Yale Daily News

It's disgraceful that Yale has effectively allowed a group people to effectively censor free expression. It's all the worse because it was a group of people effectively supporting a terrorist group (Hamas).

Why should Slifka have to pay for their own safety? YPD is sending a message to campus organizations that fear for their safety that they will not protect them. It would be understandable if, the next time something like this happens, Slifka takes matters into their own hands.

He should be arrestd as a war criminal - no invited to speak! Murdering savage!

I'm alarmed by the sheer level of paranoia. Why don't we ask this question: Was there even a safety issue? For me what sounds alarming is the comment that it is understandable if people "take matters into their own hands".
The protesters were also using their freedom of speech and if the event was moved, the responsibility belongs to the decision makers.
Finally, a necessary correction: Yes, the event was organized by a non-Yale group, but there were people from Yale at the protest.

Bomb-sniffing dogs? Really? Look up the Arms Export Control Act.

Yes, Slifka should follow the model of Israel and bomb the homes of those who protest it to kill them and their children, and perhaps splash some white phosphorus over their neighbours to teach them a lesson.

as the one quoted in this story, for the record, i wasn't there to encourage the event being moved away or debate stifled. i showed up with print outs of debates over the action and even multiple statements of opposing view points from the isreali ministry of foreign affairs. i wanted to draw attention to what i believe is an immediate injustice and stand with other people who felt likewise.

its nice to know that you can attend william and mary, spend most of your life trying to be an informed, balanced american citizen, come to a protest, and have people decide the protest is dangerous enough to need bomb-sniffing dogs...? score one for yale security's open mindedness

As someone still deciding whether or not to attend Yale, this incident certainly reflects poorly on what is supposed to be an open-minded campus. Bomb-sniffing dogs? Really?

Couple this with revoking the offer to Juan Cole to teach Yale because AIPACers and other hard-line Israel supports disagreed with his respected take on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Two strikes...

A clarification: this article refers to the "Palestinian-occupied Gaza Strip." Although it is occupied by Palestinians in the sense that they inhabit the territory, this usage is confusing. Until the recent Israeli withdrawal, the Gaza Strip was illegally occupied by the Israeli military; one could argue that the recent attacks have allowed the Israeli Defense Forces to partially reoccupy it. Only those on the rightmost fringes of Israeli society would claim that the Palestinian population living in Gaza is forcibly "occupying" it in this sense. Presumably, this author intended to indicate that the Gaza strip is inhabited and governed (such as it is) by Palestinians.

fascinating the bitter responses in this thread. strangely gives me hope, but wish it was worded more proactively instead of daily show style. one should aspire to challenge people's opinions without attacking them. they will just shut off their mind the rest of your ideas after they feel insulted or attacked

prospetive student person, i think similarly to you, trying to find inconsistencies. but try to put into perspective. if you get a bad feeling, write the head of a department and ask them the reality of the situation on politics obstructing proper administration, etc. of course, take each flaw within context. you may have hundreds of people with amazingly open minded world views, but just the ignorant few getting the most attention. dig deeper!