Ohio State’s experiment with a town meeting-style democracy was better in theory than practice, some OSU political science professors said.Unruly hecklers disrupted Wednesday’s meeting with Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Secretary of Defense William Cohen and White House National Security Adviser Samuel Berger.”I think it was a healthy dialogue between different points of view,” said Donald Sylvan, associate professor of political science. “Overall, it was a positive event.”Sylvan said he expected opposition, but was not sure how it would manifest. He was not surprised protesters were so vocal.”We need more dialogue on issues concerning the world today,” Sylvan said. “This was a step in the right direction.”Herb Asher, professor emeritus of political science and counselor to the university president, said many good questions were asked of the panelists.”People did not ask puff questions,” Asher said. “Unfortunately, a small number of rude people impeded.”Most of the audience seemed to be pro-military action, but many of the questions asked were anti-militaristic, Asher said.It seemed ironic that the protesters were making noise while the panelists were answering anti-military questions, he said.Asher was interested in seeing how the town meeting would be portrayed to the rest of the country by the media on the evening news.”The spin the media gives to this will be important,” Asher said.Randall Schweller, assistant professor of political science, said he was embarrassed by the protesting, but not shocked.”I knew it was going to be a madhouse,” Schweller said.Schweller agreed with Asher that there were many penetrating questions, but thought the panelists did not answer them. Asher disagreed. He said he thought the panelists stayed on track most of the time, but there were just some questions they could not answer.He said the question he would like to have asked is the most important one – “What happens if Saddam Hussein complies with United Nations inspectors?”Schweller said if an agreement is reached, the United Nations would have to lift sanctions. This would enable Saddam to purchase more weapons and make more money, which would accomplish nothing.”Don’t wish for something you might get,” he said.