In true Bwog style, we've read all of the 400+ comments (though it might be 500 by the time we post this) so you don't have to.

Regarding the violence that erupted:

Posted by i can't believe this: [#144] [reply]

I'm actually shocked by the ignorance and arrogance displayed by so many of the posts on this thread. For all the complaints I've heard about how Columbia is this bastion of liberalism, I find most people here to be overwhelmingly conservative! It was a protest, people. The whole point of a protest is to cause a disrupton. Protests shouldn't just be grudgingly allowed in our society and our university, or penned in some "free speech area", they should be actively encouraged. Why aren't there more protests, more disruptions? I count protest a viable, valuable form of public debate...

And in reply:

Posted by mike: [#156] [reply]

I also protest violence against another human beings, immigrant or not, but I do not do so using violence.

By using violence, mob tactics, and overbearance, you have lowered yourselves to the level of these "minutemen," these fools who like to dress up in army gear and play "Mission Impossible" with people's lives.

One thing you have gained from this protest, at least, is one more columbia student disgusted with the so called "liberals" who cannot tolerate opinions other than their own.