In Which I Attend a Meeting

Pictures will be added to the three posts below this one tomorrow morning, as I forgot the transfer cable in my office. UPDATE, 10:07 AM, March 1: The three posts below became four posts, and pictures have (obviously) been added. Please, if you read through to the end, take a minute to comment and tell me what you think. My response will come, but not yet - I'm still processing everything. Thanks for reading.

Tonight, Commandante Agi and I attended a meeting of the College Republicans at the University of California, Irvine. It was a panel discussion; the main issue was whether or not Muslims in the United States are doing enough to distance themselves from terrorists and to support the War on Terror. As you'll see, the conversation soon diverged from that.

I've split this post into three four parts (starting with the post below this one) because it was getting incredibly long. Feel free to comment on each part separately, or on all three parts in the comment section of this post. Each post will end with the same message to new readers. If you got here from a link directly to this post, the other four parts can be found at the following links:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Added: My thoughts on the meeting.

Added: My response to commenters, part 1 and part 2. There was some crazy shit in that comments section! Also, here's a post that shows an interesting contrast in what various commenters think of me.

I am going to write out my personal reactions to this evening's events tonight, but I will not post them until some later date, after people have had their say in the comments. I want to see what everyone (people who were there and who have only read my account) thinks of what went on, and then I'll share what I thought and how I feel right now. Thanks in advance for your participation.

Some Notes:
If you are a new visitor to this blog, welcome, and please feel free to comment. Comments can be left anonymously; no need to have a blogger ID. Please, let me know what you thought of tonight's meeting and what impressions you left with, of the Muslim protesters, the speakers, or whatever. Thanks for your input.

Tags: Mohammed, cartoons, UC Irvine, Islam, conservatives, College Republicans, hate