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Old 12-09-2005, 11:07 AM   #19
NikitahDE

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University campuses are the most notorious places for such activity (on both right and left). Indeed, I had the pleasure of seeing some brave souls heckle both Prime Minister Chretien and Prime Minister Mulroney at various university lecture halls. Both Prime Ministers stopped their speeches and walked out due to the level of razzing they were receiving - and to the cheers of the audience. First time in my life that I actually felt like I lived in a democractic country.

Democracy doesn't provide any kind of 'right' for the partisan media or political elites to lecture their messages directly and without interpretation or interruption. It is a democratic right of the people to treat such politicians with contempt.
No, but the campus should have. Even despite that I think the hecklers were rude, the student govt spent $16,000 for Coulter to come speak, and that money essentialy went to waste, based on the actions of a few. I wonder why the campus security didnt remove the hecklers.
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