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Originally Posted by Rudey
I swung by. All I have to say is wow.
There are enough morons from all spectrums to make me wish I was a citizen of the conch republic instead.
Highlights include:
1) These catholic guys wearing suits and red sashes, and walking around with flags supporting some fascist ideology of some sort (property, tradition, and family).
2) These crazy people protesting Bush in general. They said yes the Iranian president is bad, but let's focus on Bush. Why not just protest the ozone layer depletion while you're at it since that has just as much relevance to the topic.
3) The crazies who show up wearing military garb that they bought in souvenier stores to support democracy.
I know some folks who were invited to dinner with Ahmenijad but didn't go. None of them were wackos that came to protest either.
-Rudey
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Looks like Columbia is doing speeches from world leaders all week. However none as controversial as today. I was in the neighborhood this weekend. Even as early as Saturday night there were news teams doing stories from campus. Columbia ID must be shown to pass thru the gates of campus today. I understand it is a safety concnern but I think that added to people's anger as well. It's not a full public forum if you don't invite the public.
There was a fair amount of anti-Ahmadinejad and anti-Iran posters up on side street buildings. What I hate is just like you said - the morons who show and protest other things that have nothing to do with Iran and Ahmadinejad.
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