Reciprocation and the Holocaust

Bollinger just asked Ahmadinejad to conduct similar open debates in his own country--a very important point to drive home since our ability to uplift Iranian academia by speaking freely as they cannot is key here.

He has also just brought up the Holocaust, and asked Ahmadinejad to stop the outrage of Holocaust denial and to retract his offensive statements about the destruction of Israel. He is now bringing up the boycott of Israeli scholars, which seems a bit tangential--asking him if he wants to "wipe us off the map, too" is just going to give him an easier point to address than what he has actually said about Israel.