Comments on: Aftermath

By: god

god — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:25:52 +0000

i hate sipa…

most hated:

1- sipa
2- gs/barnard

By: amn

amn — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:05:41 +0000

Overheard on South Lawn:

SIPA Chick 1: “The applause during the speech was strange.”

SIPA Chick 2: “Yeah, there were too many undergraduates–they’re kinda slow.”

By: rjt

rjt — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:06:31 +0000

I totally agree. Did you know that 60% of college students in Iran are women? In the U.S., it’s only like 50%. That means Ahmedinejad is 10% better than Bush. Math, people.

By: So....

So.... — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:36:32 +0000

So…what do we do now? Form a coalition to send students to Iran?

What are the next steps!!

By: the podium

the podium — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:57:59 +0000

doesn’t have Columbia branding. that’s a built in speaker (i’m fairly sure). It’s the wooden podium that has the branding. nevertheless, the lack of any overt branding was odd.

By: yeah

yeah — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:02:09 +0000

a lot of the most agitated people i saw inside campus today weren’t even students. ironic.

By: Irony

Irony — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:27:14 +0000

I did think it was ironic that kids from outside campus were getting so agitated about him being allowed to come here. Who the fuck invited THEM anyway??

By: aftermath

aftermath — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:21:38 +0000

prezbo just went from liberal zero to neocon hero

By: Erasmus

Erasmus — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:11:03 +0000

Today was the first day at Columbia in which security did a good job keeping out Asian tourists and special-interest Jewish groups unaffiliated with our fine university. Imagine how much better off we would all be if these groups were permanently banished.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:01:56 +0000

i strongly suspect that it probably has to do with the “by letting him speak here, it gives him a photo-op and an opportunity to try and lend himself credibility back home with the help of the columbia name and the magic of the state run tv cutting room” argument…

if that really is the case, i doubt it would ever be admitted by anyone. nor should it be.

or it might just be a case of CYA…

the think i keep thing about is what a journey for prezbo the past 3 weeks must have been as he finalized his opening remarks. seriously, pressure from pretty much everywhere, current students, faculty, general public, alumni/donors, his family, friends, his own desire to host an honest debate, not wanting to cave to the demands of the press…

i bet those opening remarks went through tens, if not hundreds of revisions, waffling back and forth between very harsh and more forgiving.

By: the Man ('07)

the Man ('07) — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:53:16 +0000

I agree. The stark black-ness of the whole stage was one of the first things I noticed. The only thing I can think of is that the school doesn’t want its name associated with the speech when this is used in documentaries by Ken Burns or something say, 50 years from now

By: ...

... — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:30:17 +0000

i really wish either spec or bwog or someone would investigate why there was no “columbia” branding at the event. i found it so strange that they even blacked out “columbia university” from the podium.

By: 20/20 hindsight

20/20 hindsight — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:59:01 +0000

I can’t decide whom I hate more, the pro-engagement idiots who thought he might say something free of obfuscatory bullshit, or the anti-engagement morons who thought his speech might end up somehow subversive and dangerous. Anyone who has ever attended a single World Leaders Forum event could have forecasted such an outcome beyond any reasonable doubt.

By: Please

Please — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:52:49 +0000

explain to me how Ahmadinejad is better than Bush. Please.

By: and this too

and this too — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:45:54 +0000

Props to the “Ahmadinejad = BAD, Bush = WORSE–> NO WAR ON IRAN” poster people. I particularly liked that one.