Friday, April 2, 2010
Via Cinnamon, looks like some UC Irvine students did a good job standing up to their own student council (was it really just Jewish students?). Here's the video:
The back story is here:
As you know, 11 Muslim students were arrested on February 8, 2010 after attempting to shout down a speech by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren.
Eight of the Muslim students, including the Muslim Student Union (MSU) President, were students from UC Irvine.
Following this event, the student government at UC Irvine passed legislation which actually condemned the administration for "excessive punishment" of the Muslim students who disrupted the Ambassador Oren event. This was quite shocking and disappointing to the Jewish and pro-Israel student community...[More.
I admire you all - you are my Hero !
Hell yeah! That was awesome.