Wow to think had the fascists been successful in blocking this speech. . .

[wndycty]

. . .they would have missed seeing Ahmadinejad getting told off. Unlike this administration the administration of Columbia University knows how to make an impact.

[rodeodance]

1. see this thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3544782&mesg_id=3544782

[wndycty]

3. Oh I'm aware of that thread, but Ahmadinejad getting told off by Bollinger. . .

. . .requires its own.

[Kelly Rupert]

2. I'm not sure why people are so afraid of letting bad ideas into the marketplace.

If they truly are bad ideas, they'll be publicly rejected and disgraced, instead of simply festering underground.

[greenman3610]

4. a journalist friend once said

you allow everyone the chance to speak, -
if they are naked and raving, then you can
lock them up.

[goclark]

5. Why isn't GW in jail?

[pampango]

6. Gotta agree. Wish they had done that to Gilchrist last year.

That would have been sweet.

[B3Nut]

7. They have the right to allow this man to spew his nonsense.

And we have the right to point and laugh, and call bullshit. Let's see if President Bush has the stones to truly open himself up to questioning like Mr. I'madinnerjacket has done.

But I'll take this over censorship any day.

Todd in Cheesecurdistan