There is something you said that is bothersome:

“during this performance from a scruffy little man in a sports jacket”

What does his physical stature have to do with anything?? You make it sound as though being short is part of the problem, as if being short makes one contemptible.

Replace the word “little” with “gay” or “jew” or “black” and this board would be lit up with comments attacking you rather than the subject of your post. The fact that we don’t see any such comments is bothersome as well … it means it is quite acceptable to malign short men with impunity.

Look, Im not some short guy who’s “offended” by such things. But your striking use of one’s physical stature in an obviously degrading way should raise red flags immediately, and it doesn’t here. I know Amadinajad inflames passions, but lets not run roughshod over others in order to get our indignation on the record … at the very least.