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Submitted by the fly, Sep 30, 2007 08:55

The shame was watching the privileged sons and daughters of America, pompous in their cocoons of elitism, rising to their feet on six separate occasions to cheer and applaud the hateful tyrant of Iran when he blasphemed and spit on America. How many of us, will from this day on, when we meet a Columbia student who attended school in 2007, wonder if on that fateful day in September, if that individual rose to his feet to affirm the lies and hate against his country spewed by a man with the blood of courageous American men and women of the same age, on his hands.

We are presented with the stunning irony of Columbia students in the lap of safety and comfort, cheering for a petty tyrant, who would kill their military brothers and sisters who are putting their own lives on the line and facing unthinkable hardships , in order to preserve the student's freedom to celebrate and encourage their would be murderer…..

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The shame was watching the privileged sons and daughters of America, pompous in their cocoons of elitism, rising to their...	the fly	Sep 30, 2007 08:55
First, I hadn't know that Marvin Stewart of the MinuteMen was black. Second, I had not read anywhere that the... [MORE]	Nick in Virginia	Sep 30, 2007 07:52
I can't believe that in such a serious column, that the most comments have to do with Barry Manilow. The... [MORE]	toting m ama	Sep 29, 2007 10:23
First of all you should know that you are well behind the times. After the producers refused to allow a... [MORE]	S	Sep 28, 2007 12:26
I'm with "s". I saw Barry in Las Vegas last year and the place was packed. Not everyone there, and... [MORE]	Connie	Sep 28, 2007 20:05
First, hats off to you Alicia. An excellent and refreshing article. Columbia never ceases to amaze and disappoint me. Thank... [MORE]	Gary Carpenter	Sep 28, 2007 11:10
It's unfortunate Columbia tries to frame this as a free speech issue. Can anyone imagine Columbia having invited supporters of... [MORE]	Matt Sanchez	Sep 28, 2007 10:03
Alicia, to be fair, you should list the artists you like, so then I can turn around and bash them...seems... [MORE]	David	Sep 28, 2007 02:27
Somehow I knew that I'd be hearing from Manilow fans protesting my comments. Okay, my choices are CCR, Dylan, Beatles,... [MORE]	Alicia	Sep 28, 2007 10:25
Well said, David. And not content with just Barry-bashing, Alicia saw fit to take a swipe at those of us... [MORE]	Enough Already	Sep 28, 2007 12:17
I'm all for free speech... and I'm a fan of CCR and the Beatles... probably the number one most melodic... [MORE]	David	Sep 29, 2007 03:32

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