Column on Ahmadinejad

Towson University's The Towerlight today included a "Pespective" piece on why Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had a right to speak at Columbia University (where, by the way, he denounced homosexuality and claimed the "phenomenon" didn't exist in his country).

I like student writer Andrew Carton's argument supporting the freedom of speech and the value of dialogue.

His column begins:

I really wonder if Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, upon receiving the invitation from Columbia University, said to his staff, "I've been invited to a city full of people I want to see eradicated. What a splendid idea. Perhaps my awesome powers of persuasion will stop them from hating me."

Check out Carton's entire piece here.