http://silenceandvoice.com/archives/2007/09/30/mahmoud-ahmadinejad-at-my-alma-mater/ I facilitate postmodern learning research and practice. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:31:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://silenceandvoice.com/archives/2007/09/30/mahmoud-ahmadinejad-at-my-alma-mater/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Jeffrey Keefer Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:26:09 +0000 http://silenceandvoice.com/archives/2007/09/30/mahmoud-ahmadinejad-at-my-alma-mater/#comment-142 I had the sense that Bollinger's tirade during his introduction seemed hastily created, possibly because some wealthy donors threatened to reserve funding. If this were the case, then the president caved under pressure and seemed to make a fool of himself. In the end, I am not sure if this made anybody happy. Perhaps the reverse is true--perhaps everybody got something? I had the sense that Bollinger’s tirade during his introduction seemed hastily created, possibly because some wealthy donors threatened to reserve funding. If this were the case, then the president caved under pressure and seemed to make a fool of himself. In the end, I am not sure if this made anybody happy. Perhaps the reverse is true–perhaps everybody got something?

]]> http://silenceandvoice.com/archives/2007/09/30/mahmoud-ahmadinejad-at-my-alma-mater/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Adam Williams Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:10:18 +0000 http://silenceandvoice.com/archives/2007/09/30/mahmoud-ahmadinejad-at-my-alma-mater/#comment-141 Jeffrey...I do not share your view of the virtues of percieved free speech rights. If I am precluded from yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theater without fear of legal ramifications, then an avowed enemy of this country show not be afforded any staeside platform to voice his thoughts and/or rhetoric. The fact that Columbia invited this "guest" to speak then treated him in a confrontational manner is entirely hypocritcal. If the red carpet was to be rolled out, then it should have been done unequivocally. But it was not. Yet another reason why I hold great contempt for institutions like Columbia and their forked-tongue beauracracy and politics. Jeffrey…I do not share your view of the virtues of percieved free speech rights. If I am precluded from yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theater without fear of legal ramifications, then an avowed enemy of this country show not be afforded any staeside platform to voice his thoughts and/or rhetoric. The fact that Columbia invited this “guest” to speak then treated him in a confrontational manner is entirely hypocritcal. If the red carpet was to be rolled out, then it should have been done unequivocally. But it was not. Yet another reason why I hold great contempt for institutions like Columbia and their forked-tongue beauracracy and politics.

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