I don't know, most of the press is saying that the audience was respectful, quiet and applauded - aside from gay cracks.War Wagon wrote:
Good to see him get clowned around a bit. I bet that didn't turn out quite the way he hoped it would. Props to the Columbia U. president for inviting him into the lions den, and then devouring that idiots carcass alive.
Seriously, what other kind of reception did this tool think he'd get? He'll probably meltdown in a big way in front of the General Assembly once he realizes how badly he got thumped.
I see it differently, Bollinger second guessed himself on the decision to invite him and to cover himself, took the route of a two year old. Ahmadinejad took the high road and nailed him:
Washington PostDistinguished Dean, dear professors and students, ladies and gentlemen, at the outset I would like to extend my greetings to all of you. I am grateful to the almighty God for providing me with the opportunity to be in an academic environment, those seeking truth and striving for the promotion of science and knowledge.
At the outset I want to complain a bit from the person who read this political statement against me. In Iran tradition requires that when we demand a person to invite to be a speaker we actually respect our students and the professors by allowing them to make their own judgment and we don't think it's necessary before this speech is even given to come in with a series of claims...
(APPLAUSE)
... and to attempt in a so-called manner to provide vaccination of some sort to our students and our faculty.
I think the text read by the dear gentleman here, more than addressing me, was an insult to information and the knowledge of the audience here, present here. In a university environment we must allow people to speak their mind, to allow everyone to talk so that the truth is eventually revealed by all.
Certainly he took more than all the time I was allocated to speak, and that's fine with me. We'll just leave that to add up with the claims of respect for freedom and the freedom of speech that's given to us in this country.
Many parts of his speech, there were many insults and claims that were incorrect, regretfully.