Comments on: Columbia University to host Osama bin Laden http://bowilliams.com/2007/09/columbia-university-to-host-osama-bin-laden/ Rarely senselessly vulgar; frequently slightly tacky Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:08:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bo http://bowilliams.com/2007/09/columbia-university-to-host-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-1015 Bo Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:43:25 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=390#comment-1015 <p>Mrs. Chili: I did see the intro the president gave him, and oddly enough, I found it inappropriate. Clearly I don't think he should have been invited in the first place, but after he is, you berate the guy when you're introducing him? What we had there was Columbia trying to walk a line unsuccessfully. They extended the invitation, caught way more shit over it than they expected, and then instead of withdrawing it, they did that. I think from start to finish, the whole thing was ill-advised, clumsy, ineffective, and a total clusterfuck in general. But hey, I don't mean that in a bad way. Heh.</p> <p>I presume that you believe there are views repellent enough to be undeserving of such a platform. Does the fact that Ahmadinejad is a head of state somehow legitimize "exchanging ideas" on Holocaust denial; militant anti-Semitism; execution of dissidents, homosexuals, women who dare to think, etc.? What do we gain hearing from him? What is there to understand now that we didn't understand before his speech? Whose interests were served, other than Ahmadinejad's?</p> Mrs. Chili: I did see the intro the president gave him, and oddly enough, I found it inappropriate. Clearly I don’t think he should have been invited in the first place, but after he is, you berate the guy when you’re introducing him? What we had there was Columbia trying to walk a line unsuccessfully. They extended the invitation, caught way more shit over it than they expected, and then instead of withdrawing it, they did that. I think from start to finish, the whole thing was ill-advised, clumsy, ineffective, and a total clusterfuck in general. But hey, I don’t mean that in a bad way. Heh.

I presume that you believe there are views repellent enough to be undeserving of such a platform. Does the fact that Ahmadinejad is a head of state somehow legitimize “exchanging ideas” on Holocaust denial; militant anti-Semitism; execution of dissidents, homosexuals, women who dare to think, etc.? What do we gain hearing from him? What is there to understand now that we didn’t understand before his speech? Whose interests were served, other than Ahmadinejad’s?

]]> By: Brina Bat http://bowilliams.com/2007/09/columbia-university-to-host-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-1011 Brina Bat Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:25:51 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=390#comment-1011 I hear he turned down an invite from Jay Leno in favor of coming and speaking at the college! I hear he turned down an invite from Jay Leno in favor of coming and speaking at the college!

]]> By: Mrs. Chili http://bowilliams.com/2007/09/columbia-university-to-host-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-1010 Mrs. Chili Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:15:13 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=390#comment-1010 Oh, COME ON! I thought it was great that Columbia gave Ahmajinedad a forum - and did you see the school president's intro for the guy? Gorgeous. What would be really cool, though, is for someone to actually INVITE Bin Laden to speak, and then have the campus police take him out. How would the Bushies look then?! Oh, COME ON! I thought it was great that Columbia gave Ahmajinedad a forum – and did you see the school president’s intro for the guy? Gorgeous.

What would be really cool, though, is for someone to actually INVITE Bin Laden to speak, and then have the campus police take him out. How would the Bushies look then?!

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