Talk:Avi Lewis

message: Hirsi lied about a lot of things just to get asylum in Holland, and when the Dutch immigration found out about it, they revoked her citizenship. It seems some of her fans here do not know about it. So how a lier can be a trusted  "scholar"?
The other issue is a good interview should be challenging and the interviewer should play the role of "devil's advocate"; a concept seemingly unfamiliar for the American audience.
Not true.  Hirsi Ali is still a dutch citizen.  It would be ironic if it were true.  Amsterdam is crawling with immigrants who will stab you for your wallet and steal bicycles for a living.  It amazes me how "liberals" like Avi are immediately to the right of the British BNP, or Vlaams Belang, when their boiler-plate thinking is challenged by someone genuine like Hirsi Ali.    —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.31.44.230 (talk) 00:01, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not relevant.  It was one interview that was hardly any more, or less, controversial than any of his other interviews.  It certainly does not warrant mention in this article. Ayaan Hirsi Ali is rather a minor figure compared to many other people he has interviewed over the years. If you think that particular interview does warrant mention on Wikipedia, put it in the Ayaan Hirsi Ali article where it will have relevance.--74.121.254.2 14:16, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

text: It has no relevance, as stated by the previous poster. It is a minor interview, one of  hundreds he had done over the years. Using such highly charged words as 'racist' and 'sexist' would indeed be POV and reason enough to preclude it from the article. It is also untrue this interview gave him much prominance in the USA.  In popular culture, his interview with Lou Reed, done in the mid 1990s, brought him to some prominance, as it is considered one of the best that Reed ever gave to any interviewer.  If you want mention of this interview, put in the Ayaan Hirsi Ali article, like the previous poster mentioned.--Abebenjoe 16:07, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

text: Still not revelvant. She's hardly the most famous person he has interviewed, and unless all his major interviews are listed in the article, she simply does not merit inclusion in the article.  Lou Reed, by the way, is far better known than she is, even if Time picked her as someone of significance. As stated before, if you really think this is important, and it looks like you do think so, put it in her article. Otherwise, it is out of place in this article.--Abebenjoe 15:52, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

text: In the marketplace, Lou Reed has sold a lot more records and videos than Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and garnered more press.--Abebenjoe 07:22, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

text: Number 2 asks, "Information...Information". Number 6's reply, "That would be telling!"  "Be seeing you."--Abebenjoe 06:50, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Avi Lewis's interview of Ayaan Hirsi Ali

message: PHRASE REMOVED: Lewis is somewhat infamous for a June 11, 2007 interview, he held with feminist political writer Ayaan Hirsi Ali. During thecontroversial interview he was very outright about his vehement Anti-Americanism|anti-American views.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbmnEcbPVmw
Let's leave out the words "infamous" and "controversial" because you are giving your opinion when you do that.
Let's leave the word "feminist" out of it since almost everyone in the Avi Lewis entry considers themselves a feminist - and it will look quite messy if we put "feminist" beside everyone's name.  
Also, Ali is more of a racist than a feminist any way - and I am being very generous not putting the word "hate mongerer" or "racist" beside her name because she is promoting, at the very minimum, cultural genocide if not justifying violence against a definable group of people.  Unlike Avi, Ali doesn't believe in equal pay for work of equal value, affordable child care, or gun control - all important feminist issues.
You can put it back in, but word it so that a person can make up their own mind about the interview and right-wing reaction to it rather than telling them how they should be interpreting it. 02:57, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Reword this or leave it out

message: So he's on the Al Jazeera now eh?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jammoe (talk • contribs) 16:52, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  AlJazeera 

message: A few days ago, Avi's On The Map and Big Picture stuff was still up on line at the CBC and today it is all gone.  We may have to find his stuff elsewhere and take a look at the links already up.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.77.37.48 (talk) 08:26, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  AVI LEWIS MISSING VIDEO 

message: He was born in 1964 or 1965, not 1968.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.243.24.233 (talk) 06:22, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong Birthdate 

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