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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Speaks at Columbia University. Good Idea?

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Rayn:
PS... I'm wondering what this has to do with the movie!   LOL!

Lynne:

--- Quote from: David on September 25, 2007, 02:05:17 am ---Surprisingly the Iranian people are overwhelmingly Pro American which came as a shock to me. I have an Iranian friend who told me most Iranians (about 85%) are pro US/Western. They just have to be very careful who they admit it to...
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And I hope to see more of this. Maybe if we can all sit down and talk, perhaps we can work out our differences and someday there will be peace in the world.

I admit I'm a dreamer, but this is my wish.  :)
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Sure enough...the Iranians/Persians I know all live here in the US now, but that's the feeling I get from them too.  And don't feel lonely, I was just quoting John Lennon's Imagine a day or two ago in that favorite Beatles thead.... 


--- Quote from: Rayn on September 25, 2007, 04:57:41 am ---It's great that he was invited to speak, but the way he was introduced was really unnecessary.  Everyone knows about his mistaken views and beliefs, but it was in extremely poor taste, even if honest, to invite a person as a guest then treat him in a hateful manner.  We should be pursuing diplomacy and enlightenment.  We could be helping him to see what we see and understand us instead of insulting him.  That just makes matters worse.  The president of Columbia was not only rude, but struck me as bit "dense" not to have understood the opportunity he had to better relations between our two countries, but instead of one dumbass on stage, there were two.
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I agree with you, Rayn, especially the more I think about it.  I see the introduction as a violation of the inviolate guest/host relationship - Colombia invited HIM, after all.


--- Quote from: Rayn on September 25, 2007, 04:59:23 am ---PS... I'm wondering what this has to do with the movie!   LOL!
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Sure it does - all sorts of themes like promoting tolerance and communication and understanding!  ;) :-*

ifyoucantfixit:

       I think myself that it was great to have him come here, and speak..It allows us to
see his lies and the over exagerations that he uses.
       I also think that the president of Columbia was out of line in how he attacked him in the introduction.  As others have stated, its a tremendous breach of etiquette to invite someone to your home, and then attack them with harshness and slander.
       If you want to use those kinds of thougts towards a person, do it in another venue..I thought it was highly rude, if nothing else.  Bad taste what ever you want to call it.
       I was embaressed.  I dont like the man, dislike every thing he stands for, and his abuse of human rights as well as his own religious laws...but having said that, are we now taking the George Bush and Dick Cheney way of acting, losing all of our self respect and courtesy, and fair treatment to guests...No matter how distasteful.  I dont think he should have been invited, if that is how they were going to act.

    Kind of proving once again "if you lay down with dogs.  You rise up with fleas."

Rayn:

Lynne said,

"Sure it does - all sorts of themes like promoting tolerance and communication and understanding!"  ;) :-*



Rayn replied,

"Ok, I see, and agree." 

Shasta542:
What were his goals for the visit to the U.S.?

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