Student Tasered at Kerry Forum

scaeagles · 09-18-2007, 08:22 PM

I am no Kerry fan, but honestly what was he to do? Seriously. I suppose he could have asked (he had no legal authority to order) them to let the guy go, but to what end? Is an invited speaker supposed to relinquish the floor to someone who wants to monopolize what is taking place for their own agenda?

I'm sure they could have handled it better, but I don't necessarily see fault in Kerry for this.

It's a tough situation - you are invited somewhere, you are speaking, and someone rudely interrupts what you are there for. What are you to do? What is security supposed to do? I believe the guy should have been removed, and that it was possible to do it without using a taser, but to fault Kerry? I don't see it.

09-18-2007, 08:22 PM	#1
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	I am no Kerry fan, but honestly what was he to do? Seriously. I suppose he could have asked (he had no legal authority to order) them to let the guy go, but to what end? Is an invited speaker supposed to relinquish the floor to someone who wants to monopolize what is taking place for their own agenda? I'm sure they could have handled it better, but I don't necessarily see fault in Kerry for this. It's a tough situation - you are invited somewhere, you are speaking, and someone rudely interrupts what you are there for. What are you to do? What is security supposed to do? I believe the guy should have been removed, and that it was possible to do it without using a taser, but to fault Kerry? I don't see it.
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