[sacul]

i just saw the news this morning and i thought of just how big the scope became.  today he gives a speech at Columbia university and tomorrow will engage in debate with President Bush.  Personally i believe that although our country believes in free speech i also believe that the holocaust which is the most documented event in the 20th century, and his denial, is just something the school and our country just can't accept.  there is always a limit to free speech and a fine line.  this is one of them, what are your thoughts?

[Lingster]

He is not engaging in any debate with President Bush.  Presidents of the United States don't "debate" tyrants and murderers.

Frankly, I'm glad Ahmadinejad is getting out and about while he's in New York – it greatly increases the likelihood that someone will put a bullet in him.

[Richard]

I was going to make some smartass remark about Bush looking in the mirror and not debating himself but I think I'll keep it shut so I dont ruffle any feathers.

[Lingster]

That's a funny way of keeping your mouth shut – somehow we all found out what you were thinking, regardless.

[JimmyDimples]

Someone wise once said, "It is better to keep silent and be suspected a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."

With that, I say, let's be sweet, let him in the USA, and let him flap his trap.  😛

[BlackKusanagi]

If he does something very stupid to bury himself, then let him do it. At least he got to set himself up.

[Lingster]

He did it.  They were laughing at him:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/24/AR2007092400168_pf.html

[ScottG]

I guess, while I don't like the man or his country because I believe they are the leading source of insurgents in Iraq with funding, supplies, and manpower, I also understand why Columbia U. let him speak there.  Do you really believe that EVERYTHING the govt. tells us is exactly true?  Do you really believe that EVERYTHING that the press reports is entirely unbiased?  Of course not, that is why we have debates in our presidential elections, to hear both sides of the story.  That is why we have a prosecuter and a defense in court trials.  While you can be sure that everything that comes from either side will be spun in a favorable direction in their favor, both sides deserve a chance to talk and I say let him speak.

[cpbell0033944]

I guess, while I don't like the man or his country because I believe they are the leading source of insurgents in Iraq with funding, supplies, and manpower, I also understand why Columbia U. let him speak there.  Do you really believe that EVERYTHING the govt. tells us is exactly true?  Do you really believe that EVERYTHING that the press reports is entirely unbiased?  Of course not, that is why we have debates in our presidential elections, to hear both sides of the story.  That is why we have a prosecuter and a defense in court trials.  While you can be sure that everything that comes from either side will be spun in a favorable direction in their favor, both sides deserve a chance to talk and I say let him speak.

Yes, I agree, because it removes some of the mystique from around him and gives him multiple opportunities to prove that he's even dimmer and much more dangerous than Bush.

[demented20]

Its a dangerous thing to let a man like Ahmadinejad into the US and then to let him go around from place to place.  Everything he does here, every picture that is taken, and every word that is spoken is going to be twisted and repackaged and used as propaganda back in the Middle East.  It doesn't really matter what the English speaking world thinks of the Iranian president, its what the Al-Jazeera watching public thinks of him.
I still support him coming and speaking at Columbia though.  I think people in America and Western Europe too need to understand just how distorted and dangerous this man's world view really is.

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