat in PA

The Perpetual Grievance Machine rolls on...

The “cheesing” episode was one of their best.

That this aspect of the story is more front and center than the actual comet story is frightening.


31 posted on 11/15/2014 5:41:02 AM PST by EEGator
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To: moovova
Apparently the offended don't watch TV...or go to the beach...or even the local mall.

Agreed. It seems that there are these Orwellian types out there, just looking for a vulnerable target. The feigned "outrage" then becomes more serious than an unwise off hand statement - or such as this shirt.

To add to the mix I cannot miss reviewing the coverage of Kim Kardashian. Just where are the screams about this astute business woman? (Laughs)

32 posted on 11/15/2014 10:09:41 AM PST by Peter Libra
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To: Citizen Zed; GeronL

“but lands on a slope with one leg in the air”

There’s no air there.


33 posted on 11/15/2014 11:48:09 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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To: FreedomStar3028

I realize that it’s from an old, time-worn 60’s Sci-fi show & not “real-life,” but this
Kirk monologue reflected a Zeitgeist RE space exploration which is sadly lacking today:
- - - - - - - - - - - -

They used to say, “If man could fly, he’d have wings.”
But he did fly — he discovered he had to.
Do you wish that the first Apollo mission hadn’t reached the moon,
or that we hadn’t gone on to Mars or the nearest star?
That’s like saying you wish that you still operated with scalpels, and sewed your
patients up with catgut like your great-great-great-great-grandfather used to.

I’m in command, I could order this. But I’m not, because…
Dr. McCoy is right, in pointing out the enormous danger potential
in any contact with life and intelligence as fantastically advanced as this.
But I must point out that the POSSIBILITIES, the potential
for knowledge and advancement, is equally great.

Risk...
RISK IS OUR BUSINESS!
That’s what this Starship is all about.
That’s why we’re aboard her!


34 posted on 11/15/2014 12:23:33 PM PST by mikrofon (Space BUMP)
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To: martinidon

I’ve been making that point on the other thread.

I’ve worked with hundreds of PhD level men over a nearly 20 year span of time. I have NEVER encountered someone wearing that particular kind of clothing in any PROFESSIONAL environment. Literally never.

He had the opportunity to talk about the mission (and failure) and work of dozens of people over a many year timespan to get this project done. Instead he chose to make the entire conversation about his clothing choices. Is he a 12 year old in a 30+ year olds body? Really? Did someone have to tell him this MIGHT not have been a great clothing choice for a professional environment and interview? Really?

This shirt would have been offensive BEFORE the ‘wimmins rights movement’. Find any of hundreds of pictures of NASA from the 1980’s and before. Try to find some scientist NOT wearing a button down shirt and tie in official photographs.

Are there no grownup men at Rosetta?

This guy is the reason MOST places have dress codes. Now his picture will be up in the break room next to the phrase ‘He is the reason the rest of us can’t have nice things...’


35 posted on 11/15/2014 12:34:20 PM PST by Black Agnes
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To: Hot Tabasco

No, but he was wearing short pants. They were black though.


36 posted on 11/15/2014 12:34:57 PM PST by Black Agnes
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