Ahmadinejad’s Homosexuality Problem
Refreshing to see that Columbia University’s president, Lee Bollinger, today introduced Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a “petty and cruel dictator.” His goal was not to embrace Iran’s president but to “confront the mind of evil.” Ahmadinejad was hoping — and, indeed, has grown accustomed to — better hosts. Shocked but still smiling, he lamented Columbia’s “unfriendly treatment,” saying that Persian tradition requires that human beings be treated with respect. Except, of course, for political dissidents, women, and homosexuals. But I’m getting ahead of myself. “In Iran, we don’t have homosexuals like in your country,” Ahmadinejad explained. The laughter of thousands of Columbia students floated across South Lawn, where a big screen had been set up to accomodate the ovserpill. It was natural, I suppose, that the tragic truth of Ahmadinejad’s statement was not registered: Homosexuals do not exist in Iran because Iran routinely hangs homosexuals.
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Robert Stacy McCain has been live-blogging media responses to the event at The Washington Times.
