Duke students protest speaker

HeraldSun.com ^ | January 20, 2003 | Maria Beaudoin and Kimberly Sweet

[Overtaxed]

Well....I'll take that as a compliment. :)

[occam's chainsaw]

"I have never been a terrorist," Whitehorn, 57, said in a telephone interview Monday night. Terrorists target civilians, she said.

ter·ror·ist n. One that engages in acts or an act of terrorism.

ter·ror·ism n. The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.

Yep. You're a terrorist.

[Interesting Times]

It would be interesting to ask Ms. Whitehead if she thinks the attack on the Pentagon was an act of terrorism...

[Overtaxed]

Are they keeping the name of the inviting professor secret?

[Dubh_Ghlase]

"This is really a free speech issue," she said of the campus controversy. "The most important thing in college is to listen to different viewpoints and then you make up your mind. ... If we can shut people up and so easily intimidate them, then we?re back in the ?50s."

Funny, in most colleges if a CONSERVATIVE speaker is invited, the liberals start foaming at the mouth to get the invitation withdrawn. It's diversity if the speaker is liberal. It's hate speech if the speaker is conservative.

Kudos to the conservative Dukies! Give 'em a taste of their own medicine...

[Interesting Times]

The Duke Conservative Union is here in case anyone wants to send along an attaboy...

[Interesting Times]

That's the standard leftist game plan -- any criticism is framed as an attack on their free speech.

Fortunately, we also have free speech, and are able to voice our own opinions about those who would pay a terrorist to speak before college students.

[Lee'sGhost]

Terrorists only target civilians?!!! That is news. I sure the Israeli LEOs and military will be thrilled to here that.

Or, if we are to accept her premise, why the hell is Duke inviting an ATTEMPTED MURDERER!

[Constitution Day]

It most certainly is, ma'am.

[Lee'sGhost]

Sigh. . . I'm sorry. That's just too slack.

I (am) sure the Israeli LEOs and military will be thrilled to (hear) that.

[Overtaxed]

Does anyone else find it ironic that Duke developed a software/system/whatever to track muslim students in the US?

[skeeter]

"This is really a free speech issue," she said of the campus controversy. "The most important thing in college is to listen to different viewpoints and then you make up your mind. ... If we can shut people up and so easily intimidate them, then we?re back in the ?50s."

Boy, does this lady ever have it bass ackwards. Typical Leftist nitwit.

[Lee'sGhost]

Have you been to their campus lately? It wouldn't surprise me if muslim students created the software.

[Overtaxed]

Have you been to their campus lately?

Wouldn't be caught dead there. :)

[Lee'sGhost]

Good point.

[Overtaxed]

It wouldn't surprise me if muslim students created the software.

I wasn't aware that muslims went for computer science.

[SW6906]

If you plan to attend, find out NOW if tickets are required and how they intend to handle an overflow crowd. A favorite tactic of the left is to declare an event such as this "open to the public", then pass out tickets among like-minded groups and say they can't let you in because you don't have a ticket.

[Calvin Locke]

Maybe a drop in alumni donations...

Very apropos. Heard a news blurb today about college endowments suffering this year, the worst since 1974, iihc.

Caught part of Glen Beck. I think he said he went to Yale, and for having a $5B+ trust fund, the infrastructure there is absymal.

I wasn't too impressed the one time I was there for an alumni recognition ceremony (as a guest).

[Cool Guy]

BUMP!

[Lee'sGhost]

"I wasn't aware that muslims went for computer science."

It's a leading favorite among those seeking to attack US corporations and government offices over the Internet.