Anti-Racism Conference Walkout as Tyrant Rants

Its pretty clear "that Durban II" has actully been counterproductive in regards to racism . Outside of becoming a farce from having a raving tyrant like the President of Iran speak, the support the crushing of free speech in the name of religion protection was a clear affront to freedom.

April 20 (Bloomberg) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad prompted a walkout by several European delegates at a United Nations conference on racism with a speech attacking Israel as guilty of “hatred.”

During his address in Geneva, Ahmadinejad said racism posed a serious threat to world peace and, in a clear reference to Israel, called for an effort against racism by “Zionists.”

“The word Zionism personifies racism that falsely resorts to religion and abuses religious sentiments to hide their hatred and ugly faces,” Ahmadinejad told the conference.

Delegates from countries including France, Finland and Denmark walked out to protest the remarks. The Czech Republic, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, also said its delegates are withdrawing from the conference.

Ahmadinejad later said at a press conference that the “Zionist regime” threatens war on Iran.

The U.S., Germany, Canada and Australia are among the nations boycotting the weeklong Geneva forum over concerns it will unfairly single out Israel for criticism. Israel announced today that it was recalling its ambassador to Switzerland for consultations in protest at a meeting between Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz and Ahmadinejad.