Daniel Pipes will be speaking at McGill next Wednesday, March 12th (at 7pm in Stewart Biology for those interested in attending. There’s a charge of $2 and all proceeds go towards helping victims of terror.) According to Stewart, Pipes doesn’t anticipate another riot – he thinks that the thugs have learned their lesson after the Concordia riot and the York demonstration.
His lecture is part of the larger 24 Hours for Israel initiative beginning at sundown March 12th and lasting all day on the 13th. Hillel, FederationNext, and several other organizations are teaming up to create an all-Israel day on university campuses around the city. At a time when morale is low – especially at universities – this is definately sounding like a needed boost.
Any ideas whether McGill is planning to provide adequate security to ensure this speech is not interupted?
I’m not privy to that kind of information, but I’d assume so.