No not when I was there.
He is very knowledgable in his field and just because he holds conservative views regarding terrorism and foreign policy towards the middle east, some don't like him.
Throwing around terms like racist and whatnot truly diminishes what those labels mean.
-Rudey
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Originally posted by RACooper
And that's what I'm waiting for... was his still a professor at the University of Chicago when you were an undergrad?
Well just finished reading through all the national papers that covered the lecture... and they most gloss over it - I guess they expected more protests or disruptions, and with all the other news it didn't rate that high. But the only disruption came at during the first 10 minutes, and everything after that was... decidedly "lecturish" (ie. got very sleepy in the theatre chairs).
In reality I'd have said there was more pushing and shoving by different student leaders trying to get their sound bites in with the media (including my favourites - the newly renamed Middle East Forum at UofT - formerly The Neoconservative Middle East Forum at U of T. - no suprise they're supporters of Pipes) I'm disappointed that Pipes bailed on the reception afterwards, I would have enjoyed sounding him out on some issues one-on-one in a less formal enviroment...
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