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Democracy, civility debated at college

post #1 of 6
5/21/03 at 11:41am
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<a href="http://www.rrstar.com/localnews/your_community/rockford/20030521-4971.shtml" target="_blank">Hedges began his abbreviated 18-minute speech comparing United States’ policy in Iraq to piranhas and a tyranny over the weak. His microphone was unplugged within three minutes.

Voices of protest and the sound of foghorns grew.
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post #2 of 6
5/21/03 at 11:47am
What went wrong is that people tried to use a graduation ceremony to ply their own political wares. Graduation is ment to be a celebration, not an indoctrination. I wouldn't go to a graduation and preach; same principle.
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post #3 of 6
5/21/03 at 11:49am
The reaction was overblown and silly, and yet I do wonder how appropriate the speech was for the occasion. I mean, I could get up in front of people and talk about how great Albert Pyun's Mean Guns is (and it IS great), but I wouldn't do that if I was invited to be a commencement speaker. A STRICTLY anti-war screed seems out of place. A little bit more tact would've helped immensely.
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post #4 of 6
5/21/03 at 11:57am
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mikah912:
The reaction was overblown and silly, and yet I do wonder how appropriate the speech was for the occasion. I mean, I could get up in front of people and talk about how great Albert Pyun's Mean Guns is (and it IS great), but I wouldn't do that if I was invited to be a commencement speaker. A STRICTLY anti-war screed seems out of place. A little bit more tact would've helped immensely.
The forum was definitely wrong. I do find it astonishing that people were trying to "rush" the podium though.
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post #5 of 6
5/21/03 at 11:59am
Yes, let's invite a vocal anti-war protester to be the commencement speaker & be suprised when he talks about being anti-war. Morons.
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post #6 of 6
5/21/03 at 7:35pm
*chuckles* Yep whoever set this up should join the nations punched.
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