I was skimming through the articles on Google reader today, when to my surprise I found an article on the Iranian presidents' visit. Iran president in NY campus row (ctrl + click to view source) was the title of the BBC news article.
Seeing how I missed the news yesterday I decided to follow the link. Once opening the article I was appalled to see that the Iranian president denies the holocaust. Seeing how I have done two school projects, one twelve page report and interviewed close to thirty holocaust survivors I was very infuriated at the president's words.
The “brazen” president had no respect toward other people at the meeting. He was also very dull when it came to his people. When a student asked how he treated homosexuals in his country he smirkly replied, “In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country” with that in thought I began to laugh at the presidents’ remark as did everyone else in the meeting.
Though I do not enjoy the president of Iran, I still wish I would have been able to see him speak in person. Why? Well because even though he is an Arabian Hitler it is definitely a once in a life time chance to see someone of such importance.
This matters to me because all world issues are important and affect everyone. It could also be a popular subject in the classrooms. My personal view is that the man is a war hungry maniac who raises tensions for fun. But that is my opinion on the story. Now think what do you think about a man like this?
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