How not to treat your guest
Where I come from, when you invite someone some place, you actually want them there and you treat them with respect. From the articles I have been reading Columbia University President Lee Bollinger, must be from someplace else entirely. Perhaps it is my Southern upbringing, perhaps it is because I never belonged to a fraternity, but if someone invited me someplace as a guest and then ripped me a new one in front of all of their friends, I would have to beat someone's ass.
To this end, I guess that makes me a lesser man than Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Of course, I suppose this thing is still developing. My blood is Irish, we strike quickly when insulted. Who knows about the Iranians, later on Mahmoud just might crash a plane into Bollinger's house or something. Different cultures different styles. Who could blame him?
It would be a hoot if he turned the other cheek though. That would kink the "Iran is Evil" crowd's hose for a bit. Well, I suppose just long enough to call him a coward or something. Some people you just can't reach.
Comments
Woody,
I think that inviting Ahmadinejad in the first place was a bad idea, but after inviting him, then they should have treated him with courtesy and respect, even if he is a lying killing whacko. I think it was a very shameful bait and switch, and that Lee Bollinger acted is a disgraceful and cowardly manner.
Posted by: Joel Gillespie | September 28, 2007 4:07 PM