Atashi Criticised

It came to my attention in the speech given by Mr. Atashi that there were only 5 or 6 people involved with him in the pursuant discussion. Thus made it very hard for people like myself and Kiwis who attended the discussion to express our point of view. Also if one asked a question, Mr. Atashi did not answer it, but rearranged it to suit the answer he had prepared, which made this discussion into an emotional controversy which was not proceeding in any general direction. Even if he tried to answer a question, he was shouted down because of his abusive and evasive use of facts and figures, in a manner that was confusing to the audience.

How do we expect speakers like Mr. Atashi to speak in our university if we do not respect his rights as well as each others' rights? Even though Mr. Atashi and I have conflicting views about the Middle East situation, I found it better to refrain from asking any questions, as to give the average kiwi student a chance to get to know the problem a little better.

It was apparent that Mr. Atashi was intoxicated by the exuberance of his own verbosity.