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| Heckling, a walk-out and an escort-out for 3 ex-terrorists in Ann Arbor |
| 2007-02-01 |
| More than 300 people - including both students and non-students - protested an event last night organized by the University's chapter of the Young Americans for Freedom called "Terrorism: The World's Greatest Threat." Billed as a lecture by three ex-terrorists, the event drew opposition from several student groups and the Michigan office of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. A large crowd gathered outside of the Rackham Building an hour before the event's scheduled 7 p.m. start. Flashes of yellow shirts worn by the protesters showed through the winter coats of many in the crowd. A half hour before the event, YAF Chair Andrew Boyd shouted "We're ready!" and the doors to the auditorium opened. The aisles filled immediately with people in yellow shirts, who had gathered early for the event. As the protesters rushed to fill seats, already-seated YAF members stuck their feet out into the aisles. After the initial surge, seats continued to fill steadily. By the time the event began, protesters make up about a quarter of the audience. Once the auditorium reached capacity, YAF Vice President Ryan Fantuzzi took the microphone. "I ask those who would like to disrupt this event to leave as soon as possible," he said. "There are many who support peace and freedom who would like your seat." But the protesters didn't get up. |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #5 Being white, I probably couldn't get in today, but I got an EE degree from The University in '84. It was just as bad then, we everyone on the commies' side. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2007-02-01 20:48 |
| #4 It is best when the speakers take a moment to address the protesters, indirectly. It lends great irony to speak of the fear of those who shout down and refuse to listen to other voices, then to speak of the slavery of unbending fanaticism, then maybe to talk of how when voices are silenced, women and children and the weak become victims. Finally to speak of the how fanatics have murdered countless innocents, yet even then are terrified of the free voices of opposition. The radicals disrupt and stomp out anyway, which proves the point. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-02-01 18:29 |
| #3 UofM has a lot of dumb libz. I laugh when they say these guys are trying to paint an entire community as terrorists. These guys don't need to, that particular community seems to do it fine on their own. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2007-02-01 14:31 |
| #2 IsnÂ’t yellow the color cowards and Hebullah (but I repeat myself)? Good job you running lackey dogs of oppression! Of course that is why you are at college, to learn only one side of everything. Ok now back to your Global Warming and steam engine classes before your afternoon of world human studies. Human Studies is the televised Al Jizzeria course or what the west would call News or what the Nazis would call propaganda. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2007-02-01 12:15 |
| #1 If you dont like the country you live in -Leave. If we got rid of the welfare these leeches would!!!! |
| Posted by: Ebbolump Glomotle9608 2007-02-01 10:53 |