In Defense of Student Who Pied Friedman
On April 22, Brown University student Molly Little threw a pie at New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman in protest of his pro-war, pro-corporate views, and the prominence he receives in promulgatin... continue reading »
"I'm still in shock over the expulsion!!!!!!!!!"
"Brown '73; left in 1971 and happily never returned. Go Molly."
"Don't kill the messenger."
"The pie was harmless. Molly's education is a large price to pay for a simple action that made a statement."
"What an interesting country we live in, where a throwing a pie in someone's face is a serious offense but propagandizing and shilling for a war of foreign aggression is just someone's "opinion.""
"В Institution or Affiliation Harvard '04"
"В Institution or Affiliation Harvard University"
"Go Molly Institution or Affiliation Mt Hope peace corps"
"pie throwing is free speech!"
"The World is Splat"
"Friedman deserves more than a pie in the face!!"
"В Institution or Affiliation Portland National Lawyers Guild"
"The Administration of Brown University needs to get a sense of humor. Nobody prevented Thom Hup Ho Friedman from speaking, even if he had to do it arounda mouthful of merengue. Believe me, it's an improvment. If anyone well deserved a pie in the face, it'"
"Though I haven't been a student for decades, I would have been tempted to pie him too, but would live with the feeling and omit the action. What she did was reckless but surely doesn't merit such extreme punishment. Have her return and lead a discussion a"