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Report of Attack Rattles Princeton
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Submitted by B Witt, Dec 17, 2007 10:44

And I second the motion from Mr. Donovan.


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Why does it seem that so often when people on the right talk (or scream) about morality, that at the... [MORE]

John 

Dec 18, 2007 11:44

It's unbelievable that you printed that long, preachy, front-page story with so little evidence, and even more unbelievable that so... [MORE]

gaybashee 

Dec 18, 2007 09:53

IF it was a Hoax.... IF it had been a Black, Jew, Hispanic, Homosexual..... IF he was Conservative, Liberal, or... [MORE]

If Everyone Hates.... Who Wins? 

Dec 18, 2007 09:47

Hoisted on your own petards, lately? ROTFL! [MORE]

hah 

Dec 18, 2007 08:44

So he "... has admitted to fabricating an alleged assault on him ... and to sending threatening emails to himself,... [MORE]

Calamitas 

Dec 18, 2007 08:44

http://www.nj.com/centraljersey/index.ssf/2007/12/police_assault_story_was_bogus.html The so called victim has confessed that it is a hoax. [MORE]

Dan 

Dec 18, 2007 00:41

Being a committed member to one of the Evangelical groups that was mentioned in this article, I just want to... [MORE]

Galatian 

Dec 17, 2007 19:43

This doesn't reflect on the behavior of the left as all lefties in this country don't attack people. But I... [MORE]

Tim Bosley 

Dec 17, 2007 19:37

And you should have already know this when you made your post. The attack was a hoax; apparently the only... [MORE]

Cal 

Dec 19, 2007 00:11

A conservative professor at Harvard, Harvey Mansfield, said he is outraged. "I hope Princeton comes down on them like a... [MORE]

tom 

Dec 17, 2007 16:56

I am a conservative speaker who participates in a large number of symposiums and political events. It is heart-wrenching to... [MORE]

Evan Sayet 

Dec 17, 2007 16:33

You are a conservative speaker who speaks at "large numbers" of symposiums and political events, yet the thrust of your... [MORE]

Jay Brida 

Dec 17, 2007 18:15

He may have lied about it but both sides have used this tactic before, and both sides look for publicity... [MORE]

nathan 

Dec 17, 2007 15:28

If you attack Blacks for being Black, that is an invitation to violence. The Black cannot change his race even... [MORE]

Victor Galindo 

Dec 17, 2007 18:03

http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2007/12/14/news/19743.shtml So what is the real story? [MORE]

Bruce 

Dec 17, 2007 15:20

LOL So typical of the average neo-con moron. "Francisco Nava '09 has admitted to fabricating an alleged assault on him that he... [MORE]

Simon 

Dec 17, 2007 15:05

It's a shame that conservatives who dare to express themselves in our supposedly free and public forums, are now also... [MORE]

Legion 

Dec 17, 2007 15:05

I'm not sure I understand why all the defense of Neo-Cons and the name calling of liberals. This little baby... [MORE]

Tom 

Dec 17, 2007 16:44

Legion is completely right. Im tired of the hipocritic liberals that preach about diversity but when it comes to most... [MORE]

Marylander 

Dec 17, 2007 17:31

Nice try, looks like you fit the right wing mold, jump on anything no matter how false, accuse liberals, and... [MORE]

Spike 

Dec 17, 2007 20:35

Liberal like free speech, as long as it's in their best socialist interest. [MORE]

Willy Brown 

Dec 17, 2007 14:53

Reading about this incident, I have to believe that Mr. Nava was attacked randomly or due to other factors --... [MORE]

Steve in Princeton 

Dec 17, 2007 14:49

...he should be dealt with severely. We cry for liberals to be held accountable for their many proven and admitted false... [MORE]

Ironhorzmn 

Dec 17, 2007 14:32

Wheres Al Sharpton? Wheres his support protest for this poor "under represented individual. A conservitive in NJ (the california of... [MORE]

Skippy 

Dec 17, 2007 14:17

Why does media hate caucasians and conservatives so much? [MORE]

Ron Paul President 2008 

Dec 17, 2007 14:01

Look at the neighborhood. My friends who attended even University of Pennsylvania had experienced theft all four of their years... [MORE]

Anonymous 

Dec 17, 2007 13:58

I'm no fan of the ivies, but I know well that Princeton is a safe town and the university is... [MORE]

Mike 

Dec 17, 2007 14:55

Its clear who the real oppressors are. Its the left. they consistintaly seperate people on the basis of race and... [MORE]

anthony williams 

Dec 17, 2007 13:54

Google the Daily Princetonian then go to their front page story; turns out the officer in charge of the case... [MORE]

Ite Incendite 

Dec 17, 2007 13:53

When I was in high school, I interviewed with a Harvard alumnus as part of the application process. He made... [MORE]

Wade 

Dec 17, 2007 13:51

Political attacks should be treated as hate crimes, as the one commiting the assault is, without doubt acting on an... [MORE]

Conservative thinker 

Dec 17, 2007 14:49

you just said the person responsible for doing this awful thing to Nava is a terrorist. like the people attacking... [MORE]

trebor 

Dec 18, 2007 12:43

to reassure the victim of the correctness of his position. I thought the liberals were all opposed to violence [MORE]

EricJ 

Dec 17, 2007 13:44

Here is a follow-up from today's web-edition of the Daily Princetonian at Princeton. http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2007/12/14/news/19743.shtml [MORE]

a princeton student 

Dec 17, 2007 13:18

Throw the book at Nava -- both criminally and on campus. And yet, is there not still an issue to be... [MORE]

Rhymes With Right 

Dec 17, 2007 14:04

The Princetonian claims that the guy claims the assault was fabricated. However, the article doesn't explain that he went to... [MORE]

San 

Dec 17, 2007 15:49

You can't spin this incident so that there's still a valid point for conservative ideals to be found in it.... [MORE]

Cal 

Dec 19, 2007 00:17

While it is frightening that a student has been attacked and so few people know about it, i do wonder... [MORE]

a princeton student 

Dec 17, 2007 13:02

I had a couple of criminals from Massachusetts try to rough me up for cash outside our local mall last.... [MORE]

Mike 

Dec 17, 2007 12:42

One would think that students who are smart enough to get into Princeton would have the mental ability to work... [MORE]

Dana Kuykendall 

Dec 17, 2007 11:24

There is no excuse for this. And those who think "he was inviting violence" are no different than those at... [MORE]

Joseph Gerth 

Dec 17, 2007 11:23

Mr Galindo's comment unselfconsciously betrays the classic totalitarian mindset. In the Church's classic medeival reasoning: "there is no freedom for... [MORE]

Hugh Brennan 

Dec 17, 2007 10:42

One seeking to discover what illiberal and dangerous places the college campus has become these days need look no further... [MORE]

Steve Raiguel 

Dec 17, 2007 10:33

The most oft-quoted saying regarding freedom of speech is: "I may not agree with what you say, but I'll defend... [MORE]

R.C. 

Dec 17, 2007 10:28

What do you do now that your poster boy for liberal violence is found to have made the whole thing... [MORE]

Kate 

Dec 18, 2007 18:28

theory. College kids get into tangles all the time. [MORE]

paul 

Dec 17, 2007 09:08

In reading the comments of Mr. Galindo, I can only conclude that He and others of his ilk, believe that... [MORE]

Ghost Monkey 

Dec 17, 2007 08:46

Better take up Krav Maga, Mr Nava. [MORE]

RayLRiv 

Dec 17, 2007 08:40

Sounds like a hate crime to me [MORE]

Thomas Rosser 

Dec 17, 2007 07:59

Mr. Galindo is being quite mischievous in his post. Would he be so mild in his disapproval of a politically-motivated... [MORE]

Peter Fegan 

Dec 17, 2007 07:38

You guys will really believe anything! How about a few "mea culpas" from all of you who posted here saying... [MORE]

lieinveigleobfuscate 

Dec 18, 2007 11:23

How long did it take from the Sixties revolution against authority - God, sin and healthy soul saving guilt that... [MORE]

Don L 

Dec 17, 2007 07:22

It is interesting to compare "A spokesman for Princeton, Cass Cliatt, said the university does not comment on situations involving situations... [MORE]

Jonathan Cohen 

Dec 17, 2007 06:22

There is no question that violence is despicable in any form except in self protection. However, people who are calling... [MORE]

Victor Galindo 

Dec 16, 2007 23:50

If Mr. Galindo's judgment is correct, then any opinion publicly expressed that a behavior is sinful invites violence against both... [MORE]

Chuck Donovan 

Dec 17, 2007 00:29

So, epxressing an opinion or maintaining a moral standard "invites violence." Does preaching liberal doctrine, such as pro-abortion stances or... [MORE]

Frank St. Clair 

Dec 17, 2007 06:34

is to "invite these horrible acts upon themselves"? That is as succinct as a statement of fascism as I have... [MORE]

Richard L. Kent, Esq. 

Dec 17, 2007 07:14

As Mr. Donovan has stated there is a distinct difference between a moral view and inciting violence. Saying you have... [MORE]

Steve Moyer 

Dec 17, 2007 07:43

I'm not surprised that this happened for true violence against dissenters has always belonged to the left. Ironically those who... [MORE]

Mary M. 

Dec 17, 2007 08:22

I think Chuck said it really well. [MORE]

Mary Connor 

Dec 17, 2007 08:44

'However, people who are calling homosexual behavior a sin are inviting violence against the homosexual.' I trust that an accusation of... [MORE]

Arthur Glass 

Dec 17, 2007 09:00

Victor, what "forceable" and "legal" methods do you recommend we use against people who voice their opinions that homosexuality and... [MORE]

Jim Ryan 

Dec 17, 2007 09:16

Victor Galindo uses stunningly defective logic. By stating an opinion I am "inviting violence"? Come on. He doesn't like the... [MORE]

Kala Latour 

Dec 17, 2007 09:24

Mr. Galindo seems to arrogate to himself the right to decide who should be an acceptable target of violence: Anyone... [MORE]

David Kilgore 

Dec 17, 2007 09:38

The fact that the left has assimilated speech to action, and then assimilated all conservative perspectives to violence, renders every... [MORE]

Fr. Cassian Sibley 

Dec 17, 2007 09:48

Was he wearing a short skirt, too? Did he flirt with them at the bar? This is absolutlely depsicable. People are... [MORE]

JohnMcG 

Dec 17, 2007 10:08

After all, your intolerant moral declaration regarding those who preach a "morality of intolerance" certainly invites violence against those who... [MORE]

Rhymes With Right 

Dec 17, 2007 10:28

And I second the motion from Mr. Donovan.

B Witt 

Dec 17, 2007 10:44

Chuck is absolutely right. Freedom of speech is second only to the right to life in the rights accorded to... [MORE]

Margaret McCarthy 

Dec 17, 2007 10:56

There are people who will die for their beliefs and a beating for those words mean they are hitting home... [MORE]

Irv Weinsoff 

Dec 17, 2007 11:03

So Victor Galindo (Comment above) thinks it is the victim's fault: priceless. [MORE]

Sam Grevo 

Dec 17, 2007 11:11

Why is calling something sinful an invitation for violence against the sinner? I don't know how many people believe that... [MORE]

Stephen Castro 

Dec 17, 2007 11:18

>> However, people who are calling homosexual behavior a sin are inviting violence against the homosexual. Uh, no. [MORE]

William K 

Dec 17, 2007 13:21

"However, people who are calling homosexual behavior a sin are inviting violence against the homosexual." Why? [MORE]

Talktome 

Dec 17, 2007 13:27

the reasonable person in me feels you can't point your finger at al Libs by the actions of a couple... [MORE]

Brad Martel 

Dec 17, 2007 13:51

Ooh violence is bad ...but those who advocate political beliefs that are different than mine deserve what they get! That... [MORE]

Tony 

Dec 17, 2007 13:56

Let me see if I have this right: Violence is bad, but anybody who disagrees with liberals has it coming... [MORE]

Dave H 

Dec 17, 2007 13:57

Victor, If one were to follow your logic then no voice should ever be spoken in fear of violence. People who... [MORE]

Paul 

Dec 17, 2007 14:13

Mr. Galindo, you have turned logic upside down. To call homosexuality a sin is simply to accept the moral standards... [MORE]

Tim Daniels 

Dec 17, 2007 14:21

I believe it true that students that express a conserative opinion on most collages experience harsh verbal abuse and often are... [MORE]

Jim Fox 

Dec 17, 2007 16:52

Hate Crime shmate crime and the thought police... As a child when I would complain that johnny was calling me names... [MORE]

Jim Fox 

Dec 17, 2007 17:02

Submitted by Tony, Dec 17, 2007 13:56 Ooh violence is bad ...but those who advocate political beliefs that are different than... [MORE]

matt 

Dec 17, 2007 17:31

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