Outside the United Nations, where Ahmadinejad will speak today, protesters held aloft Israeli flags and placards that likened Ahmadinejad to Hitler.
"In 1933, there was a fascist called Adolf Hitler," said Rachmael Benhaim, a 40-year-old psychologist from Queens who took time off from work to participate in the rally. "If people had protested against him, 6 million Jews would be alive … and World War II would not have happened. The lesson we learned is people have to come out and protest before things happen."
i guess i was unaware that protesting was so effective.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-09-2 … htm?csp=34
this is mostly old news.
At Columbia, however, some demonstrators supported the decision to invite Ahmadinejad and held placards proclaiming, "No war on Iran" and "Ahmadinejad is bad; Bush is worse."
Leaving the lecture hall, Esther Fuchs, a professor of public affairs and political science, said, "I feel like I've just been sitting in an absurdist play."
