And in a real serious dialogue, which I wanted to make this, it's extremely important to have the notions right as well as the word. And there's always a risk that there'll be some set of etiquette of politeness in the event that will give this a sense of implicit endorsement. I think if you're going to have someone like this with the views and the actions that he has taken and appears to continue to take, it's extremely important to speak honestly, authentically and directly to those beliefs and actions. So he has plenty of opportunities to make his points known. But when he visited here, there were many interviews on CBS and CNN and so on, and of course, his statements at the General Assembly. BOLLINGER: I think that's not really the issue of him. How do you respond to the complaint, first, from John Bolton and others that Columbia gave Mahmoud Ahmadinejad precisely what he wants and that is publicity? ![]() Welcome to the program, President Bollinger. John Bolton, to the chancellors of seven Iranian universities. SIEGEL: Lee Bollinger has since been criticized by everyone, from former U.S. Your absurd comments about the debate over the Holocaust both defy historical truth and make all of us who continue to fear humanity's capacity for evil shudder at this closure of memory, which is always virtue's first line of defense. You are either brazenly provocative or astonishingly uneducated. When you would come to a place like this, this makes you quite simply ridiculous. ![]() For the illiterate and ignorant, this is dangerous propaganda. One year later, you held a two-day conference of Holocaust deniers. LEE BOLLINGER (President, Columbia University): In a December 2005 state television broadcast, you described the Holocaust as a fabricated legend. Bollinger told Ahmadinejad that his policies made him appear to be a cruel and petty dictator, and he addressed his Holocaust denials directly. Lee Bollinger, the president of Columbia University, delivered a scathing introduction to Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday when he appeared on the Columbia campus. From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
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