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Tue Sep-25-07 08:59 AM
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that doesn't require giving the megaphone to a mad man. When one of the most prestigious universities in the world allows a man like Ahmadinejad to speak it gives him credibility that he does not deserve. Many of us would like to have such a megaphone handed to us but it doesn't happen. Free speech means you can say what you want without being arrested, it doesn't mean we have to give the stage to a nut. Sorry, but the enemy of my enemy is not my friend in this case. If Ahmadinejad wanted to stand on a street corner to profess how they don't have any gays in Iran...well fine, but to give him the stage at Columbia was ridiculous.
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