[xmca] Columbia events

Dear XMCArs,

I followed from Chile the strange sequence of events at Columbia at
the international press. I was wondering if somebody wants to comment
the issues raised by the occasion. At least, for me, it is hard to
understand the final move made by L. Bollinger: to invite the iranian
president, and then to attack him verbally. What was that? If he
really thinks what he says, he should have not invited him, first
place. But if he made that, to excoriate the guy his institution was
inviting as a result of context pressure, then he is acting
hypocritically and using the hate the iranian president raises to
gain publicity. Too contradictory for me and anything but the way
academic life and free speech should be handled, in my opinion.

David Preiss, Ph.D.
Subdirector de Extensión y Comunicaciones
Escuela de Psicología
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Av Vicuña Mackenna 4860
Macul, Santiago
Chile

Fono: 3544605
Fax: 3544844
e-mail: davidpreiss@uc.cl
web personal: http://web.mac.com/ddpreiss/
web institucional: http://www.epuc.cl

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Received on Mon Sep 24 19:38 PDT 2007