Who would have imagined that the march of technology would eventually force Mahmood Ahmadinejad to confront trolls on his blog. Nevertheless, a lively debate has broken out among the commenters–you might even call it a flamewar. There are the critics:
Martha Washington mtv…@gmail.com How does it feel to be the most hated person on the planet?… US J Shore jul…@gmail.com President, thank you for visiting my home town New York. Your comments regarding Iran having no gay people however are absurd. Why dont you answers questions regarding the execution of gay people in Iran straightly? Instead, you insist that there are no gay people in Iran at all. Well of course not, you hang them! They live in fear of their government. American foreign policy may not be civil, but your domestic politics are just as brutish… US bdog like id tell you rep…@yahoo.com stop killing americans. stop trying to make bombs, stop lying through your teeth. the people of columbia university may have accepted you but the general population doesnt and remember its just the liberals that love you…
There are the supporters — both the long-winded and the laconic:
MV ishu shujau ish…@hotmail.com I think we need more leaders like you. you are doing great job… your country and others too have rigtes to get nuclear energy… Wish you success in your life… ID yuli rani suc…@yahoo.com keep fighting bro ID Nazmi Rafsanjani lln…@yahoo.com Ure not alone, were always support you US Amir Joakim prz…@yahoo.com congratulations on your presentation at Columbia University. I hope Iran succeeds in obtaining nuclear capabilities
Clearly there are some supporters who are off message, and don’t know that Iran’s nuclear program is purely peaceful–and not intended to produce ‘nuclear capabilities.’ Then there are the Members of the Democratic Underground:
NZ Tipene [Stephen] Curtis tip…@yahoo.com Mr President. Thank you for sharing your words of wisdom with us, It is interesting that America takes exception to the way things are in Iran. One must wonder what the real motive of America is? If America genuinely cared for the Iranian people one wonders why they supplied chemical weapons to Iraq to harm the Iranian people. America has been involved in some despicable acts that have seriously affected millions of people because of their foreign policy. America has no right to dictate to any other country what should or should not be done. Thank you for your time and for your words of inspiration…. US Allison Wright tyv…@yahoo.com After watching video of your experience at Columbia University I felt tryly ashamed to be an American. The ignorance and intolerance exhibited by Mr. Bollinger in his introduction speech was totally unacceptable and certainly not a befitting welcome for a world leader and scholar such as yourself. I just feel like you are owed an apology for such ill treatment and wish to convey that that wretched mans personal opinion is not representative of intelligent Americans. It was obvious that you were invited there by that man just so he could publicly insult you and THEN had the audacity to call YOU petty and cruel. Im so sorry that you had to witness such a display of ignorance on American soil. You handled yourself extremely well and no doubt you were the better man there. I wish you Divine Blessings. And I dont mind if you e-mailed me directly because this government and their fascist tactics do not intimidate me. US Chris I just wanted to say that I think you did a real good thing today by promoting diplomacy to the US. I was very sickened that Colombia did not give you a fair environment to speak your views. I am very worried that my country (the US) will try to instigate a war with your country. Here we are a country that is supposed to be about free speech and yet we can;t even let you talk here. Our president has lost all rationality and is now motivated to achieve only a US hegemonic policy. I pray that Bush will be out of office before he tries to provoke another war. US susan bonafede sev…@adelphia.net Dear Mr. President, I admire your courage and candor. It is unfortunate that here in the u.s., people are filled with predjudice and propaganda. I pray we can somehow all live in peace… US Columbia Students asd…@yahoo.com Dear President Ahmadinejad, On behalf of all freedom lovers at Columbia University, I deeply apologize for the terribly unprofessional and derogatory comments that our hypocritical university president Lee Bollinger directed towards you. We as students of Columbia are ashamed in the disrespectful manner our representatives behaved towards you during your visit, and we would like to reiterate our thanks to you for your time and for your smart answers. We are very pleased that you came to speak at our university, and would like to extend to you our deepest respect and salutations. We are in full agreement with your policies regarding the Palestinian people and for your policies on a free and independent Iran. With much respect and admiration, Columbia Students US Eddie Finch efi…@sbcglobal.net Im glad President Mahmoud came to visit the USA and brought his message of peace. I understand his logic on politics and agree with his statements of peace in the future.
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