[longcommonname]

Canceling a talk doesn't equate to changing a view.

[fortran77]

It means he's an easy mark, and doesn't think things through. I lost any respect I had for him after that, and so did everyone else in the circles I associate with.

[NullPrefix]

Why did he cancel the talk? What were the arguments?

[qnsi]

He had a view that going and giving a talk would be a good idea, and activists convinced him to change this view