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To: michael97123 who wrote (243144)	9/26/2007 1:11:32 PM
From: GST	Respond to of 281500

<If they didnt want him they shouldnt have invited him but once they did, they should have followed some etiquette.> On the contrary -- inviting him did not require anything of the sort. Given his past statements he deserved what he got, and more. I was especially grateful that he was laughed at -- and booed. To us, he is a menace and a joke. To him, we are a menace and a joke. That is where we are today. Unfortunately, he does no want nor need to control America, while we on the other hand have pretensions of controlling Iraq, which is clearly laughable. So in the category of who laughs loudest, he certainly has center stage. He did not do it by being clever or having any admirable qualities. He did it by sitting back and watching us conduct ourselves as bumbling buffoons. He asks the question "who are you". And he answers it, "here in the middle east you are nothing". Compared to Iran, we are increasingly powerless, not because of anything Iran has done, but owing to our own stupdity -- the stupidity of our "leaders" and the duplicity of an electorate that could only utter one word when confronted with the most fundamental choice of whether or not to invade Iraq -- baaaaa, baaaa, baaaa, baaaa.

To: michael97123 who wrote (243144)	9/26/2007 3:40:33 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Personally i was offended by the way he was treated at columbia by lee bolinger. It should have been no holds barred debate but the intro laced with insults was inappriate for an invited guest. If they didnt want him they shouldnt have invited him but once they did, they should have followed some etiquette. Or they should have disinvited him. Academia has no problems disinviting people when it comes to people like Larry Summers. I think Bollinger realized that Columbia was going to get hit where it hurts (alumni donations) and tried to redeem itself. Not that it mattered a bit to Ahmedinijad or his propaganda coup.