Ayers's BC speech scuttled

I wish some of the idiots who voted for obama new about his friendship before voting. Many may not have voted for him. The obama compliant media chose to ignore him. Thank you Michael Graham

Well done, BC; well spoken Mr. Dunn.

A university should provide opportunities for just this kind of experience. A moderated panel discussion following the speech could have given voice to all viewpoints of this terrible time in the US- three assassinations, the war in Viet Nam, rioting on college campuses, the Kent State shootings,Watts burning...
Educators must be open to all possibilities for open discussion of ideas; so vital to the health of our democracy.

Right wing censorship... way to go America! That's what our founding fathers wanted, a wing nut radio host dictating what is said on a college campus. What a joke. Congratulations to all of you who supported this. I'm sure you must feel proud to be American today. Who cares about the first amendment anyway........

religious statues on campus? yes.
free specch? no.

As a BC alum, I am not happy about this. I thought the university was stronger and wouldn't bow down to some fringe radio host's ramblings. They didn't seem to have a problem when Ben Stein gave a pro-life speech or Ann Coulter came during my time there. Smells pretty hypocritical to me.

Good for BC! Those who forget the past will unfortunately repeat the mistakes in the future. Ayers and his ilk should stay in Chicago with their murderous supporters. We don't need this socialist praising himself for his murderous deeds. I remember when Sergeant Walter Schroeder was murdered and I won't forget the deeds of the "underground" terrorists. On the other hand, Ayers is such a good friend and mentor to our socialist President Obama that I can understand how the uninformed youngsters at BC would think it "sick" to invite him to speak.

I would have expected more from Boston College. It is forfeiting its important responsibility to be a place of learning.
None of us suport the bombings that took Officer Shroeder's life and firmly understand that the Schroeder family still suffers from their loss. But anyone who has followed Mr. Ayers recent interviews realizes that he offers a significiant learning opportunity... a very insightful and restrained view of our nations policies and involvement in foreigh wars.
There is a far greater risk that the students who do not hear him will loose respect, not for him, but for the environment in which they now live.

so much for free speech.

Another win for the good guys!

Well done BC. Thank you!

This is not censorship or limiting free speech. This is a private institution rightly proclaiming that it wants nothing to do with it's students being lectured by a terrorist.

Everyone KNEW (learn how to spell before you call people idiots) about Obama's affiliation with Mr Ayers during the election season because the Republicans had so little to work with that they had to highlight such an insignificant relationship. That said, this is not about Mr Ayers at all. Canceling this even sets a precedent for the University to cancel any event not corresponding with the beliefs of the administration. Boston College is an academic environment meant to foster learning and ideas, not particular learnings and ideas. If you applaud BC on their treatment of this issue, you contribute to the decay of academia and you usher out democracy.

I'd love to know if he still received his speaking engagement fee...Jokes on who?

I guess the clowns crying about free speech and the first amendment never actually read it.

Michael Graham, you and all the other rite wing haters of the Constitution should be ashamed of yourself. First, without a trial or evidence other than by a person or persons claiming to belong to the same organization, you declare Professor Ayers guilty of murder. I admit it, I am a Jew; therefore since Bernie Madoff is a Jew, I must be running a Ponzi scheme. You guys are so bright, I am blinded. Wait, thats my brain starting to explode! Second, you have forced a group of people to not have the ability to speak with and and listen to a person whose views you disagree with. The very reason free speech is protected by the Constitution. Come clean, Graham and McPhee; you hate America. You hate justice, you hate the rule of law. You despise views contrary to your own.. Admit it, please; before you make my brain explode. Thank you!

Freedom of speech is alive and well. People expressed their displeasure on the radio and their voices were heard loud and clear. A small ray of hope in a lost land of liberalism.

Fear and intolerance win out again in Boston. What a bunch of cowards at B.C.

Michael Graham used his free speech to speak out against Obamba's favorite terrorist, and thankfully BC did the sensible thing and told cop killer Bill Ayers to take his garbage elsewhere!!!!!!! Nice going Michael and nice going BC!!!!

Free speech? Say what you want on the street corner if you want free speech... Come to speak to students at a private college (and probably getting paid to speak) and it's no longer 'free speech'. Its a speaking engagement. Whether he's getting paid or not - Billy... you're fired!

As an alumna of BC, you can forget about me ever donating!

Common misconception... free speech only applies to state actors, not private universities.

Bombings? That's not free speech folks. A line has to be drawn. Get your head out of the sand.

What am I missing here. Why is it a learning opportunity to provide a platform for a murderer to speak? Should BC allow Charles Manson to spread his prescient proverbs around campus? How about Son of Sam? Jack the Ripper perhaps? If BC said no to any of the aforementioned individuals, would that be suppression of free speech as well? William Ayers is nothing more than a murderer who forfeited all of his rights long ago. Kudos to BC for a wise decision that is respectful of the family of Sergeant Walter Schroeder.

There is no right to free speech at a private institution, people. Read the Constitution.

More and more, "free speech" means "liberal speech." And they use "political correctness" to squelch speech with which they disagree. Neither the left nor the right has much true interest in protecting "free speech" or the unfettered airing of all ideas.

Academic freedom is another institution, and debate, in its entirety.

Another win for the good guys in this situation means another blow to democracy. Open inquiry should be allowed everywhere in the US, especially at a University.

He is a admitted Terrorist...And just after 9/11 said he wished he did more harm than he actually did. Yeah...give him a forum, who is next ...Bin Laden.

NOPE, look up the relationship. Try Wikapedia.

What happened to diverse views and intellectual debate? Is Boston College afraid of dissenting views? Of their students making up their own minds after listening to Mr. Ayers? BC is not going to get any recommendations to my students. I want them to attend a place that allow open debate and discussion, even if it is from individuals we disagree with.

It's funny how Boston residents have such a selective memory when it comes to past injustices. Everyone is so devastated by this alleged attack by the Weather Underground in 1970, yet they like to dismiss the horrors that occurred during the desegration busings in the mid 70's. Hilarious!
- BC Alum

The Boston College students should not go so far away to do something outrageous, they should bring on one of the eight continuing Cambridge City Councilors, but require them to talk reality.

Heartless animal abuse.

Large scale environmental destruction, on the Charles, at Fresh Pond, coming at Alewife, included in too many park projects.

Jhey just need to be kept from talking irrelevant nonsense, like their attempts to save anywhere and anything outside of Cambridge.

The Boston College students should not go so far away to do something outrageous, they should bring on one of the eight continuing Cambridge City Councilors, but require them to talk reality.

Heartless animal abuse.

Large scale environmental destruction, on the Charles, at Fresh Pond, coming at Alewife, included in too many park projects.

Jhey just need to be kept from talking irrelevant nonsense, like their attempts to save anywhere and anything outside of Cambridge.