KimberlyH
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100% agree!!!!Date: 9/26/2007 9:33:05 AM
Author: Hudson_Hawk
I don''t think he should have been allowed to enter our country.
I didnt find that part of the story but he should not have been allowed in the country in the first place but once he was here depending on why he wanted too go he should have been allowed.Date: 9/26/2007 9:52:28 AM
Author: KimberlyH
A secondary question, do you think it was correct for police to block him from visiting the site at which the attacks on September 11th occured?
that is the only good thing about it.Date: 9/26/2007 2:29:31 PM
Author: marvel
IMHO... by allowing him into the country to speak at Columbia it exposed him, and his warped views, to a lot of people that otherwise would not have known much about him. It''s great to let these students form their own opinion by letting this guy fall on his face and be laughed at, rather then letting the media influence their opinions.
That was information from a different story I read and didn''t post. Participating in the UN convention gave him the right to travel in a 25 mile radius of where the meeting took place (on Manhattan which is 13 miles long and 2 miles wide so he could also go to the other 4 burroughs of NY as well as New Jersey, if my mileage and destination calculations are correct, it may be a bit further than I''m estimating) but police refused to let him near the sight. He said his reason for wanting to go was to pay respect for those who lost their lives.Date: 9/26/2007 1:33:32 PM
Author: strmrdr
I didnt find that part of the story but he should not have been allowed in the country in the first place but once he was here depending on why he wanted too go he should have been allowed.Date: 9/26/2007 9:52:28 AM
Author: KimberlyH
A secondary question, do you think it was correct for police to block him from visiting the site at which the attacks on September 11th occured?
Then he should have been allowed too and if he did something disrespectful there someone should have shot him in the head for it.Date: 9/26/2007 11:32:53 PM
Author: KimberlyH
He said his reason for wanting to go was to pay respect for those who lost their lives.
I think heDate: 9/26/2007 1:31:32 PM
Author: strmrdr
100% agree!!!!Date: 9/26/2007 9:33:05 AM
Author: Hudson_Hawk
I don''t think he should have been allowed to enter our country.
a democractic society doesn''t get to pick and choose....and once a society begins to pick and choose, it is no longer democratic. while it may be sad that he got to exercise free speech here [and which he doesn''t allow in his own country], it is on the otherhand a tribute to democracy itself. to do otherwise would mean that terrorists have already won and destroyed our way of life.Date: 9/27/2007 7:01:03 AM
Author: Hudson_Hawk
Its sad that a tyrranical dictator gets to benefit from a democratic society. We should treat him the way he treats others...
exactly,Date: 9/28/2007 4:55:26 PM
Author: movie zombie
a democractic society doesn''t get to pick and choose....and once a society begins to pick and choose, it is no longer democratic. while it may be sad that he got to exercise free speech here [and which he doesn''t allow in his own country], it is on the otherhand a tribute to democracy itself. to do otherwise would mean that terrorists have already won and destroyed our way of life.Date: 9/27/2007 7:01:03 AM
Author: Hudson_Hawk
Its sad that a tyrranical dictator gets to benefit from a democratic society. We should treat him the way he treats others...
movie zombie
ps my answer to the original question posted is NO.
agree.Date: 9/28/2007 5:23:36 PM
Author: strmrdr
exactly,Date: 9/28/2007 4:55:26 PM
Author: movie zombie
a democractic society doesn't get to pick and choose....and once a society begins to pick and choose, it is no longer democratic. while it may be sad that he got to exercise free speech here [and which he doesn't allow in his own country], it is on the otherhand a tribute to democracy itself. to do otherwise would mean that terrorists have already won and destroyed our way of life.Date: 9/27/2007 7:01:03 AM
Author: Hudson_Hawk
Its sad that a tyrranical dictator gets to benefit from a democratic society. We should treat him the way he treats others...
movie zombie
ps my answer to the original question posted is NO.
That's why he should have been free to travel.
He was here as a legal guest and in America legal guests should have the same travel rights as anyone else.
Ditto. If he was invited or requested a state visit with the President - fine. But not a personal agenda visit. We should have met him at the airport, with a show of force, and sent him packing. Period.Date: 9/26/2007 9:33:05 AM
Author: Hudson_Hawk
Do I think he should have been invited? Well, that''s not for me to decide, it was Columbia U''s decision and the article didn''t touch upon their reason for the invitation. However, as an admitted (publicly) enemy of the US, I don''t think he should have been allowed to enter our country.
My reasons for this are personal, so I''m not going to continue to write. I''m interested to hear the opinions of others though.