Iranian President speaks at Columbia Univ.

[superdave]

This shows how whacky the left wing is. It makes no sense to invite a huge sponsor of terrorism killing our troops in Iraq to speak and not allow military recruiters from your own country on campus.

Don't ask don't tell for homosexuality trumps murder and terrorism. Nice to see we have our priorities straight in this country.

I'm glad to see protesters out against someone who should not even be allowed in our country.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/24/us.iran/index.html

[Jenks]

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Bush would straight up get schooled by this guy in a debate.

[emuler]

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I think its very important that we hear what he has to say, even more than stupid networks like fox news or cnn that keep americans dumber by the minute.

[day_for_night]

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the funniest thing was that before he started speaking, the President of the school pretty much tore a complete strip off him...check out cnn.com

[Garrick]

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this guy is smart and manipulative. i think it goes without saying to take what he has to say very lightly. although i tihnk it is a great idea to have him speak like this, it is dangerous because of the influence he has over an audience.

[miketpoto]

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They don't have gays in iran, I don't know where you heard they did. They do not have this phenomenon.

[alexfish333]

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I think if we engaged in more dialogue with him they wouldn't be so into sponsoring terrorism against the US.

[davetlv]

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The reason there are no 'gays in Iran' is because this fuking nutter has them killed

[superdave]

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I think if we engaged in more dialogue with him they wouldn't be so into sponsoring terrorism against the US.

I'm sure that would do it. We could convince him that terrorism is really a bad thing that hurts people and he would just stop.

What's sad is that people have been brainwashed to think like this.

[emuler]

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whats the deal with trying to stop their nuclear program no one is asking or questioning the US for having their own programs before

[superdave]

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whats the deal with trying to stop their nuclear program no one is asking or questioning the US for having their own programs before

As John McEnroe would say - you cannot be serious?!

The deal is that Iran has threatened to destroy Israel. And they are sponsoring terrorist groups that would certainly use any type of WMD possible.

[nasserd]

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Iran is a sovereign nation, as is the United States, South Africa, and (sic) Nepal. They can do whatever the frick they want... as long as they can defend their territory, there's nothing that would really stop 'em from being dictatorial and making extreme comments about anything in life.

Just because we may not agree with his remarks, it does not mean his remarks are necessarily wrong. It is all about perspective and interpretation... the classic scenario where you cannot translate a saying in one language or culture into another with high fidelity (e.g. what the heck does "Sacre Bleu" in French translate to in English).

He's like Dr Evil... simply misunderstood.

[miketpoto]

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Just because we may not agree with his remarks, it does not mean his remarks are necessarily wrong.

Oh Really?

Then why does he say the faggots don't exist in Iran when it's been documented that they hang them there?

[alexfish333]

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I'm sure that would do it. We could convince him that terrorism is really a bad thing that hurts people and he would just stop.

What's sad is that people have been brainwashed to think like this.

You've been brainwashed to think you need to fight wars in order to resolve different ways of thinking. So I guess you're probably right, it's definitely a better call to fight wars than talk things out.

[thesightless]

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omfg...

this kid azzam from my office , who normally is pretty educated on muslim topics, and fairly realistic, jsut said, in no jocular manner...

"but iran doesnt have any gays. in the koran, they say to throw them off the mountain."

in the most deadpan,seriuos manner, like it was fact.