Henry Rollins v.s. Anne Coulter

Recently, I saw Henry Rollins speak and I was impressed with his style and his views. I was happy to see that someone is out there not afraid to speak about sensitive social issues; specifically, when he commented on the live performances from Bad Brains. Henry was not scared to tell people how he saw his friends and what they were doing even though it could harm this valuable friendship. He also made mention of Anne Coulter in Ottawa. Anne was due to speak but was cancelled due to student protests at the University of Ottawa. Henry made comment about this situation and had valid points to offer. I researched a little more about the situation in Ottawa and discussed it with my girlfriend. I came to the conclusion that although Miss Coulter can be outspoken and ridiculous in her words, she still represents issues that our country faces. In a book called "Gift of Fear" by Gavin de Becker he mentions that we should listen to the dark humour and in this case maybe we should listen to the ridiculous banter as dark humour in order to assess our views and opinions. Critical thinking in these days is paramount and I think that students at the University of Ottawa should have allowed the talk to commence and learn from it and not parrallel it with their own versions of violence and create an image of absurdity on both parts. This is the stiffling of free speech and acting with a mob mentality which is a form of violent behaviour. She does bring up valid points that people are afraid to talk about as does Henry Rollins. Unfortunately, for her she tends to become to defensive and comical to be taken seriously unlike Henry who can speak effectively and coherently and we can learn off of him. In a nutshell, for the same reason Henry is allowed to speak and be heard I think that Anne should have been allowed to talk. I am by no means comparing Henry Rollins to Anne Coulter, that would just be offensive I am only stating that we can learn from areas that we least expect.