On Thu 16 Sep 2004 at 16:17:11, Scott Paul Robertson said: > I actually thought hers was a good forum, well presented and brought up > some important points. I thought it was sad that so many people left > during the forum, not even willing to hear her out, even if they > disagreed. Shuting yourself off like that never allows you to gain an > understanding of the otherside.
Even though I agreed with most of what she said (we shouldn't have gone into Iraq, etc), it was her presentation that was embarrassing. It seriously showed a complete lack of understanding that BYU is a totally different university environment than any other in the U.S., and that her remarks needed to be tailored to the audience, which they weren't. In the long run, she did more to hurt her cause because her presentation was so bad it made it very easy for BYU students to dismiss her -- and her peers -- as "those left-biased media people" we hear so much about from the right-biased media people. -- Soren Harward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://theboard.byu.edu/ "Americans are always attempting to run away from conformity, but unfortunately they always start running in the same direction." -- Art Buchwald
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