Comments on: One Reason I Think Columbia Made A Mistake

By: Public Secrets: from the files of the Irishspy

Public Secrets: from the files of the Irishspy — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:58:21 +0000

Freedom of speech for delusional maniacs?…

Columbia University created a firestorm over the weekend with its invitation to Iranian President Gilligan Ahmadinejad to speak before an audience of students and faculty which he did yesterday. Bloggers and editorialists expressed their outrage, while…

By: Blue Crab Boulevard » Poking The Tiger In A Cage

Blue Crab Boulevard » Poking The Tiger In A Cage — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:23:03 +0000

[...] We have already seen how this all is playing out in the world press. Yeah, Bollinger either rope-a-doped Ahmadinejad or ambushed him, depending on your interpretation. Yeah, he spoke truth to power and called Ahamdinejad what he indeed is, a petty tyrant. But the point is that Hitler in 1939 was not much more than a petty tyrant, either. As Stephens puts it after imagining that hypothetical 1939 talk by Adolph at Columbia: So there is Adolf Hitler on our imagined stage, ranting about the soon-to-be-fulfilled destiny of the Aryan race. And his audience of outstanding Columbia men are mostly appalled, as they should be. But they are also engrossed, and curious, and if it occurs to some of them that the man should be arrested on the spot they don't say it. Nor do they ask, "How will we come to terms with his world?" Instead, they wonder how to make him see "reason," as reasonable people do. [...]

By: Gaius

Gaius — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:41:00 +0000

A thing of beauty is a joy forever. Or something like that.

Great job.

By: K T Cat

K T Cat — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:23:55 +0000

The crack editorial staff at The Scratching Post has video of the Bollinger - Ahmadinejad shootout. Enjoy!

By: Gaius

Gaius — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:40:27 +0000

It’s not playing the way that people think – not where it really matters. Yeah, it may change a few minds here at home, but world opinion?

No.

By: feeblemind

feeblemind — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:29:14 +0000

This is what Wretchard said about Bollinger’s remarks at Belmont Club: ‘This is beyond sad. It’s the closing of a man out of his own depth.It’s an faculty lunch speech dispatched against a man accustomed to command the secret police, rockets, EFPs sophisticated propaganda and disinformation cells. Bollinger was game, but not only is he not in the same ring, he doesn’t even know where the fight is scheduled to take place. If this is what our intellectual leaders think is effective resistance against the Islamic revolution then we are in serious trouble.’