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Old 09-25-2007, 11:04 AM   #3081
Tyrone Slothrop
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Batshit Crazy Dictator In NY, Today's Version

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Originally posted by sgtclub
It has nothing to do with morals, and I understand the argument of letting him hang himself. But unfortunately the Arab world does not live by the same belief system that we do, and I fear that the appearance will be used to prop him up and legitimize him in the Arab world in the same way that allowing him to visit the towers would have.
He's not Arab. And it's odd to think that centuries of enmity between Arabs and Persian could be overcome by letting the guy speak at Columbia. It's a fine university, but it's not that good.
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