Ahmadinejad Again, or, I love when other people say what I wanted to say, but better.
“…there was a reasonable case against inviting him, just as there were good arguments in favor of the invitation. Similarly, it would have been possible for Bollinger to begin the Q&A session with tough questions without being uncivil. But to invite a foreign head of state and then subject him to such indignity breached all norms and courtesies of etiquette and highlighted Ahmadinejad’s calmness and dignity in the face of offensive provocation. Absent such behavior, all attention would have focused on some of his bizarre statements. Instead, the event reminded much of the world of American hubris in believing it is entitled to set and define standards of civilization.”
Article in Boston Globe.
Hear, hear.
October 9th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
Good find.
February 4th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Hey, Don’t be so hard on him. America has its own problems.