Ho hum. Or perhaps Hokum.
No, Oxford University didn't ban clapping. Or anything else.
If you read your own quote, the student union (not the University
authorities) voted to "encourage the use of silent clapping". At student
union events only, not at University meetings, lectures etc.
That's it. They didn't ban non-silent clapping (which they couldn't have
done anyway).
I agree it is a little nutso, but let's not blame a
somehow-authoritarian "University" for something some bored
wanna-be-radical students set up for the first week of the year (when
lots of the starry-eyed brand new students go to their first and only SU
meeting and vote for almost anything to show solidarity with their new
colleagues).
Yup. That's about the farthest extent of radical student politics at
Oxford. [1]
Btw, "snowflake"? is that PC?
Peter Fairbrother
[1] traditionally Oxford students wear subfusc (dark clothes/white
shirt/bow-or-ribbon tie under academic robes) during examinations. On
several occasions the University has planned to relax this requirement
(no subfusc, you can't sit the exam) but the students rebelled in favour
of keeping subfusc.
On 27/10/2019 06:15, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
Universities are bringing down the hammer on free expression, to keep
their spaces safe for clapping triggered anxiety snowflakes.
When will this ongoing madness end? Probably not before the looming
USD global financial reset, since TPTB (the (((central bankers and
investment bankers))) of the world) want us to stay focused on petty
problems, and not the core issue...
... remember the Fed ;)
Oxford University Bans Clapping At Student Union Events
To "Stop Triggering Anxiety"
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/oxford-university-bans-clapping-student-union-events-stop-triggering-anxiety
What kind of grudge do British universities have against clapping?
Roughly one year after the University of Manchester Student Union
banned clapping at its events - choosing to instead ask audiences
to use 'jazz hands' to show their appreciation for a performance -
students at the University of Oxford are working to "replace
clapping" because it could "trigger anxiety."
Like their peers in Manchester, they will ask audiences to use
silent hand-wave motion called "jazz hands".
The motion to "mandate the encouragement of silent clapping"
successfully passed in a vote taken by the school's Student Union
during their first meeting of the new school year.
The ruling will apply at all student union events, and if
successful, might spread to over organizations and events at the
school.
"Jazz hands" is the British Sign Language movement to express
applause. It is considered a "more inclusive" gesture.
"The policy was proposed in order to encourage the use of British
Sign Language clapping during our democratic events, to make
those events more accessible and inclusive for all, including
people who suffer from anxiety," said Sabbatical Officers Roisin
McCallion.
And "inclusivity" is one of the universities' founding virtues,
Metro UK said.
And, of course, it's only a matter of time before "excessively
vigorous jazz hands" and any significant vocal expressions are banned
with only "gentle waving" allowed, in order to "stop triggering
anxiety" in those who are triggered by rapid or vigorous muscular
motions...
Methinks SOME folks need some counselling...
