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Ann Coulter threatened out of University of Ottawa (pg. 9)
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| PivotTechno |
From a friend's post on another board:
| quote: | Various tidbits that counter characterization of crowds as "riotous" and the conservative claims from the south that the protest was shut down because of protesters "blocking" entrance to the event:
The cops don't seem to agree with the whole "riot" thing
Constable Alain Boucher of Ottawa Police Services said that the police had recommended calling off the appearance because of the crowd’s size, not its behavior.
The university had NOTHING to do with canceling Coulter's "lecture":
The University of Ottawa has always promoted and defended freedom of expression. For that reason, we did not at any time oppose Ann Coulter’s appearance. Whether it is Ann Coulter or any other speaker, diverse views have always been and continue to be welcome on our campus.
Last night, the organizers themselves decided at 7:50 p.m. to cancel the event and so informed the University’s Protection Services staff on site. At that time, a crowd of about one thousand people had peacefully gathered at Marion Hall.
Short letter from an attendee:
I was front row centre at the Ann Coulter "protest" on Tuesday night so I want to clear up a few misconceptions about what happened.
First, barring posters to advertise the event on campus created a lot of confusion and that decision was a big blunder by the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO). Most people had learned about the Coulter event only a few days prior from the mainstream media. We had no idea that we needed to pre-register online to attend.
The U of O Campus Conservatives who organized the event did a very poor job. They were close to an hour behind schedule before they announced to the large crowd of then-agitated students that if we weren't registered, we weren't getting in. It was chaos when frustrated fans and critics of Coulter were then penned inside the building, the organizers were blocking entry into Marion Hall and the large crowd outside made it to difficult to leave.
It's sad that Coulter and Ezra Levant will go around trumpeting this as some free speech disaster when the truth is that this event was cancelled due to extremely poor planning by the organizers, some idiotic decisions by the SFUO and some prankster pulling a fire alarm.
Alex Sellick,
Ottawa |
Guess all the fervent table thumping can stop now. |
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| Abercrombie |
| If the protesters didn't take all the posters down promoting the event, then there wouldn't have been any confusion. |
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| nacarter |
Abercrombie, I'd watch that assumption. Conservative campus groups at almost every university in this country are notorious for this kind of tactic. It allows them to handpick who will attend an event. Pick a small venue and only tell those in your organization and like-minded partners. It ensures a supportive audience and that very few critics are legitimately able to attend.
Even if critics were able to get into the event, their ability to ask questions is usually eliminated as organizers either go to a panel for questions or pre-screen audience questions to ensure softball content.
My question for Anne: Do you have any makeup tips for the up-and-coming transexual? |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| My question to the protesters - What gives them the right to think their opinion is any more valid or any more important than Anne's opinion. Protesters are the lowest human scum on the earth....just above pedophiles. |
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| Abercrombie |
| quote: | Originally posted by nacarter
Abercrombie, I'd watch that assumption. |
No.. it's very common... most everyone has seen someone at least once seen taken down a poster they didn't like. People do this all the time. |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by nacarter
Conservative campus groups at almost every university in this country are notorious for this kind of tactic. It allows them to handpick who will attend an event. Pick a small venue and only tell those in your organization and like-minded partners. |
Gee, I can't imagine why they'd want to try to restrict who attends their events. I'm sure it has nothing whatsoever to do with liberals and liberal campus groups shouting down or trying to intimidate everyone they disagree with. |
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| Spam |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
Gee, I can't imagine why they'd want to try to restrict who attends their events. I'm sure it has nothing whatsoever to do with liberals and liberal campus groups shouting down or trying to intimidate everyone they disagree with. |
Plus, they do it too. |
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| PivotTechno |
Considering Universities are supposed to be institutions of HIGHER LEARNING, I have a difficult time understanding why a mindless, drivel-spewing 'tard like Coulter would even receive an invite in the first place.
"But it was part of my elective, 'The Role of Scratching Your Ass and Belching in Public in the Post-Modern Urban Environment'!" |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by PivotTechno
Considering Universities are supposed to be institutions of HIGHER LEARNING, I have a difficult time understanding why a mindless, drivel-spewing 'tard like Coulter would even receive an invite in the first place. |
And therein lies the problem - "higher learning", to the academic elite, means enforcing a specific political view. Freedom of speech doesn't apply because those people are all dumb. Right.
As if Al Gore is any less of a mindless, drivel-spewing 'tard, and how many universities did he speak at (without any complaints/threats/rioting I might add)?
I can almost remember a time when "higher learning" meant "permitting everyone to be heard, providing the tools to objectively verify their claims, teaching students how to use them, and trusting them to use their brains." |
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| WittyHandle |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
As if Al Gore is any less of a mindless, drivel-spewing 'tard, and how many universities did he speak at (without any complaints/threats/rioting I might add)?
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He received less angry responses because he is less provocative and reliant on emotion to convey his message.
Ok, his message is definitely more aimed at the college crowd too, but it's really a combination of the two.
I also think Coulter should have been left alone, even is she's a scumbag.
If it were Glenn Beck, I would've let him finish his speech, then thrown 6 month old eggs. |
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| PivotTechno |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
And therein lies the problem - "higher learning", to the academic elite, means enforcing a specific political view. Freedom of speech doesn't apply because those people are all dumb. |
So then perhaps its the other side of the coin, and our esteemed halls of learning stuff are not the be-all-and-end-all brain factories they make themselves out to be.
Wonder if I can work out a post-secondary lecture tour for Carrot Top, could be some filthy lucre to be made! |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by PivotTechno
So then perhaps its the other side of the coin, and our esteemed halls of learning stuff are not the be-all-and-end-all brain factories they make themselves out to be. |
No argument from me there! |
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